In any health care crisis, the first priority is to improve the patient’s condition. But this priority is not absolute as it is normally subject to the patient’s (or someone on her behalf) approval. This can sometimes lead to serious difficulties when the patient on epistemological (the patient may be ignorant or misinformed), political (the patient may have political objections to a particular...

At the end of the year, the mass media in Korea was busy picking up keywords that describe Korean society in the year 2015. For Koreans in their twenties, one of the most referred-to buzzwords is “hell-Chosun.” This bizarre combination of two words—”hell” and “Chosun”—circulated widely among the young generation. “Hell” implies all the negative and depressing features of South Korean society to...

The East Asian ®nancial crisis had a major impact on the regional operations of banks, and in particular investment banks. As the ®nancial crisis deepened during 1997 and 1998, numerous European and North American banks began to restructure their organizational capabilities in capital markets, foreign exchange, securities, and project ®nance, as they became exposed to bad debts and reductions i...

Despite declared political commitment to implement the Political Declaration of the High-Level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, many countries are experiencing challenges in moving to concrete action. The response to the 2011 UN political declaration and to the regional framework for action which was endorsed by the Regio...

The practice of developing and creating Free Software has been the centre of attention for studies related to economics, knowledge production, laws and the intellectual property framework. However, the practice that constitutes the initiative of Free Software also means a call to rethink current forms of political action and the in-depth meaning of what is understood as “political”. This consti...

The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) has a long history of siding with civil protestors in times of national political crisis. In recent years, waves of popular protests, often called the Arab Spring, have affected political developments across the Arab world. This CMI Insight analyzes what role the military may have, should similar calls for political change also reach Sudan. It does so by examining t...

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