The rise of the BRICS?
Is rapid development in a handful of large and increasingly powerful countries transforming the global economy? Or is ‘BRICS’ just a catchy slogan? Dr Matthew L. Bishop, Honorary Research Fellow,...
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Corruption, economic decline and distrust mark the end of 2014 in Brazil Giselle Datz, Associate Professor of Government & International Affairs, Virginia Tech, USA More than 2 million people,...
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The decision to hold the 2016 summit in China creates both opportunities and challenges in relation to the prospect of a new phase of Asian global leadership Gregory Chin, Associate Professor of...
View ArticleRio and the surreal: The 2016 Olympic Games in a ‘glocal’ context
Paradoxically ritualistic and idiosyncratic, the Rio Olympics are set against a background of perplexing global and local dynamics which converge around the challenge of resilience. Giselle Datz,...
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