Tag: democratic

China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion
July 25, 2015 0

China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion

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Links China’s NGO Law: Countering Western Soft Power and Subversion July 25, 2015 ( Eric Draitser – NEO ) – China has recently taken an important step in more tightly regulating foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) inside the country. Despite condemnation from so called human rights groups in the West, China’s move should be understood as a critical decision to assert sovereignty over its own political space

May 27, 2015 0

Weird paper claims climate change helps biodiversity

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Tweet ScienceDaily says a paper found that climate change has less impacts on biodiversity than land use has. My first thoughts were that it’s plausible, that the negative effects are combined, and that the priority might depend on the assumptions. I tried to RTFA , but it was paywalled other than a long abstract

Explaining UK’s Dysfunctional Voting System; Where is British Politics Headed? Horse Trading
May 7, 2015 0

Explaining UK’s Dysfunctional Voting System; Where is British Politics Headed? Horse Trading

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Stratfor has a nice writeup today that explains Where British Politics Is Headed . For the second election in a row, the Labour Party and the Conservatives (or “Toriesâ€), the two traditional heavyweights, probably will not muster the 323 seats needed to form a majority government. Whereas in 2010 the Tories were able to form a reasonably stable coalition government with the centrist Liberal Democrats, this time the numbers do not seem to support a two-party coalition.

UN Peacekeepers: Enemies of International Law
May 5, 2015 0

UN Peacekeepers: Enemies of International Law

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Links UN Peacekeepers: Enemies of International Law May 6, 2015 ( Valery Kulikov  – NEO ) – The recent scandal involving the sexual abuse of African children carried out by members of a UN peacekeeping mission, despite numerous efforts of this international organization to play it down, will not be ignored.