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Mozambique’s economic recovery faces tough challenges

Mozambique: gas riches, terrorist threats

12.07.2018

Despite the untimely death of the leader of its opposition movement, Mozambique has managed to implement changes that will end years of political violence. The country is rich in natural gas and has plenty of agricultural potential, but a financial scandal and terrorism in its northern provinces are holding it back. Until these lingering problems are resolved, its much-anticipated economic boom will never materialize.

Anonymous GIS Expert

POLITICS

The other Russia: Siberia as a model

22.03.2018

Some call Siberia Russia's blessing, others its curse. But this vast region’s real buried riches can be found in its political culture. The Siberian values of individual freedom and political autonomy have so far not been overcome by Russia's statist centralism. Once the country's current policies run their course, this essential Russian region could replace them with its own unique democratic principles.

Dr. Svyatoslav Kaspe

POLITICS

The economics and geopolitics of global fisheries

South Korean Coast Guard chases Chinese fishermen violating territorial waters

19.12.2017

About 90 percent of global ocean fishing stocks are fully exploited or overfished. Competition to exploit this declining resource has led to geopolitical conflicts and social ills such as piracy and pollution, while regulation and subsidies only exacerbate the problem. Economics offers some institutional solutions that give the fishing industry incentives to manage stocks for the long term.

Dr. Emmanuel Martin

ECONOMY

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