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"More than half of working adults fear they will lose their jobs in the next 12 months, according to an Ipsos survey for the WEF."

The hidden skills gaps employers must learn to bridge

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Many jobs will soon have different core requirements — and the changes go far beyond tech expertise

A majority of aircraft compress air in their engines and then pump it into the plane, in order to preserve cabin pressures. This causes low-level contamination with engine fumes, which can reach higher levels if planes are not maintained properly.

Aircraft air quality and transport’s virus-risk in focus

By: EBR | Monday, October 26, 2020

Air quality on flights is due to improve if the European Union agrees to back new safety standards. The fresh push for cleaner air comes as transport companies struggle to convince passengers their services are low risk in the ongoing spread of the coronavirus

“This is the first new free trade deal to be agreed since the UK once again became an independent trading nation.”

Britain signs first major post-Brexit trade deal with Japan

By: EBR | Friday, October 23, 2020

Britain and Japan formally signed a trade agreement on Friday (23 October), marking the UK’s first big post-Brexit deal on trade, as it continues to struggle to agree on a deal with its closest trading partners in the European Union

Economists have used a multi-country econometric model, augmented with global volatility threshold variables, to measure COVID-19’s impact.

The economic consequences of COVID-19: Why no country is immune

By: EBR | Thursday, October 22, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic is a global shock ‘like no other’, involving simultaneous disruptions to both supply and demand in an interconnected world economy

"Democracies that defend liberty must recover their unilateral sovereignty, politically and philosophically, if they want to promote the universality of human rights and defend the victims denied them."

U.N. and Human Rights

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Cuba, China, Pakistan, Russia and Uzbekistan, all notorious for abusing human rights, are among the 14 countries elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on October 13, bringing the proportion of nondemocratic states on the world’s top human rights promoting body to 60%

In 2016, Trump’s victory came as a surprise. While the 2016 race had narrowed significantly in the final two weeks of the 2016 campaign, the Realclearpolitics average of national polls had still indicated a 3.2% lead for Clinton on the eve of the vote with 46.8% versus 43.6% for Trump.

US Elections Update: A Narrower Lead for Biden

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Despite a tightening race, another come-from-behind victory for Trump as in 2016 is very unlikely in 2020

"As the former president and father of the nation, Nursultan Nazarbayev, continues watching over the nation, younger generations of politicians and bureaucrats slowly take over new roles and responsibilities, both closer to the top of the country, but also closer to the people."

Asia’s Heart, Nursultan

By: EBR | Monday, October 19, 2020

The 1990s were a period of relief after almost 50 years of Cold War

"Four years of radically revisionist U.S. international policy have emboldened autocrats around the world, prompted foreign adventurism, escalated conflict on Europe’s borders, and sowed division among partners."

Can the United States Regain Its Global Leadership?

By: EBR | Friday, October 16, 2020

The world is in desperate need of American leadership. But what should America’s allies and competitors expect from the next U.S. president? Here are Carnegie’s views from China, Europe, India, Lebanon, Russia, and the United States

"If it were not for the virus, the devastating wildfires we’ve witnessed over the past year in the Amazon, Australia, Indonesia and the US, just to name some examples, would arguably have made global warming a more central topic."

COVID-19 could distract the world from even greater threats

By: EBR | Friday, October 16, 2020

COVID-19 has unquestionably delivered one of the biggest shocks to our planet in generations

Blue foods tend to be ignored in discussions about how to feed the world’s growing population sustainably.

Why the future of food must be blue as well as green

By: EBR | Friday, October 16, 2020

Fish are food. We know that. And yet, in discussions about the future of food, that simple fact tends to be forgotten

In Germany, about 40% of people wanted to work from home at least some of the time even before the pandemic struck.

Germany drafting law to give people the legal right to work from home

By: EBR | Thursday, October 15, 2020

Germany has said that it wants to give its citizens the legal right to work from home

"How can we prevent this election meltdown? One important step is that voters in U.S. battleground states should forget voting by mail."

The Red Mirage

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 14, 2020

What happens if Trump declares victory on election night, and tries to dispute any “late” uncounted ballots — both in the courts and in the free-for-all of public opinion?

Last month President Donald Trump nominated conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a progressive icon.

Trump’s Supreme Court candidate dodges a tricky issue

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Is it legally correct that shortly before the presidential elections in 2016 the Republican majority in the US Senate blocked the nomination for an Associate Justice by Democratic President Obama?

"Repeated incidents of gang rape in India are not isolated events, but reflect widespread gender and caste discrimination in the country."

India: Gender Inequality Seriously Harms Women and Girls

By: EBR | Monday, October 12, 2020

The problem of abuse of women in India will only be solved by changing entrenched culture norms that allow the abuse and degradation of women

Taiwan shares the EU’s sense of urgency on the need to address climate change. Taiwan’s low electricity operating reserve rate reminds us that going green is not just about protecting the planet, but it is also about energy security.

Offshore wind industry cooperation between Taiwan and the EU: a win-win situation

By: EBR | Monday, October 12, 2020

The European Commission, like many governmental bodies around the world, is thinking critically about its international economic policy and has recently launched a major review of its trade policy

The global shift towards subscriptions is being driven by changing customer preferences and expectations, financial markets that reward companies with healthy recurring revenue businesses, and competitive pressures from digital natives as well as market incumbents that are transforming their businesses around innovative subscription models.

Why the downturn is good news for subscription companies

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 7, 2020

2020 has been filled with headlines that revolve around the word ’crisis’– the coronavirus crisis, the financial crisis, the climate crisis, and many more

Decades of US naval drills on a Puerto Rican island may have inflicted untold collateral damage. Armed forces everywhere should learn the lesson.

The All-Too-Real Consequences of Military War Games

By: EBR | Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Militaries around the world train regularly to ensure troops stay fit for combat, but for one army at least, the drills have become deadlier than the real deal

With 20% of the world’s population and 10% of the global agricultural area and only 7% of the world’s freshwater reserves, China, in addition to increasing its own production, is forced to import food in a major way, certainly food that requires water in production, such as grains and meat.

China: The thirsty drowning dragon

By: EBR | Monday, October 5, 2020

In all articles these days about China’s position in the world, one subject has remained underexposed: the country’s great ecological vulnerability

"Trump is trailing in the polls, and he should have focused on appealing to moderate Republican women in the suburbs, minorities and swing voters."

Biden 1, Trump 0 in the First Round

By: EBR | Friday, October 2, 2020

Democrats who had been anxious about how Biden would perform can breathe a sigh of relief

The resolution should address a few levels of the problem. One is the geopolitical context: Russia’s twenty-seven-year-long security domination in the Caucasus, which has clearly proved to be not a factor of stabilization but one of control, based on consolidation of Soviet legacies—expressed in conflict narratives, paradigms, institutions, and governance—must be neutralized.

Is Peace Possible Between Armenia and Azerbaijan?

By: EBR | Friday, October 2, 2020

Armenia and Azerbaijan are blaming each other for the latest surge of violence over Nagorny Karabakh. The consequences for the region are unpredictable, but much will depend on the intentions of Russia and Turkey

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EU Actually

A mission impossible for Sébastien Lecornu, Macron’s 5th Prime Minister?

N. Peter KramerBy: N. Peter Kramer

President Emmanuel Macron has again named a close ally, Sébastien Lecornu, as the new French prime minister, 24 hours after a vote of confidence ousted François Bayrou.

Europe

France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister

France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister

France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly

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