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United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Power in the balance

11 May 2011

A new research hub dedicated to the study of emerging powers and how different nations evolve to become leading political forces on the world stage...

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Siberian timber being delivered to China

Where empires meet

17 Mar 2011

How two ‘rising powers’ – China and Russia – interact across the border they share with resource-rich Mongolia is the focus of a network led by the...

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'Memory wars' of Eastern Europe

01 Apr 2010

A €1 million study will shed light on the role of cultural memory of the soviet era in Russia, Ukraine and Poland.

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