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“Leave it in the ground” – A divestment in ideas 0
- Environment and Energy, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 02/06/2015
The failure of top-down technocratic climate policy to accelerate decarbonization of the economy has provoked environmentalists to experiment with the idea of divestment in fossil fuel corporations. However arousing excitement among the Left, good intentions don’t always make for good policy.
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Tackling elitism in education: What does that mean for France?1
- Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
- 26/05/2015
The failure of top-down technocratic climate policy to accelerate decarbonization of the economy has provoked environmentalists to experiment with the idea of divestment in fossil fuel corporations. However arousing excitement among the Left, good intentions don’t always make for good policy.
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Testing the waters: The difficulty of implementing a cohesive EU Arctic Policy 0
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 23/05/2015
The European Union, which started a process of legitimizing itself as an Arctic actor, and created a basis for its own foreign policy in the Arctic in 2008, was once again denied the status of full Arctic Council observer.
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Where is Sri Lankan peace process heading?1
- International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
- 18/05/2015
The world might have moved on but the after effects of the bloody battle still linger in the northern region of Sri Lanka. The peace and reconciliation process is still fragile and punctuated by various challenges.
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Trust through transparency?0
- EU Governance and Politics, Op-ed
- 14/05/2015
There is a general sense that our political institutions are experiencing a crisis of trust. Only recently, the Luxembourg tax scandal – under Jean-Claude Juncker the country signed secret tax deals with 350 international companies – caused a public outcry. Indirectly related to this crisis are the many transparency provisions with which the European Union seeks to achieve legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens. Can a lack of trust be remedied with a large dose of openness?
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People with disabilities as an invisible workforce potential 4
- Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
- 10/05/2015
According to the latest EU data, there is still a 26% difference in employment rates for persons with and without disabilities across the EU[1]. This is 30 percentage points lower than the Europe 2020 target of 75%[2] employment for persons with disabilities.
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