CIRSD and BCARS Host a Conference on Refugees
The Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) and Boston Consortium for Arab Region Studies (BCARS) , under the umbrella of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, organized a two-day international conference on the refugee crisis in Belgrade on July 20th and 21st. The con…
NK’s efforts to divide public opinion in South could backfire
Just one day after test-firing three ballistic missiles, North Korea announced on Wednesday that the drill was part of its training for a preemptive attack against South Korea’s major facilities and U.S. forces in the South. The move is understood as a form of protest against Seoul’s decision to int…
The Economics of Hosting the Olympic Games
The Olympics have evolved dramatically since the first modern games were held in 1896. In the second half of the twentieth century, both the costs of hosting as well as the revenue produced by the spectacle grew rapidly, sparking controversy over the burdens being shouldered by host countries. A gro…
The Failure of Free Migration
The horrendous attack by a French-Tunisian man on a crowd in Nice celebrating Bastille Day, which killed 84 and injured hundreds more, will give National Front leader Marine Le Pen a massive boost in next spring’s presidential election. It doesn’t matter whether the murderer, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhl…
NASA: Hottest June on record continues 14-month global heat wave
The first six months of 2016 were the hottest ever recorded, NASA announced on Tuesday, while Arctic sea ice now covers 40% less of the Earth than it did just 30 years ago. Temperatures were on average 1.3 degrees Celsius (2.4 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than average between January and June thi…