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Reform of health care systems is on the agenda across the world. The ageing populations in the West is putting increasing pressure on budgets. Public budgets are under particular pressure in many countries following the aftermath of the 2007/8 global financial crisis. Can the private sector deliver more efficiently than the public sector? Are...
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It is worth noting that Mariano Rajoy was elected because the Spaniards thought that he was more capable to manage the economy and get the country out of the crisis than the socialists. If he succeeds in doing just that, all will be forgiven: Whatever else he does (or fails to do) in whatever...
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Tackling National Security Strategy from a whole-of-nation approach is fraught with danger. The parts are too many, the relationships too complex, the expertise constrained. Yet the alternative, perception-of-security strategy as a set of independent or loosely related issues, while easier and status quo, has resulted in costly policies, and outdated models of security. Complexity...
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In each of the cases, everyone is moving closer to something that could be described as the red-line. Extremely important and fundamental issues are at stake: Syria, free market transits, nuclear programs, covert war, battered economies, and strong ideologies, with increasing and declining spheres of influence for respective players. There is much outrage, fear...
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The USA would love to export democracy to all corners of the world. Yet, the American version of democracy is too expensive and not user-friendly. It is nice and neat on paper, but it is complex to implement and dangerous to introduce to countries where there already exist divisions along social, ethnic and religious...
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It is a fact that membership of the European Union has been mutually beneficial to both the UK and the EU. Nevertheless, in recent years, the dynamics have changed and the country is gradually being brought down as it loses its ability to carve out a sovereign socio-economic policy aimed at improving the lives...
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