CIRSD and DRC Co-host the Beijing Horizons Discussion
The Center of International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) and the Development Research Center (DRC) of the State Council of China co-organized a Horizons Discussion in Beijing on 8 September 2015. Entitled “China and the World,” the Davos-style panel discussion was held in the presti…
Greece, Russia and the politics of humiliation
Just before Alexis Tsipras was elected Greek prime minister in January, he made a vow to the voters: “On Monday national humiliation will be over. We will finish with orders from abroad.” Anyone tempted to dismiss this stress on national humiliation as a Greek eccentricity should look around the wor…