DW

10.21.19

一群学者望以德国统一的例子为鉴,为现今世界的各种冲突寻找和平的解决方法。 新疆维吾尔族目前面对的困境是柏林举办名为Pearson Global Forum论坛上的重点话题

以"维吾尔人:犹太大屠杀翻版?"(New Holocaust?Uighurs)为题的讨论,以维族学者伊力哈木女儿录制的一个视频开始。身在美国的菊尔.伊力哈木(Jewher Ilham)提到父亲提倡共融,建立网上沟通平台,反被指反裂国家而遭判无期徒刑。如今她已五年没见过父亲,两年来更完全失去了他的消息。同时,她见证着维吾尔族在新疆的人权问题日渐严重。

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Foreign Policy

10.19.19

The Upside of Populism

Picture an era of rapid technological change, economic growth, and globalization that benefits only some. With inequality mounting, social anxiety is high. A severe recession starting with a financial panic spreads to the whole economy. A movement blaming immigrants and pining for a return to an old, idyllic age gathers steam. Trust in institutions is decimated, and the leaders of the new movement blame politicians for scheming against common people. “From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice,” a new party says, “we breed the two great classes—tramps and millionaires.” The scene is set for a combustible mix of social resentment and economic discontent that could bring down the country’s institutional edifice.

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Hürriyet Daily News

10.17.19

Sustainable growth conference kicks off in Istanbul

Turkey hosted on Oct. 16 a conference in Istanbul on the financing of sustainable growth via capital markets. With support from Turkey's Presidential Finance Office and sponsored by the sole exchange entity of Turkey, Borsa Istanbul, and the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute, the conference, Financing of Sustainable Growth through Capital Markets, welcomed the esteemed global academics including James Robinson and Ufuk Akçiğit from Chicago University.

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Western Wall

Harris Public Policy students visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem as part of the 2019 Pearson International Conflict Seminar to Israel and the West Bank.

Ramin Kohanteb / The Pearson Institute