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Current History (2019) 118 (810): 251–257.
Published: 01 October 2019
... governance corruption social policy labor 251 Western journalists routinely fall into the trap of presenting Russia as a tightly controlled society with a hands-on leader dictating from the center. In reality, howev- er, the governance provided by the Russian state is incoherent, and Russian so- ciety...
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[T]he bureaucracy seeks ways to enrich itself in the manner of one big state corporation, and everyone else finds themselves in positions of vulnerability or dependency.
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Current History (2019) 118 (807): 130–136.
Published: 01 April 2019
...Naomi Hossain Few big countries … have had their fortunes so profoundly shaped by a weak position in the global system. © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Naomi Hossain Bangladesh social policy economic development...
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Few big countries … have had their fortunes so profoundly shaped by a weak position in the global system.
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Current History (2019) 118 (807): 157–159.
Published: 01 April 2019
... Books , 2018 © 2019 Current History. All rights reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California book review Eric Tagliacozzo Sunil Amrith Unruly Waters monsoon pollution climate change British Empire natural disasters water policy Bay Bengal dams irrigation...
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For centuries, India searched for ways to escape the deadly cycle of too little water and too much. Pollution and climate change threaten to undo the progress it has made.
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Current History (2019) 118 (806): 96–102.
Published: 01 March 2019
... reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Tomasz Inglot Eastern Europe social mobility middle class inequality communism employment labor inequality populism labor migration welfare family policy Poland Hungary 96 The region has seen a radical shift from...
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“The region has seen a radical shift from widespread unemployment to labor shortages, a historic expansion in higher-education opportunities, and unprecedented mass migration to the West.” Seventh in a series on social mobility around the world .
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Current History (2019) 118 (805): 50–55.
Published: 01 February 2019
... Maria Hagan Joshua Wassink Mexico United States immigration deportation return migration trade employment social mobility economic policy NAFTA urban rural work job skills 50 [L]abor-market reintegration is a complex and uneven process for return migrants. Return Migration and...
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“[L]abor-market reintegration is a complex and uneven process for return migrants.” Sixth in a series on social mobility around the world .
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Current History (2019) 118 (804): 16–21.
Published: 01 January 2019
... of California Frank-Borge Wietzke social mobility middle class poverty inequality economic policy politics identity developing countries China India Brazil 16 Political conflicts can flare up when new, increasingly vocal lower-middle- income groups enter the political arena...
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Political conflicts can flare up when new, increasingly vocal lower-middle-income groups enter the political arena and when this threatens the advantaged positions of established middle classes.
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Current History (2018) 117 (803): 359–362.
Published: 01 December 2018
... California Shibley Telhami Donald Trump Middle East foreign policy Islamic State diplomacy unilateralism Jerusalem Palestinians Israel Saudi Arabia Iran nuclear agreement PERSPECTIVE Trump s Reckless Middle East Gambles SHIBLEY TELHAMI 359 In recent decades, the inevitable changes...
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Unilateral decisions to scupper the Iran nuclear deal and move the US embassy to Jerusalem could have dangerous consequences that the president's inexperienced advisers failed to anticipate.
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Current History (2018) 117 (802): 291–297.
Published: 01 November 2018
... Jacqueline Best global financial crisis Great Recession democracy economics monetary policy finance unemployment Keynesian economics Milton Friedman Ronald Reagan Margaret Thatcher neoliberalism regulation 291 Ten years after the 2008 financial crisis threat-ened to bring the global...
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Politicians proved unwilling to do the hard work of challenging vested interests and convincing electorates of the need for more profound reforms in the aftermath of the crisis.
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Current History (2018) 117 (802): 298–303.
Published: 01 November 2018
... History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Douglas Massey Jacob Rugh African Americans Hispanics United States Great Recession Great Depression racism discrimination segregation housing policy redlining predatory lending debt foreclosure...
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“In the course of the Great Recession, already fragile black and Hispanic middle-class households lost huge amounts of wealth, which had often been painstakingly accumulated over many decades.” Third in a series on social mobility around the world .
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Current History (2018) 117 (800): 244–246.
Published: 01 September 2018
...Jessica C. Teets Will Xi Jinping's increasingly authoritarian rule stifle innovation by local officials, which has been instrumental in the Chinese communist regime's resilience and economic success? Red Swan: How Unorthodox Policy Making Facilitated China's Rise , by Sebastian Heilmann...
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Will Xi Jinping's increasingly authoritarian rule stifle innovation by local officials, which has been instrumental in the Chinese communist regime's resilience and economic success?
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Current History (2018) 117 (799): 169–174.
Published: 01 May 2018
... colonial legacies legal system education policy Eric Anchimbe Africa Cameroon language conflict France Britain colonialism postcolonial ethnic rivalry Anglophone Problem 169 [T]he intertwined nature of language, politics, and identity permeates the nation, its institutions, and the...
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[T]he intertwined nature of language, politics, and identity permeates the nation, its institutions, and the public and private lives of its citizens.
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Current History (2018) 117 (798): 151–153.
Published: 01 April 2018
... Press , 2018 © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Sumit Ganguly book review India Alyssa Ayres Our Time Come democracy Narendra Modi Hindu nationalism market economy foreign policy trade Pakistan China In the...
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India has emerged onto the global stage after decades of adherence to strategic nonalignment and protectionist trade rules limited its influence. But triumphalism is premature.
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Current History (2018) 117 (797): 108–113.
Published: 01 March 2018
... Patt climate change adaptation global warming floods European Union European Commission Alps Rhine River transnational policy 108 Europeans are taking the risks presented by climate change seriously, and responding. The Push for Proactive Climate Adaptation in Europe LAURA BOOTH AND...
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Europeans are taking the risks presented by climate change seriously, and responding. Sixth in a series on climate adaptation around the world.
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Current History (2017) 116 (794): 342–347.
Published: 01 December 2017
...Kristian Coates Ulrichsen Years of anger at Doha's brash regional policies may have made the opportunity to put Qatar back in its place too tempting to pass up. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of California Kristian Coates Ulrichsen Qatar...
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Years of anger at Doha's brash regional policies may have made the opportunity to put Qatar back in its place too tempting to pass up.
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Current History (2017) 116 (792): 271–276.
Published: 01 October 2017
... Russian Orthodox Church today plays an active role in Russian foreign policy and in Russia s confronta- tion with a secular Western Europe. The church has arguably been less successful in helping to reassert Russia s sphere of influence in the territory of the former Soviet Union. The term Russian World...
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The Russian Orthodox Church has emerged as a powerful force for cultural, social, and political conservatism.
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Current History (2017) 116 (792): 258–263.
Published: 01 October 2017
... Revolutionary Roots of Russian Foreign Policy JEREMY FRIEDMAN Yes, beyond all doubt, the destiny of a Rus-sian is pan-European and universal. To become a true Russian, to become fully Russian, means only to become the brother of all men, to become, if you will, a universal man. In 1880, Fyodor Dostoevsky...
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Russia continues to be caught between a need to integrate itself into the West and a desire to maintain its independence from the West.
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Current History (2017) 116 (788): 116–119.
Published: 01 March 2017
... review euro crisis European Union France Germany Greece economic policy currency debt ideology Joseph Stiglitz Marcus Brunnermeier Harold James Jean-Pierre Landau For economists, the euro crisis is the gift that never stops giving. Casual observers might think it is on the back...
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The euro crisis may have been an inevitable result of the ideologically driven arguments for adopting the common currency—or of incompatible national economic philosophies.
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Current History (2017) 116 (787): 49–54.
Published: 01 February 2017
...Jennifer Pribble The challenge for Chile is to ensure that policy making and governance are democratized further. Jennifer Pribble Chile Augusto Pinochet dictatorship democracy neoliberalism privatization vouchers health care pensions education policy trade protests inequality...
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The challenge for Chile is to ensure that policy making and governance are democratized further.
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Current History (2017) 116 (786): 10–16.
Published: 01 January 2017
...Michael J. Boyle Historians may well conclude that Obama glimpsed a different world for American foreign policy but never exerted the kind of strategic direction needed to turn that vision into reality. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University of...
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Historians may well conclude that Obama glimpsed a different world for American foreign policy but never exerted the kind of strategic direction needed to turn that vision into reality.
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Current History (2017) 116 (786): 3–9.
Published: 01 January 2017
... Boyle Barack Obama United States foreign policy Syria Russia NATO China South China Sea Libya Islamic State al-Qaeda Middle East Iraq drones For most of the Petroleum Age, and even as recently as ten years ago, the politics of en-ergy were largely governed by the assump- tion that...
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The world is beginning to move away from reliance on fossil fuels altogether, rendering obsolete many of the strategic plans intended to ensure the safe flow of oil.