Artur Usanov

Volatility and friction in the age of disintermediation

Events unfolded once again at a swirling pace in 2016. Terrorists hit Europe’s capital in March. The British population voted for Brexit in June. Tu...

The circular economy and developing countries

A data analysis of the impact of a circular economy on resource-dependent developing nations

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The Geopolitical Impact of Climate Mitigation Policies

How Hydrocarbon Exporting Rentier States and Developing Nations can Prepare for a More Sustainable Future

At the Paris Climate Conference held in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the Paris Agreement – the first universal, legally binding global clima...

The Many Faces of Political Violence

The modern era’s Great Power Peace has come under severe strain in recent years. The seams of the western-based world political order have stretched...

New players, new game?

the impact of emerging economies on global governance

The first decade of the 21st century has been a period of rapid eco¬nomic growth in many large emerging economies, especially China. While Western ec...

Designing a System for Collecting Policy-Relevant Data for the Kurdistan Region--Iraq

Surveys the availability of reliable policy-relevant data in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq, identifies the high-priority areas for which more data are re...

Strategies for Private-Sector Development and Civil-Service Reform in the Kurdistan Region Iraq

This monograph provides strategies to increase private-sector employment, including ways to reemploy civil-service workers in the private sector, in t...