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188648
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Following independence, but particularly following the 1948–1949 Arab-Israeli War and more so in the wake of the assassination of King Abdullah I, a common prediction among both intelligence units and academics was that Jordan, at least in its initial form, namely as a sovereign political entity under the rule of the Hashemite family, would have a limited lifespan. These pessimistic projections were largely intensified following the June 1967 War and the Black September events. In retrospect, despite the high volatility of the Jordanian economy since the mid-1980s, and more so following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Jordan is currently not only more politically stable than most of the other non-oil Arab countries, but also its socioeconomic situation is better. The aim of this article is twofold: first, to examine the major socioeconomic challenges that the Kingdom had to deal with that led so many to evaluate that it would not survive; and second, to explore the core socioeconomic pillars that enabled Jordan to survive. The core question that remains is, in light of the current major challenges – namely, the continuation of the Coronavirus pandemic; the continuing presence of large number of Arab Spring refugees; the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq; the Kingdom’s high unemployment rate; and above all, the persistence of the rapid population growth – will the current rentier system work well “enough to survive” or, if not, what will the political consequences of failure be?
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174543
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This article describes the recent events in the relations between China, the United States, and Russia (the "Big Three" in the struggle to shape a new world order), their role and potentialities in the process under conditions of the raging coronavirus pandemic, and the development prospects for their relations in the foreseeable future.
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ID:
174187
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When there is reason to believe that coronavirus pandemic may lead to a changed world order and China may take advantage of the current international deadlock to surpass the United States in global power dispensation, this paper examines the chain of events that ultimately display China’s weakness to emerge as a global leader. China was the principal catalyst in leading the world to the brink of this awful disaster and is now maneuvering the crisis for its personal gain. China’s role in the present crisis surely puts the country’s credibility as an aspirant for top job in the international order in question.
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178814
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177914
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The global health emergency and the economic crisis it unleashed cried out for international policy coordination. The response was underwhelming.
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ID:
172758
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173580
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COVID 19 pandemic did not spare the Latin American and Caribbean region. Countries like Brazil, Peru, Mexico, Chile, and Ecuador are badly affected by the Coronavirus spread. The first COVID-19 positive case reported on 25 February 2020 in Latin America was in Brazil, a 61-year-old man who visited Lombardy in Italy for a two-week business trip.
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180724
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THE STATE of the global economy even before the coronavirus pandemic was cause for major concern. In 2019, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), global GDP and global trade recorded their lowest growth of the decade (2.9% and 0.3%, respectively). Global debt continued to increase, with sovereign debt and budget deficit levels in many countries near critical.
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173032
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The challenge for U.S. and Western politicians in meeting the short-term crisis of the coronavirus and the long-term crisis of climate change is to create, by democratic means, the sort of national consensus that will make radical and consistent strategies possible.
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ID:
173021
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Just a few weeks ago, no one could have imagined that the crisis sparked by the spread of the coronavirus would have such a far-reaching impact on daily life. The effects on almost all spheres of life as well as on global politics are severe. The broader effects of the pandemic cannot yet be conclusively assessed, but it is fair to say it adds to the already overburdened global agenda.
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ID:
180045
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This article analyzes the surge in support for PM Benjamin Netanyahu during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Israel within the framework of the rally effect. Israel was chosen as a case study for two reasons. First, the country was repeatedly polled during the first wave of infection. Second, a strict compartmentalised lockdown limited to certain areas, as a natural experimentation, had been in place for some time. These two factors fresh important light on the circumstances under which a society supports its political leaders during a national crisis.
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ID:
175968
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180342
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As a junior scholar filled with the anxiety of a fall 2020 tenure review and a first book publication, I found the question, “how has the Covid-19 pandemic changed how I am thinking about my scholarship?” perfectly timed. Finding time to commit to research at a small liberal-arts college focused on teaching is always difficult. But after the coronavirus forced my college into the virtual world of online teaching and my carefully planned and Socratic-method based classes into Zoom-, Slack-, and Yellow Dig-friendly formats, it seemed what little time I had been able to dedicate to scholarship quickly dissipated. The commitment of the online transition and the necessary daily obsession with my computer screen had undermined my grand research plan as I struggled to establish a productive and effective daily work routine while wearing my extremely comfortable sweatpants and aimlessly petting my slightly overweight and incessantly purring cat.
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ID:
180506
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The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on the nuclear industry, complicating operations and altering the delivery of both safety and security. This has generated concerns over the ability of governments and industry to provide vital services, while also protecting against changing threats that have evolved to take advantage of the pandemic. Christopher Hobbs, Nickolas Roth and Daniel Salisbury examine the nuclear security community’s response to this challenge, exploring how the risk landscape has been changed by the pandemic and the efficacy of new security solutions.
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ID:
173046
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The coronavirus pandemic has turned a conscious uncoupling into a messy breakup.
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ID:
180507
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The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted some of the limitations of traditional assessments of the power of states as ‘strong’ or ‘weak’ in hard power terms. Diana Galeeva argues that when faced with a global human security threat, a state’s capacity can be partially measured by its ability to provide human security to its citizens, and to leverage its economic strength to provide foreign aid.
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