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Memorandum Maroc

Memorandum "the Morocco we want"

In a 2017 speech, His Majesty King Mohammed VI called for a rethink of Morocco's development model, bringing it into line with the significant changes taking place today. Following on from this, he announced the creation of an ad hoc committee tasked with drawing up a draft of a new development model for Morocco, drawing on the input of numerous civil society organizations.

Street Vendors in Chittagong city
Free Market Economy
Dr. Najmul Hossain

Flea Market - or Free Market?

Street vendors offer goods and services at competitive prices to the urban dwellers. As the government cannot allocate enough resources to formally oversee this sector, street vending represents a commercial system with little government intervention. To assess the business environment of street vendors, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF Bangladesh) Dhaka office along with Chittagong University conducted a survey on street vending in the port city of Chittagong.

Im Nordflügel des Kapitols in Washington sitzt der Senat
Attack on the Capitol
Johanna Rudorf

Attack on the Capitol: Biden Takes Over a Country Torn Apart

The saga of the seemingly never-ending presidential election reached an inglorious culmination yesterday. Traditionally, the U.S. Congress' certification process for the election results is a dry and formal affair. But this year, the day will go down in U.S. history as one of the most tumultuous days in U.S. domestic politics.

Attack on capitol building
United States
Ann Cathrin Riedel

Attack on the Capitol: A Consequence of Radicalisation Online

The recent attack on the US Capitol is no surprise in retrospect. Donald Trump has repeatedly called on his supporters to “stand by”. For days, social media had been mentioning 6 January 2021 as the date to carry out violence if Congress did not revise the results of the 2020 presidential election. Ann Cathrin Riedel analyzes the consequences of online radicalization.

Vietnam port
Free Trade
Husai Chantarawirod

Why EU and ASEAN won’t seem to get a Free Trade Agreement anytime soon

In times of turmoil in international relations, the European Union has to find new regional trade partners - and ASEAN is a potential candidate. But even though there have been several rounds of discussions, an agreement is nowhere in sight. The road to an FTA between EU and ASEAN is long and bumpy. What are the reasons?

Joe Biden DNC 2020
US-Elections
Johanna Rudorf

Election Victory for the Democrats in Georgia

Two months after the presidential election and for the first time in six years, Washington is now fully under Democratic control. On Tuesday, voters in the U.S. state of Georgia decided in two critical runoff elections which party controls the U.S. Senate, determining just how much President-elect Joe Biden can accomplish in his first two years in the White House.

libya
MENAPOL Blog
Ebtisam Aly Hussein

The Libyan Conflict: Turkey Flexing its Muscles

When the Libyan conflict started shortly after the assassination of former President of Libya Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, it was difficult to foresee this act of violence turning into an international conflict. Today, with the involvement of several regional powers including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Syria, and...

Urban Flooding Islamabad 2019
Pakistan
Birgit Lamm

Pakistan: Water Crisis is a Regional Political Challenge

Since its independence in 1947, Pakistan has faced many political and economic challenges. Among others, one of the major and long-term challenges for Pakistan is neither extremism nor terrorism, but the lethal combination of climate change and a rapidly growing population. Both these issues are influencing water resource- scarcity on the one hand and monsoon flash floods on the other.

Washing Hands
Corona
Birgit Lamm

COVID-19: A Global Stress Test for Governance and Resilience

We live in strange times. While probably half of the world—the US, over Europe to Asia—is in a lockdown, it is well worth giving a thought to what lessons this crisis can teach us. Every generation has its defining moments and for the 21st century, the current coronavirus crisis can be a major tipping point for the collective memory.

Road to Prosperity through COVID-19 Pandemic
Prof. Sirimal Abeyratne

Road to Prosperity through COVID-19 Pandemic

The current crisis period is the best time to exploit the emerging opportunities to undertake most of the above reforms and to correct the deep-rooted structural issues and weaknesses.

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