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Research Monitor, Jan 12th

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The Pandemic, Week to January 12th

Donald Trump and the Big Lie

The invasion and desecration on January 6th of the seat of American democracy by a crowd incited by President Donald Trump was shocking enough. The deeper issue that needs to be addressed is the potency in modern times of the method he used to incite the crowd: what Adolf Hitler called “the Big Lie”.

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The Pandemic, week to Dec 23rd

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Research Monitor Dec 23rd

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The coming emerging-market crisis

In developing countries, a potentially massive debt crisis is brewing. This threatens also to expose fractures in the international order and the poor state of global collaboration.

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Research Monitor Dec 15th

December 15th 2020 – Review of the latest research published on the health, economic, social, scientific, security and geopolitical aspects of the pandemic crisis and its broader dimensions.

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The Pandemic – Week to Dec 15th

The United States gave the greenlight for the use of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Policy Monitor Dec 8th

December 8th 2020. Our review of the latest pandemic-related or -triggered policy initiatives by governments and other policy-making bodies.

Research Monitor – Dec 8th

December 8th 2020 – Review of the latest research published on the health, economic, social, scientific, security and geopolitical aspects of the pandemic crisis and its broader dimensions.