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Since the election, he has sought to use Taiwan as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China. Adding a conflict over the island’s status to this mix could have very unpredictable results. After its experience of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries China is very sensitive to western ’humiliations’, and to threats to its raw material supply lines.

Beware clashes of big-power nationalisms in 2017 – with Europe stuck in the middle

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 10, 2017

2017 will see the clash of big-power nationalisms, triggered by Donald Trump’s forthcoming inauguration as the 45th President of the United States

Last month, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) – the country’s economic planner – stated, as part of its plan to boost solar capacity by five times, that solar will receive 1 trillion yuan of spending.

China to invest $361 billion into renewable power by 2020

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 10, 2017

World’s largest energy market looks to move from coal towards cleaner energy in order to battle hazardous smog

The coming year will be a critical test for all stakeholders in global society. More than ever, we will need responsive and responsible leadership to address our collective challenges, and to restore people’s trust in institutions and in one another. We do not lack the means to make the world a better place. But to do so, we must look past our own narrow interests and attend to the interests of our global society.

Five leadership priorities for 2017

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 4, 2017

As the past year has demonstrated, leaders must be responsive to the demands of the people who have entrusted them to lead, while also providing a vision and a way forward, so that people can imagine a better future.

Bill Gates said in a statement on Sunday night: “I am honoured to work along with these investors to build on the powerful foundation of public investment in basic research... Our goal is to build companies that will help deliver the next generation of reliable, affordable, and emissions-free energy to the world.”

Bill Gates launches Clean Energy Venture Fund

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates has launched a $1bn fund to finance emerging clean energy technology to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Trump collected enough of the 270 state-by-state electoral votes needed to win a four-year term that starts on Jan. 20, taking battleground states where presidential elections are traditionally decided, U.S. television networks projected. Trump, appearing with his family before cheering supporters in a New York hotel ballroom, said it was time to heal the divisions caused by the campaign and find common ground after a campaign that exposed deep differences among Americans. ”It is time for us to come together as one united people,” Trump said. ”I will be president for all Americans.”

Trump defeats Clinton in stunning White House upset

By: EBR | Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic rule and sending the United States on a new path

The actions we take today could have profound impacts on the lives of future generations. Climate change requires not only national but global solutions. That is why governments cannot do this alone. I sincerely urge the international community to recognize and support Taiwan’s determination to gain meaningful participation in the UNFCCC and become part of the global climate network. We are willing to share our environmental protection experiences and contribute to international efforts.

Taiwan seeks to join fight against global warming

By: EBR | Monday, November 7, 2016

Global warming and the El Niño phenomenon have contributed to record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather events around the world. In July this year, the global average temperatures taken over land and ocean surfaces were the highest for any month in 137 years of record-keeping

Ms. Politkovskaya wrote accurately about human rights abuses in Chechnya and was known for her criticism of the policies of the Russian President and Government in the region.

Masterminds still not Brought to Justice

By: EBR | Monday, October 10, 2016

Ten Years after the Murder of Novaya Gazeta Journalist Anna Politkovskaya

Trukhavnov, a tireless anti-corruption campaigner, said one of the main tasks for Odessa, a major sea port in Ukraine, was to create industrial parks, strengthening the banks and shore of the Black Sea that runs through the city and an improved system of water purification. ”We have a bad ecological situation in Odessa that has to be addressed,” he noted.

Regional cooperation is the ”way forward”, says Ukraine mayor

By: EBR | Monday, October 10, 2016

Regions and cities in Europe can help tackle the current crisis in the EU, according to the Mayor of Odessa. Gennadiy Trukhavnov was in Brussels on Thursday for a series of high level meetings with his Brussels counterpart and senior EU officials

The Paris Agreement will enter into force by COP22

By: EBR | Friday, October 7, 2016

The European Parliament has voted to ratify the Paris Agreement, crossing the final threshold to allow the Paris Agreement to enter into force.

The result has been greeted as a resounding show of support for the president with the European Parliament saying it will ”respect” the result of the poll, which addressed 29 constitutional amendments. An 11-strong delegation of MEPs was in the country to observer the referendum.

MEPs hail ”free, open and sound” referendum on constitutional changes in Azerbaijan

By: EBR | Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Senior MEPs have given their backing to sweeping new constitutional changes approved by the people of Azerbaijan. In Sunday's referendum, an overwhelming majority of the 69.7% turnout voted to allow the country's President Ilham Aliyev to extend his term of office from five-to-seven years

Only through continued participation in the ICAO Assembly and related meetings will Taiwan be in a position to gain insight into the latest developments of important ICAO-related issues, take appropriate measures, and contribute to international aviation safety and development.

Taiwan regrets that it has not been invited to the ICAO Assembly

By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 28, 2016

The government of Taiwan let know that it deeply regrets that the President of the Council of ICAO, Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, has not invited Taiwan to the 39th ICAO Assembly in Montreal despite the last precedent three years ago

Still, NATO seemed insatiable in its desire to expand its influence, even looking to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, countries that are historically Russian satellites and far outside NATO’s traditional reach.

How Russia views the West

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 20, 2016

While the West clearly should not formulate its foreign policy with an aim to please Russia, it is in its best interest to understand the Russian point of view

Dilma Rousseff’s messy struggle for political survival and, most recently, the Zika outbreak added to the negative economic news, due to the down cycle in global commodities markets. As a result, the temporary enthusiasm about Brazil has vanished completely. Decades-old economic problems have moved back to center stage.In the current news environment that often ambles breathlessly from one negative pronouncement to the next, it is important to understand Brazil’s problems more fully.

Brazil: Like India or Ghana?

By: EBR | Thursday, September 15, 2016

Despite repeated high hopes for progress, it has been fifty years of unresolved economic problems in Brazil. Just a few days after the successful 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, the world’s attention was amply focused on Brazil

Prosecutors said they had frozen KGMI assets and stakes worth 3bn lei ($740m). The probe comes as part of a broader clampdown on corruption in Romania, which has seen high-ranking officials, including former prime minister Adrian Nastase, jailed for graft.

Energy partnership between Romania and Kazakhstan ”vital” for EU energy policy

By: EBR | Monday, August 22, 2016

The EU’s efforts to diversify its energy and keep Romania as one of only five EU countries with output greater than 1 Mt per year risks being thrown into reverse by the authorities in Bucharest "aggressively" pursing a prosecution against the country's second largest producer, it has been claimed

Both candidates are clearly facing a serious image problem. Never before voters had a bigger aversion to both presidential candidates since 1960 according to data of researcher Gallup, the Wall Street Journal published recently.

The battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

By: EBR | Monday, August 22, 2016

Two and a half months to go for the ticket into the White House. Polls are looking tough for Trump and, being once a favorite Trump topic at his boisterous campaign rallies, are now a sore subject

ADF 2016: Religion, Migration, Power + Money

By: EBR | Thursday, August 18, 2016

European Business Review (EBR) magazine is proud to partner once again with The New York Times Athens Democracy Forum (ADF) 2016: a week-long selection of spectacular events under the Acropolis lights.

Trump rallied against free trade agreements, in itself not a very Republican point of view. The Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders went on the same track. Trump criticised NAFTA, the free trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico, as death-blow for American workers. Since NAFTA, launched by President Bill Clinton, a third of the US jobs in manufacturing disappeared. The origin of the American dream is job security. America has less social security than Europe.

Can Trump win? Yes, he can!

By: EBR | Thursday, July 21, 2016

Donald Trump, lifted on the shield by the Republicans in Cleveland, is underestimated permanently

A coup which, as has been shown from its live broadcast, had an operatic status, bloody dramatic of course and which, concluded to the Turkish president’s absolute domination and his enemies’ extermination.

Inquiries concerning a bloody and stagy coup

By: Athanase Papandropoulos | Wednesday, July 20, 2016

"Is the Islamist president of Turkey determined to go to great lengths, in order to consolidate his power and ensure his permanency?

Under these circumstances, the role of education systems has changed and this process will continue, toward more freedom of the educational landscape. To thrive in a rapidly evolving technology-mediated world, students must not only possess strong skills in areas such as language arts, mathematics and science, but also to be adept at skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, persistence, collaboration, and curiosity. However, all too often students in many countries are not attaining such skills.

Freedom of education in a transformed world

By: Athanase Papandropoulos | Tuesday, July 19, 2016

We stand at the brink of a technological revolution that will alter fundamentally the way we live,work and relate to one another

Weber, who hopes to raise greater awareness of the “terrorist and criminal elements” linked to the trade in ivory, said, “There has been a terrible decline in elephant numbers in Africa – a report by Interpol estimates that, in the past 10 years, two thirds of African elephants have been decimated by poaching.”

Nature conservation organisation: Trade in elephants ivory helping to finance terrorists

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Groups like Boko Haram and Al Shabaab are making an estimated $600,000 per week from the proceeds of poached ivory

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