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Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Rule of law seems absent, western powers impassive, as civil war inflicts horrific suffering in Sudan

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I know it's hipster hot right now to be up in arms over Gaza and lukewarm over Ukraine . I'd like for a moment to set aside both tho...
Monday, June 24, 2024

Greenland opens new capital airport terminal, hopes to boost tourism, increase economic autonomy

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I was among the first passengers at the new Nuuk terminal today. Today a new international airport terminal opened at Nuuk, the capital of G...
Saturday, June 22, 2024

Greenland celebrates 'National Day,' ever growing autonomy, but dependence on Danish aid persists

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Greenland flags celebrate National Day, Qaqortoq. Yesterday I was in Qaqortoq, Greenland, for Greenland National Day, June 21. (All photos b...
Monday, February 26, 2024

Parks group challenges soccer stadium under state constitutional right to environmental conservation

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A Boston lawsuit pits parks against soccer, tying in knots fans of both such as me. The Emerald Necklace Conservancy  on February 20 sued t...
Friday, November 3, 2023

Court quashes $19m side deal in casino creation

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Encore Boston Harbor, shiny and new in 2018. Photo by Pi.1415926535 via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 A $19m side deal in a major casino r...
Monday, October 23, 2023

Bahamian development, identity stall between Columbus, Atlantis; tourist dollars seem not to land

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Columbus is absent from Government House, Nassau. Bowen Yang's amusing portrayal of Christopher Columbus on the Saturday Night Live &qu...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Wide-ranging social commentary in Peele's 'Wendell & Wild' pillories privatization, school-to-prison pipeline

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Released by Netflix in October 2022, Wendell & Wild is a delightful stop-motion horror animation and none-too-subtle commentary on the...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Fighting shatters peace, rips at progress in Sudan

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"Our tea lady" and me in Khartoum, November 2020. RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 I'm saddened by the outbreak of conflict in ...
Thursday, April 6, 2023

Chinese aid in foreign development, Taiwan's dwindling number of allies warrant Western concern

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Honduras severed ties with Taiwan and doubled down on ties with China just days before House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met in California with t...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

EU leverages trade for sustainable development

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Attorney Cyprian Liske presents at the University of Bologna . Used with permission. "Sustainability" is the word of our times, an...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Politics complicates football: Sympathy for ... Iran

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As advertised , last week in Kraków, Poland, I had the great privilege to talk law, development, and the FIFA World Cup, with the group sta...