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Oct 18, 2012

Encouraging Public-Private Partnerships to Fight Financial Crime

By Alexei Monsarrat

More than five years into the global financial crisis, a host of challenges continue to plague the integrity and health of the financial system. High among these is the ongoing fight to prevent criminals—money launderers, terrorist financiers, and organizations and individuals sanctioned by the international community—from utilizing the system. This fight is chiefly directed by […]

Economy & Business Financial Regulation

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2012

Swiss army prepares for euro unrest

By Valentina Pop, EUobserver

From Valentina Pop, EUobserver:  The Swiss army is preparing for possible internal civil unrest as well as waves of refugees from euro-countries as the economic crisis drags on.

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Oct 16, 2012

Home Cost of Wars

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The American Society of Civil Engineers issued a cry of alarm five years ago in the form of three separate report cards on the state of the nation’s infrastructure in 15 major categories — from bridges to rail lines, pipelines, dams, waterways, highways and all other publicly regulated facilities.

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Oct 9, 2012

Africa Rising

By Derek Reveron

The latest World Bank study describes the state of the global economy as “volatile, punctuated by natural disasters, large swings in investor sentiment, and periods of relative calm and improving prospects.”

Africa Economy & Business

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2012

NATO’s role threatened by financial and sovereign pressures, says Norwegian defence minister

By Nicholas de Larrinaga, Jane's

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Oct 3, 2012

Help Europe Help Itself, and Ourselves

By C. Boyden Gray

As the presidential election reaches the home stretch, the Obama and Romney campaigns have made clear their single-minded focus: fixing the economy. But to achieve that goal, the next president must take seriously the pressing need for a full free-trade agreement between the United States and the European Union.

Economy & Business Elections

NATOSource

Oct 1, 2012

Who Is Really Leading the EU?

By Ulrike Guérot, World Politics Review

From Ulrike Guérot, World Politics Review:  Throughout the European Union’s sovereign debt crisis, the conventional wisdom has portrayed Germany as leading the EU, in particular by imposing its economic policy preferences on the eurozone.

Economy & Business European Union

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Sep 26, 2012

In France, Hollande’s honeymoon period ends

By Edward Cody, the Washington Post

From Edward Cody, the Washington Post:  After a swell of euphoria over President Francois Hollande’s electoral victory in May and a blissful timeout for summer vacation, France is coming to grips with a harsh reality of high unemployment, tax increases and budget cuts imposed by a flat-lining economy and Europe’s perilous debt crisis.

Economy & Business European Union

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Sep 26, 2012

Launch of the 2012 African Economic Outlook Report

By Adrienne Chuck

The Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center partnered with the Africa Growth Initiative at the Brookings Institution and the African Development Bank to host the Washington launch of the latter’s 2012 African Economic Outlook (AEO) Report with a panel discussion at the Council today.

Africa Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2012

Founding Father of a Federal Europe

By Ben Carliner

Formally, the European Central Bank has but a single mandate – price stability. But as the debt crisis facing the Eurozone has evolved into an existential challenge, the ECB has been pushed into taking on responsibilities far beyond its original raison d’etre.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

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