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Constant delays in a peace settlement add new complications, threatening democracy for Israel and destroying the possibility of a separate Palestinian state. Delays in securing a just peace settlement might let demography define their destiny.
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Liberalizing the defense and aerospace markets will streamline defense spending. As aerospace and defense industries integrate, regulations must be updated and coordinated accordingly. O’Donnell concludes that a joint EU investigative committee, rather than fragmented national reviews, would increase transparency, simplify procedures for investors and provide greater security.
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n the light of China’s increasing assertiveness in the global scene, its dominance in rare-earth reserves and processing has raised concerns about the future availability of materials needed for a range of critical industries – alternative energy, communications, transportation and defense. The dominance prompts a search for new deposits of rare-earth materials and alternative technology that could avoid acute dependence.
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A poster child of successful globalization, China has recently taken some knocks from the process. This YaleGlobal series explores how China’s global connections brought prosperity but some unpleasant surprises as well. By leveraging its economic might and organizing power of the state, China has successfully used institutions like the International Olympics Committee to rebrand itself as an advanced global power. But, as historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom explains in the last article of a two-part series, China has stumbled in its attempt due to an enduring authoritarian impulse.
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Globalization is a two-way street. Countries cannot endlessly send products out into the world and build up reserves without a push back – benefiting from the world without giving back something – explains this two-part YaleGlobal series.