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CHINA/MIGRANT WORKERS – Trade unionism and the welfare of rural-urban migrant workers in China (Alison Booth, Xin Meng, Jilu Zhang, VOXEU)

Rural-urban migrant workers in China often do not receive the same benefits at the workplace as their urban counterparts. This column uses a rich...

USA/HEALTH CHALLENGE – The next public health challenge (David M. Cutler, Ellen Meara, Susan T. Stewart, VOXEU)

Recent analyses suggest that pain is on the rise among working age adults in the US. Like many public health challenges, the burden of...

COVID19/VACCINE – Why prudent people might avoid vaccinations (Leonard Goebel, Thomas Mayrhofer, Hendrik Schmitz, VOXEU)

Many people tend to avoid the worst outcome when making decisions – a concept known as ‘prudence’. This column presents results from an experimental...

GREEN BONDS/PARIS AGREEMENT/CARBON EMISSIONS – Green bonds and carbon emissions: Exploring the case for a rating system at the firm level (Torsten Ehlers, Benoit...

Projects financed by green bonds have not always resulted in decreased carbon emissions at the firm level. This column – published on the 5th...

ISRAEL/USA/IRAN – Israel Must Talk to Biden (Eldad Shavit, Rotem Oreg, INSS)

Following the recent elections in the United States, President-elect Joe Biden declared the incoming administration's intention to return to the nuclear deal and lift...

IRAN – Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan—Iran’s Next President? (Ardavan Khoshnood, BESA Center)

Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan, a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has announced his candidacy for the Iranian presidential elections in June 2021....

IRAN – The Implications of a Military Figure as President of Iran (Farhad Rezaei and Jason M. Brodsky, BESA Center)

In 2021, Iran will be preparing for a presidential election even as it faces an unprecedented economic crisis. Some conservatives argue that a military...

CHINA/FIVE YEAR PLAN – China’s bold new Five Year Plan (Yao Yang, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/13/chinas-bold-new-five-year-plan/

THAILAND/SPACE PROGRAM/CHINA – Thailand’s space program drifts out of China’s orbit (Hadrien T Saperstein, East Asia Forum)

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2020/12/12/thailands-space-program-drifts-out-of-chinas-orbit/
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