By This spring, the south American country named after silver once more defaulted on its debts. This is the ninth time since Argentina’s declaration of independence from Spain in 1816 that the country defaulted. While in the early twentieth century the country was among the world’s richest, a tumultuous century later
The Rising China and the Ruling United States: Cooperation or Confrontation?
This article is a contribution from Mehdi Ghavideldostkohi, lecturer at Lund University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies. China’s extraordinary economic growth, military power and attentive diplomacy can be considered an epochal change in international relations. The “Rise of China” debate in the United States indicates that China would become a
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▶︎ Private-Public Partnerships: New Perspectives on International Development
Curious about the most recent debates and discourses among development practitioners working in the public and the private sector? Tune in to this week’s episode focused on the latest perspectives regarding public-private partnerships, which are regarded as one of the more comprehensive means of tackling challenges to global development and
▶︎ Coping with Covid – The Global Economy
Worst time in a hundred years to be graduating from the university? Apart from the obvious health issues that have arisen due to the Covid-19 virus, it has also dealt a huge blow the global economy, and forced various responses from many countries. This episode of The Perspective podcast is
▶︎ The Perspective LIVE SHOW – 25/3
Listen to it on iTunes (UPF Lund) Every other Wednesday, odd weeks, The Perspective Radio has a Live show. This week we decided to publish our on air show (from Wednesday 25/3) as a podcast, partly since the situation with covid-19 makes our organizational work in UPF quite unusual. So here’s an
A Governments Guide to Revoking Autonomy: The Curious Case of Kashmir
Source: Kashmir Global In the days leading up to August 5th the inhabitants of Indian-administered Kashmir would experience a series of foreboding events. The telephone networks and internet access were cut off, public gatherings were banned, tens of thousands of troops were sent in, tourist were instructed to leave Kashmir
Where Did All The Men Go? How Tajik Migrants Make The Country Go Around
Should you ever find yourself venturing into the mountainous wildernesses of Central Asia, it will likely strike you how few men of working age there are to be found in the towns and villages of the Pamir mountain range, as well as in other parts of the country. Nowhere is
Youth Unemployment In Africa: A Ticking Time Bomb, Or A Window Of Opportunity For Entrepreneurship?
Africa is bustling with the energy of young people managing businesses everywhere. At least that is the impression you get. When spending time in any town or city, you can see young traders try to flaunt their goods along the road, selling everything from bottles of water to phone credits.
Slaying The Chinese Dragon: Can China Go Bankrupt?
China has long enjoyed the benefits of sustained economic growth while also treating financial management with noticeable dereliction. As the Chinese economy begins to slow down and the political pressure for economic sustainability becomes more challenging, the greatest political pressure China faces in the near future is itself. On 17th
A New Chairman Of An Unset Table: Al-Sisi Elected As Chairman Of The African Union
The 32nd African Union (AU) summit took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this February. Like the EU, the AU also has a rotating chairman based on region and nation, this time Al-Sisi representing North Africa was elected as new chairman of the AU 2019. In 2018, Paul Kagame from Rwanda