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Milking the Cash Back Cow: Youth Unemployment and Labor Migration in Central America
Written by Juliana Rincon
Central American governments benefit greatly from the money migrants in search of better work or study opportunities send back to their families: could this explain the lack of effective youth employment policies that would keep these young men and women in their countries at the government’s expense? Remittances have become […]
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Ten years later: A personal perspective from Pakistan on 9/11
Written by M. Farhan Janjua
Farhan Janjua is FutureChallenges’ Regional Editor for the Middle East and is based in Pakistan. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I feel moved to write about what we felt back then and how these terrorist attacks have affected our all lives. Yes, 9/11! A major icon of our times […]
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The Strange Case of Azerbaijan And Its Resource Blessing/Curse
Written by Peter Hagen
Introduction: The SOFAZ Project “Oil is a major wealth of Azerbaijan which belongs not only to this generation, but also to future generations,” according to the former President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev on the website of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ). This organisation […]
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Hungarian Politics and Climate Change – Can It Be Different?
Written by Kinga Szálkai
In Central and Eastern Europe’s relatively new democracies, environmental consciousness and its political manifestations are generally weaker than in Western Europe. More than twenty years have now passed since the democratic turn in Hungary, but the revolution in the ‘hearts and minds’ – at least as far as questions of […]
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The Arab Regression
Written by Aown Kaz
Esteemed as the birthplace of Islam and the nucleus of religious enlightenment with its sacred cities of Mecca and Medina and in particular the House of God – The Holy Kabáh, the country of Saudi Arabia stands is one of the most powerful and respected Muslim nations in the world. At […]
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Looking ahead…
Written by Tom Fries
The Future Challenges team is actively preparing for several upcoming events, as well as fleshing out further material for the content package with our blogger network and with our organizational content partners. We’re looking forward to upcoming lead articles with contributions in particular from Arrianna Coleman and Lourdes Gomez, among […]
