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  • Sacrificing sovereignty and human potential in the name of economic growth

    Sacrificing sovereignty and human potential in the name of economic growth0

    • International Trade, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
    • 14/02/2018

    Why are countries so gripped in their quest for economic growth that they are empowering multinational corporations at the expense of their citizens? Instead of signing one-sided Bilateral Investment Treaties that chisel away at their domestic sovereignty, these countries should consider dropping their fixation with BITs, and focus on other ways in which to encourage mutually beneficial investment in sectors crucial to sustainable, pro-poor development.

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  • Development through sport: the EU and the Olympics

    Development through sport: the EU and the Olympics0

    • International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
    • 06/07/2016

    Sport has become an essential tool in the European Union’s soft power approach. Over the past few years, the political vision promoting economic development through sport has become a standard practice in Europe’s policies of solidarity and sustainable development. Yet, how can the European experience help improve the Olympic ideal of using sport to promote peace and prosperity?

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  • Sacrificing sovereignty and human potential in the name of economic growth
    Pokémon GO: To regulate or not to regulate?
    • Digital Policy and Internet Governance, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
    • 03/08/2016
  • The paradise paradox: Maldives, a sinking country?
    • Environment and Energy, Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 24/03/2019
  • Policy Research Internship
    • Opportunities
    • 22/10/2018
  • The Devil’s Duplicates: The trouble twins of Madagascar
    • Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 28/01/2019
  • Apple, Ireland and the EU: considerations on just corporate tax regimes
    • EU Governance and Politics, Financial Policy and International Markets, Op-ed
    • 16/10/2016
  • Sacrificing sovereignty and human potential in the name of economic growth
    Supplying sustainable fashion: traces of promises, but no accountability
    • Environment and Energy, Op-ed
    • 22/12/2019
  • The paradise paradox: Maldives, a sinking country?
    • Environment and Energy, Human Rights and Migration, Op-ed
    • 24/03/2019
  • Policy Research Internship
    • Opportunities
    • 22/10/2018
  • Pokémon GO: To regulate or not to regulate?
    • Digital Policy and Internet Governance, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
    • 03/08/2016
  • Apple, Ireland and the EU: considerations on just corporate tax regimes
    • EU Governance and Politics, Financial Policy and International Markets, Op-ed
    • 16/10/2016

Latest Posts

  • Sacrificing sovereignty and human potential in the name of economic growth
    Sacrificing sovereignty and human potential in the name of economic growth
    • International Trade, Op-ed, Social and Economic Policy
    • 14/02/2018
  • Development through sport: the EU and the Olympics
    Development through sport: the EU and the Olympics
    • International Relations and Global Affairs, Op-ed
    • 06/07/2016

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