Duties of a good neighbour? Refugee policies in Jordan
The influx of Syrian refugees has seriously altered the demography of Jordan. As the refugee population continues to grow, pressure mounts on the already...
Black Gold Mine
By: Gulshan Bashirova (Guest Writer)
The Caspian Sea is shared by the Transcaucasian and Central Asian countries Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Iran and Turkmenistan. The biggest oil and...
Charter Cities – A Solution for Europe?
As parts of eastern Europe continue to struggle with persistent challenges of emigration and poverty, recent Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Romer’s concept of...
Rising Interest Rates: The End of the Era of Free Money
Inflation. In the past year, this word has been repeatedly mentioned everywhere in virtually every form of media. Why is everyone talking about it?...
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: An Economic Perspective
While the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh may have been fought militarily, the form the war took was decisively shaped by economics. Namely, because of economics,...
Social Entrepreneurship as an Antidote to Lebanon’s Economic Collapse?
Lebanon’s economy is reeling after an extraordinarily tumultuous year in the Levantine nation’s history. In a country that has been witnessing a revolutionary struggle...
Nuclear Renaissance in Developing Countries: Will it Pay off?
By: Armita Haghi (Guest Writer)
Nuclear waste can be classified into three categories: low-, intermediate- and high-level waste. Items like tools or clothes, which have been...
Paradise Lost – The Venezuelan Crisis and the Response of the International Community
Venezuela anguishes in what is being described as the country’s worst economic, social and political crisis to date. A combination of low oil prices,...
