Live Blog: A Conversation with Peter Thiel and Niall Ferguson
HPR reports from a JFK Jr. Forum event with the PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor.
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Keystone Confusion
Obama's rejection of the pipeline will result in jobs lost and worse environmental results
St. Petersburg’s Chinese Towers
The economic foundations of a new Sino-Russian "strategic partnership"
Updating Guinea and Why it Matters
Earlier this month I wrote a blog documenting three elections in Africa, and I wrote it with the idea that I would continue to update the struggles for democracy in Tanzania, Guinea, and Cote d’Ivoire. While it’s cool to actually follow through on my idea and follow the political climates in these three nations, recent developments in Guinea quickly reminded [...]
Video: “The Millenium Development Goals: Where Are We?”
October 24 is United Nations Day! The Millennium Development Goals were set up by the United Nations in 2000. With five years left to go, what progress has the international community made in achieving these goals? Featuring: Nicole Delaney is a fund portfolio manager for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. She was assigned to coordinate the [...]
Will Wealth Bring Democracy to Hong Kong?
As long as Hong Kong’s economy is booming, calls for democracy will remain on the backburner
