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Aid is a blunt tool for promoting democracy

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INT

The move reflects the conventional wisdom that aid can influence the behaviour of recipient countries, promoting democratic values. However, such goals are undermined by multiple…

Azerbaijan ignores foreign and arrests local critics

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AZERBAIJAN

Efforts to silence reporting on official wrongdoing in Azerbaijan.

Integrating migrants will be a challenge for Europe

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EUROPE

The large number of arrivals since 2015 has highlighted two challenges for Europe: the removal of asylum seekers whose claims are rejected and the integration into society of…

Disinformation is a rising security threat to the West

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INTERNATIONAL

Articles containing the bogus quotes were shared across social media globally. The case illustrates how disinformation is created and spread for malign influence, and its ease of…

Plastic bans will rise but recycling faces constraints

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INTERNATIONAL

Plastics sector dynamics.

Prospects for Brazil to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects for Brazil to end-2019.

Basic income will prove difficult to adopt globally

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INTERNATIONAL

Implementation of an universal basic income.

Strategies can overcome irrational UK policy-making

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UNITED KINGDOM

The report, entitled 'Missing Evidence', reveals that despite spending 2.5 billion pounds (3.6 billion dollars) on policy research each year, the UK government maintains no…

Place-based economic policies see political resistance

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INTERNATIONAL

Place-based policies.

Russia will deny cyberattacks despite more US evidence

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RUSSIA

The US indictment accuses the St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency, its backers and staff of interfering in the election by running false social media accounts. This…