Climate Change is not an Unstoppable Force

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THE NOVEL coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has imprinted itself on our consciousness to the extent that it makes it easy to forget that there are othe...

Adapt or Die

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AT 1.2 or 1.3 degrees Celsius (?) above preindustrial levels, planet earth is hotter now than it has ever been in the history of human civilisation. ...

Pegasus is Watching

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In Greek mythology, Pegasus is a winged horse and the servant of the Greek god, Zeus. In late antiquity, Pegasus’ flight was also interpreted as an ...

Can anyone help Haiti?

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I have had some robust discussions about the situation in Haiti in recent days. In last week’s article, I suggested that the international community...

How does Haiti move forward?

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AS I WRITE, I am mindful of the Jura mountains in the background, which demarcate part of the French-Swiss border. These mountains are partly signifi...

Is America back?

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TO QUESTION whether America is back suggests that it had moved away from a place where it would have ordinarily been found. For many decades, America...

China’s Communist Party turns 100

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ON JULY 1st, 2021, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will mark 100 years of existence. Of these 100 years, the CCP has been the sole governing party ...

Is a global minimum tax needed?

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THE ERA OF LOW TAXES, particularly low corporate taxes, appears to be coming to an end, or at least, it seems to be under even greater scrutiny. As I...

Key Takeaways from G-7 Summit

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Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) held their 47th summit from 11-13 June in Cornwall, United Kingdom (UK). The core members of the G7 are Australia, ...

Reparations and Justice

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WRITING FOR THE Brookings Institution in April 2020, Rashawn Ray and Andre Perry, both American academics, referred to reparations as a system of red...