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CBD News: Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) wrapped up a weeklong meeting on implementation with recommendations on, among others, resource mobilization, technical and scientific cooperation, poverty eradication and sustainable devel

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CBD News: Governments finished a week of deliberations on scientific issues that will inform future national efforts under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to achieve the goals of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi Bio

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CBD News: A new compendium providing the latest and best professional information needed for protected area practitioner capacity development was released this week in the margins of the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress.

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CBD News: Statement of Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the Fourth Greater Mekong Subregion Environment Ministers' Meeting, 27 - 29 January 2015, Nyipyitaw, Myanmar

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CBD News: On World Wildlife Day, as we seek to work to combat illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products, let us look at ways to combine enforcement with empowerment, and therefore protect the "Future we Want," a future of life in harmony w

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Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: With traditional blessings by the Elders of the local Mohawk Community of Kahnawake setting the scene, governments, indigenous peoples and local communities from around the world will meet in Montreal, Canada, next week to develop guidelines tha

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Published On :: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Some 600 delegates from around the world will gather together in Montreal, Canada, next week to examine the effectiveness of measures taken by Governments to implement the global biodiversity agenda and mainstream biodiversity into sustainable d

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Published On :: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: One of the main bodies under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CDB) is set to meet next week to discuss issues that will accelerate progress in implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and achieving its Aichi Biodiversity

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Published On :: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: This week marks the two-year anniversary of the entry into force of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

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Published On :: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: With the aim of raising public awareness about the importance of biodiversity, a documentary detailing what it is like to spend four weeks over two summers exploring the biodiversity of the Grand Lake protected natural area in the Canadian provi

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Published On :: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The focus of work this week "towards an enhanced regional cooperation to restore Mediterranean landscapes: improving ecosystem resilience for the benefit of people and the environment.", directly supports the Strategic Plan for Biodive

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Published On :: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: The science body under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meets this week to discuss a wide array of biodiversity-related issues critical for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and tackling climate change. These dis

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CBD News: Delegates to the science body of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) closed their meeting this week, sending a number of recommendations to the next UN Biodiversity Conference that set the stage for achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity

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Published On :: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Over the next two weeks, the Convention on Biological Diversity's (CBD) bodies on science and implementation will meet to provide further guidance on accelerated efforts to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets by the end of the year 2020,

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Published On :: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT


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CBD News: Government officials, experts and activists from around the world gather in Nairobi this week to open talks on a global agreement to safeguard life on Earth, in all its forms. The 27-30 August meeting marks the official start of negotiations tow

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Calculation of the convexity adjustment to the forward rate in the Vasicek model for the forward in-arrears contracts on LIBOR rate

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Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:58 EST

N. O. Malykh and I. S. Postevoy
Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 99 (2020), 189-198.
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Asymptotic distribution of the maximum likelihood estimator in the fractional Vašíček model

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Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:58 EST

S. S. Lohvinenko and K. V. Ralchenko
Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 99 (2020), 149-168.
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Evaluation and Evolution of Diabetes Mobile Applications: Key Factors for Health Care Professionals Seeking to Guide Patients

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Published On :: 2013-11-01

Ryan A. Ristau
Nov 1, 2013; 26:211-215
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HKEx chief not to seek reappointment

By www.news.gov.hk
Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:00 +0800

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited (HKEx) today announced that Charles Li will not seek reappointment as Chief Executive at the end of his current contract in October 2021.

     

The Government said it respected Mr Li's decision and expressed deep appreciation for his exemplary contribution to the development of the financial market during his tenure as HKEx Chief Executive in the past decade.

 

Since taking the helm in January 2010, he has led HKEx and Hong Kong’s capital market in achieving important breakthroughs one after another.

 

The vibrancy and growth that Mr Li has brought to Hong Kong in the capital market helps reinforce the status of Hong Kong as a leading international financial centre.

 

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said: "Thanks to his vision and leadership, Mr Li has laid a solid and strong foundation for our stock market, rendering Hong Kong the largest IPO market in the world for seven times in the past 11 years.

 

"He has been instrumental in the successful launch of mutual market access programmes between Hong Kong and the Mainland, notably the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect in 2014, which was expanded to include Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect in 2016 and Bond Connect in 2017.

 

"He also played a pivotal role in the launch of new listing regime in Hong Kong, the enhanced internationalisation of HKEx and its international visibility. These are all important achievements of HKEx in the past few years under Mr Li’s able leadership."

Mr Chan added that the Government is confident the HKEx board will continue to ensure the success of HKEx in the years to come.


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Capacity Theory with Local Rationality: The Strong Fekete-Szego Theorem on Curves

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Robert Rumely, University of Georgia - AMS, 2013, 437 pp., Hardcover, ISBN-13: 978-1-4704-0980-7, List: US$119, All AMS Members: US$95.20, SURV/193

This book is devoted to the proof of a deep theorem in arithmetic geometry, the Fekete-Szegö theorem with local rationality conditions. The...


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Nonlinear Stability of Ekman Boundary Layers in Rotating Stratified Fluids

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Hajime Koba, Waseda University - AMS, 2014, 127 pp., Softcover, ISBN-13: 978-0-8218-9133-9, List: US$79, All AMS Members: US$63.20, MEMO/228/1073

A stationary solution of the rotating Navier-Stokes equations with a boundary condition is called an Ekman boundary layer. This book constructs...


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EDB to resume more public services starting next week

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New book shows how ancient Greek writing helps us understand today's environmental crises

By www.eurekalert.org
Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00:00 EDT

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) University of Illinois classics professor Clara Bosak-Schroeder writes about how the ancient Greeks thought about natural resources and how it is relevant to responding to climate change today.


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Kinetic modeling and test-retest reproducibility of 11C-EKAP and 11C-FEKAP, novel agonist radiotracers for PET imaging of the kappa opioid receptor in humans

By jnm.snmjournals.org
Published On :: 2020-03-13T14:12:30-07:00

The kappa opioid receptor (KOR) is implicated in various neuropsychiatric disorders. We previously evaluated an agonist tracer, 11C-GR103545, for PET imaging of KOR in humans. Although 11C-GR103545 showed high brain uptake, good binding specificity, and selectivity to KOR, it displayed slow kinetics and relatively large test-retest variability (TRV) of distribution volume (VT) estimates (15%). Therefore we set out to develop two novel KOR agonist radiotracers, 11C-EKAP and 11C-FEKAP, and in nonhuman primates, both tracers exhibited faster kinetics and comparable binding parameters to 11C-GR103545. The aim of this study was to assess their kinetic and binding properties in humans. Methods: Six healthy subjects underwent 120-min test-retest PET scans with both 11C-EKAP and 11C-FEKAP. Metabolite-corrected arterial input functions were measured. Regional time-activity curves (TACs) were generated for 14 regions of interest. One- and two-tissue compartment models (1TC, 2TC) and the multilinear analysis-1 (MA1) method were applied to the regional TACs to calculate VT. Time-stability of VT values and test-retest reproducibility were evaluated. Levels of specific binding, as measured by the non-displaceable binding potential (BPND) for the three tracers (11C-EKAP, 11C-FEKAP and 11C-GR103545), were compared using a graphical method. Results: For both tracers, regional TACs were fitted well with the 2TC model and MA1 method (t*=20min), but not with the 1TC model. Given unreliably estimated parameters in several fits with the 2TC model and a good match between VT values from MA1 and 2TC, MA1 was chosen as the appropriate model for both tracers. Mean MA1 VT values were highest for 11C-GR103545, followed by 11C-EKAP, then 11C-FEKAP. Minimum scan time for stable VT measurement was 90 and 110min for 11C-EKAP and 11C-FEKAP, respectively, compared with 140min for 11C-GR103545. The mean absolute TRV in MA1 VT estimates was 7% and 18% for 11C-EKAP and 11C-FEKAP, respectively. BPND levels were similar for 11C-FEKAP and 11C-GR103545, but ~25% lower for 11C-EKAP. Conclusion: The two novel KOR agonist tracers showed faster tissue kinetics than 11C-GR103545. Even with slightly lower BPND, 11C-EKAP is judged to be a better tracer for imaging and quantification of KOR in humans, based on the shorter minimum scan time and excellent test-retest.


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POSTPONED: UN Peacekeeping in Africa: Insights from Successes and Failures of the Past

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Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:30:01 +0000

Research Event

10 March 2020 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Chatham House | 10 St James's Square | London | SW1Y 4LE

Event participants

Alan Doss, President, Kofi Annan Foundation
 

With Africa hosting half of the UN peacekeeping missions currently in operation and more than 80 per cent of the UN’s peacekeepers, it is clear that crisis management and conflict resolution on the continent remain key priorities. However, traditional international supporters, notably Canada and the United States, have reduced their financial support for peacekeeping in recent years. Together with frequent reports on peacekeeping abuse, declining support is proving disruptive for the maintenance and predictability of UN missions.

At this event, which will launch the book A Peacekeeper in Africa: Learning from UN Interventions in Other People’s Wars, Alan Doss will reflect on past UN peacekeeping missions in Africa and will consider how lessons learned might help to improve future UN peace operations.

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

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Africa Programme, African Peace and Security, Foreign Relations and Africa’s Agency in the International System

Sahar Eljack

Programme Administrator, Africa Programme
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StartupWeek Sydney readies for launch

By www.smh.com.au
Published On :: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 01:39:13 GMT

StartupWeek Sydney 2015 starts on Friday, and 5000 people are expected to attend more than 50 events to celebrate and strengthen the city's thriving start-up community.


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ACT government defends seeking access to Canberrans' metadata

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Published On :: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:00:00 GMT

The ACT government has defended its right to seek access to Canberrans' private phone and internet records without a warrant.


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Hiroki Sekine

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Visiting Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme

Biography

Hiroki Sekine is visiting fellow with the Asia-Pacific Programme at Chatham House.

He was director of the policy and strategy office for financial operations at JBIC from July 2016 until June 2019 and, most recently, senior advisor to the corporate planning department at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

During this time, Hiroki led an internal taskforce to facilitate a trilateral partnership between the US, Australia and Japan, aiming to enhance infrastructure development under the Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy.

He has led project finance deals for power and petrochemical projects in Asia, the Middle East and South America. In 2018, Hiroki was appointed as adjunct professor at Kyoto University.

Hiroki Sekine is based at Chatham House until June 2021, hosted by the Asia-Pacific programme. During his fellowship, Hiroki is undertaking research on infrastructure development in the Asia-Pacific.

Areas of expertise

  • Infrastructure development policy in the Asia-Pacific region
  • Finance (incl. green finance, project finance, and sovereign finance)
  • Public finance policy (incl. multilateral finance agencies, development finance agencies)

Past experience

2019 - present

Senior advisor, Corporate Planning Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

2016-19 

Director, Policy and Strategy Office for Financial Operations, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

2015-16 

Advisor, Credit Analysis Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

2013-15

Director, Division 2, Corporate Finance Department

2011-13

Director, Power and Water Finance Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

2010-11

Advisor, Asia and Oceania Finance Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

2008-10

Deputy Director, Division2, Asia and Oceania Finance Department, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

2005

MSc in Finance, London Business School, University of London

1995

B.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo

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UK Tech Weekly Podcast Episode One: The Internet of Looms (IoL)

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Published On :: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 09:59:53 GMT

In the inaugural episode of the UK Tech Weekly Podcast host Matt Egan discusses Apple's disastrous Error 53 with David Price, acting editor of Macworld UK. Techworld.com editor Charlotte Jee discusses the London mayoral candidates views on the UK tech industry, including Zach Goldsmith's anti-Uber statement, and online editor Scott Carey jumps in with some inane ideas around fibre broadband. Finally the team talk about YouTube licensing rights, despite knowing absolutely nothing about the subject.  

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UK Tech Weekly Podcast Episode Two - The Internet of Acronyms (IoA)MWC, FBI and ROI

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Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:32:31 GMT

In the second episode of the UK Tech Weekly Podcast host Matt Egan discusses the Mobile World Congress (MWC) with producer Chris Martin before he jets off to Barcelona, including what device launches we are expecting from the likes of LG, Sony and Samsung. Acting editor at Macworld.co.uk David Price chats about the row between Apple and the FBI over encryption (14:50). Finally Scott Carey from Techworld.com discusses challenger banks (25:00) what they are, what the technology looks like and why you should care.  

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UK Tech Weekly Podcast - Episode Three: The Internet of Sex Robots - Facebook likes, AI and Trump

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Published On :: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:02:04 GMT

In this week's UK Tech Weekly Podcast host Matt Egan is joined by PC Advisor staff writer Chris Minasians chats about Facebook's new like buttons, the team has contracted smartphone fever from the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona and finally, acting editor of Macworld UK David Price, discusses Donald Trump boycotting Apple.  

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UK Tech Weekly Podcast Episode Four - The Internet of Kanye (IoK)

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Published On :: Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:42:12 GMT

In this week's UK Tech Weekly Podcast host Matt Egan discusses VR with Lewis Painter, staff writer at PC Advisor and Chris Martin, consumer tech editor at PC advisor. Then Chris Minasians, staff writer at Macworld UK vents about how technology is destroying social interactions IRL (11:30), light stuff for your weekend listening pleasure! Finally (23:00) acting editor of Macworld UK David Price and the gang chat about paid-for-streaming advocate Kanye West doing a naughty and pirating music software.  

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UK Tech Weekly Podcast Episode Five - The Internet of eReaders (IoeR)

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Published On :: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:12:14 GMT

This week host Matt Egan is joined by Ashleigh Allsopp, engagement editor of Macworld UK and physical bookshelf enthusiast to discuss eBooks and eReaders following the big Nook and Amazon Kindle news in the week (1:40). Producer Chris Martin chips in to talk about the death of the father of email, Ray Tomlinson, this week and the growth of workplace tools like Slack that are trying to reduce the amount we use email (12:30). Finally regular contributor and acting editor at Macworld UK David Price talks about Apple ransomware (24:00).  

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UK Tech Weekly Podcast - Episode Six: The Internet of Board Games (IoBG) + The Budget & AlphaGo

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Published On :: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 17:50:14 GMT

In this week's UK Tech Weekly Podcast host Matt Egan is joined by first time podder Tamlin Magee (1:50), online editor at ComputerworldUK.com, to discuss the UK tech implications of this year's Budget, including rural broadband and driverless cars. Then Christina Mercer, assistant online editor at Techworld.com, chats AlphaGo (10:00) and board games following the AI's historic win over world Go champion Lee Sedol. Later, resident Virtual Reality (VR) enthusiast and PCAdvisor.co.uk staff writer Lewis Painter discussed "the big three" VR headset release dates, pricing and features from HTC, Sony Playstation and Oculus Rift (19:00). Finally, UKTW Podcast regular David Price, acting editor at Macworld.co.uk chats about Apple's big upcoming event (28:45).  

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UK Tech Weekly Podcast - Episode Seven: The Internet of Fruit (IoF) Apple, BlackBerry & Raspberry Pi

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Published On :: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 16:06:14 GMT

In this week's UK Tech Weekly Podcast host Matt Egan is joined by acting editor at Macworld.co.uk David Price to discuss this week's Apple event announcements, from the iPhone SE to the iPad Pro and iOS 9.3. Then first time podder and staff writer at Macworld.co.uk Henry Burrell wades in to discuss Facebook dropping its support for Blackberry and the future of the under-fire mobile phone maker (19:45). Finally, online editor at Techworld.com Scott Carey chats coding in schools following the BBC micro:bit news and how it differs from the Raspberry Pi (27:40).  

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Episode 20 - The Internet of Zuck's Webcam (IoZW) Samsung rumours, London Tech Week & Zuck's webcam

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Published On :: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 14:41:06 GMT

Editor Matt Egan sits down with staff writer at PC Advisor Lewis Painter to chat about Samsung's S8 rumours. Editor of Techworld.com Charlotte Jee discusses all the goings on from London Tech Week and if London is as much of a tech city as it says it is (12:00). Finally, regular guest David Price, editor at Macworld UK, comes on to discuss Mark Zuckerberg's webcam paranoia and cyber security (22:00).  

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Can Uzbekistan’s President Meet Raised Expectations?

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Published On :: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:14:05 +0000

11 December 2019

Kate Mallinson

Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme
Shavkat Mirziyoyev has implemented a number of important reforms, but is now entering a more hazardous period.

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Shavkat Mirziyoyev in June. Photo: Getty Images.

In the three years since Shavkat Mirziyoyev was elected president of Uzbekistan, he has embarked on a wide-ranging reform process including currency liberalization, eliminating forced labour and abolishing exit visas. This has encouraged foreign investors and the population, but a rare protest last week over natural gas and electricity shortages shows that the Uzbek population’s faith in change under the new leadership could be wearing thin, while foreign direct investment that adds real value to the economy is in short supply.

When Mirziyoyev came to power, Uzbekistan was on the verge of bankruptcy. A former prime minister of 13 years, and a pragmatic economist, the new president set on a rapid course to open Uzbekistan up to its neighbours and remove barriers to trade and foreign investment. The alacrity and ambition of the reform process and the monetary and economic liberalization has at times been overwhelming for lawyers and businesses. 

However, allowing the free movement of capital, people and goods are natural moves to boost an economy after 20 years of stasis. The country is now immersed in the more challenging and substantive phase of development, including privatization, the breakup of monopolies and capital markets reform. 

Despite a marked increase in foreign direct investment, the country is not receiving the investment it needs. Much of it comes from Russia or China through bilateral arrangements, with debt from China washing through state-owned banks and state-owned enterprises. Uzbekistan’s debt to China has increased three times since the end of 2016.

Meanwhile, European and US companies still appear unsure about the business environment and the staying power of reforms. A lack of consistent policy, alongside hastily drafted decrees and legislation that often require presidential decrees to clarify their meaning as well, as opaque carve outs, are further deterring Western investors. A workforce that is still in transition from a Soviet to a free market approach exacerbates the situation.

Opposition within the government to implementation of some of the reforms, as well as competing government interests, have led to backtracking on some reforms (such as free and unrestricted currency convertibility) and creeping protectionism in some sectors. Some reforms simply get lost in the long chain from presidential decree to implementation. After 2018, import tariffs were abolished but recently, a list of protected domestically produced products has been drawn up raising concerns that vested interests are replacing state monopolies with private ones.

Despite progress on the economic front, political and social reform has lagged. Uzbekistan is still largely run by senior cadres from the previous administration of Islam Karimov. While the government has attracted younger reformers, often returning from abroad, it has also been rehabilitating key figures from the Karimov years that were implicated in corruption scandals. Progressive senior officials, such as the former general prosecutor Otabek Murodov, have been removed with little explanation as to why; trials take place behind closed doors.

The new leadership has transformed the media environment, but the country still lacks objective analytical reporting. Direct criticism of the president or the ruling family remains taboo. Economic and monetary liberalization has come at a cost to the population in the form of double-digit inflation, while utility prices are moving to the level of the free market. Popular discontent is growing at the grass roots level and some hark back to the stability of the former government, in spite of its reputation for appalling human rights treatment.

Small and innovative steps have been taken to improve the rule of law, but more can be done, including introducing transparency over judicial processes and ensuring regional authorities have less impunity before the law. An initiative to address the issue of conflict of interest – whereby mayors, senators and other senior civil servants have been able to benefit commercially from their positions during an era of government economic stimulus – would signal a commitment to fundamental reform.

With great promises of political and economic reform, the government has set a high bar for itself. A continuing paternalistic form of governance, with its restricted civil society freedoms, human rights, stifling bureaucracy and corruption, against continuing lack of opportunities, will clash with the expectations of a growing young population.

Mirziyoyev is trying to make the parliamentary elections on 22 December, the first during his presidency, more dynamic. Yet no opposition parties have been able to emerge to serve as a check on the executive branch. A product of the system he ostensibly wishes to reform, Mirziyoyev will need to prioritize the strengthening of independent institutions to deliver results to his expectant people.


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Ekaterina Schulmann

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Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:02:25 +0000

Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme

Biography

Ekaterina is a political scientist specializing in the legislative process in modern Russia, parliamentarism and decision-making mechanisms in hybrid political regimes.

She has a PhD in political science and serves as an associate professor at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES), and senior lecturer at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). From Dec 2018 to Oct 2019 she was a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.

She is the author of the books Legislation as a Political Process and Practical Politology: a guide to the contact with reality (collection of articles), and one of the co-authors of the The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin's Russia (Brookings Institution Press 2018), edited by Daniel Treisman.

Ekaterina is a regular contributor to Vedomosti newspaper, The New Times magazine, and online media such as Republica.ru, Colta.ru, Carnegie.ru.

She hosts a weekly program on Echo Moscow radio station dedicated to popularizing political science terminology and concepts, is active on Telegram, and her Youtube channel has a large subscriber audience.

Previously, she worked as a civil servant in local administration, as a deputy’s assistant, political faction analyst and expert in the analytical department of the Russian State Duma, and as legislative affairs director of a consulting company.

Areas of expertise

  • Parliamentarism and legislative process
  • Russian bureaucracy and decision-making mechanisms
  • Modern autocracies, competitive authoritarian political models, hybrid regime
  • Regime transformation and change
  • Social transformative trends: demographic transitions, transformation of labour, consumer behaviour change

Past experience

2019 - presentAssociate professor, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES)
2019 - presentDirector, Center for Legislative Studies, Institute for Social Sciences, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
2018-19Member, Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
2017 - presentPresenter, Echo Moscow radio station
2013 - presentSenior lecturer, Department of Public Administration, Institute for Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
2013 - presentLecturer, Moscow School of Civic Education
2006-11Director, legislative research, The PBN Company
1999-2005Various expert analytical roles, Russian State Duma
1999Senior editor, Russian News and Information Agency Novosti (RIAN)
1996-99Expert, Tula City Administration


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Dr Joanna Szostek

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Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme

Biography

Joanna became an associate fellow of the Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme in April 2020.

She is a lecturer in political communication at the University of Glasgow and her research focuses on the mass media’s role in relations between states, particularly in the post-Soviet region.

Recently she has investigated the reception of competing political narratives among audiences in Ukraine, with funding from the European Commission. She is also working on a British Academy-funded project to explain why levels of engagement with local, national and foreign/transnational media vary within and across ‘peripheral’ Ukrainian regions.

Her research has been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals. Her professional experience includes several years at BBC Monitoring and many years of living and working in Russia and Ukraine.

She has also spent time on secondment with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and holds a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford.

Areas of expertise

  • Political communication
  • Russian media
  • Ukrainian media
  • Strategic narratives and international influence

Past experience

2018 - presentLecturer in political communication, University of Glasgow
2015-18Marie Skłodowska-Curie research fellow, Royal Holloway University of London
2013-15Mellon fellow, UCL-SSEES


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One Week of Bed Rest Leads to Substantial Muscle Atrophy and Induces Whole-Body Insulin Resistance in the Absence of Skeletal Muscle Lipid Accumulation

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Published On :: 2016-10-01

Marlou L. Dirks
Oct 1, 2016; 65:2862-2875
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The Security Council's peacekeeping trilemma

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Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:34:10 +0000

4 March 2020 , Volume 96, Number 2

Paul D. Williams

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The United Nations (UN) Security Council is stuck in a peacekeeping trilemma. This is a situation where the Council's three strategic goals for peacekeeping operations—implementing broad mandates, minimizing peacekeeper casualties and maximizing cost-effectiveness—cannot be achieved simultaneously. This trilemma stems from longstanding competing pressures on how the Council designs UN peacekeeping operations as well as political divisions between peacekeeping's three key groups of stakeholders: the states that authorize peacekeeping mandates, those that provide most of the personnel and field capabilities, and those that pay the majority of the bill. Fortunately, the most negative consequences of the trilemma can be mitigated and perhaps even transcended altogether. Mitigation would require the Council to champion and implement four main reforms: improving peacekeeper performance, holding peacekeepers accountable for misdeeds, adopting prioritized and sequenced mandates, and strengthening the financial basis for UN peacekeeping. Transcending the trilemma would require a more fundamental reconfiguration of the key stakeholder groups in order to create much greater unity of effort behind a re-envisaged peacekeeping enterprise. This is highly unlikely in the current international political context.


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Stroke: “striking reductions” are seen in number of people with symptoms seeking help

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Covid-19: GPs have a fortnight to start organising weekly care home reviews, says NHS

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Obat Penghilang Bekas Luka Cepat Alami Krim Meilibahenling - Rahasia Pria

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Published On :: Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:54:30 UTC

Obat Penghilang Bekas Luka Meilibahenling adalah krim yang bekhasiat untuk menghilangkan bekas luka secara cepat dan efektif,


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Ekaterina Schulmann

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Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:02:25 +0000

Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme

Biography

Ekaterina is a political scientist specializing in the legislative process in modern Russia, parliamentarism and decision-making mechanisms in hybrid political regimes.

She has a PhD in political science and serves as an associate professor at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES), and senior lecturer at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA). From Dec 2018 to Oct 2019 she was a member of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.

She is the author of the books Legislation as a Political Process and Practical Politology: a guide to the contact with reality (collection of articles), and one of the co-authors of the The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin's Russia (Brookings Institution Press 2018), edited by Daniel Treisman.

Ekaterina is a regular contributor to Vedomosti newspaper, The New Times magazine, and online media such as Republica.ru, Colta.ru, Carnegie.ru.

She hosts a weekly program on Echo Moscow radio station dedicated to popularizing political science terminology and concepts, is active on Telegram, and her Youtube channel has a large subscriber audience.

Previously, she worked as a civil servant in local administration, as a deputy’s assistant, political faction analyst and expert in the analytical department of the Russian State Duma, and as legislative affairs director of a consulting company.

Areas of expertise

  • Parliamentarism and legislative process
  • Russian bureaucracy and decision-making mechanisms
  • Modern autocracies, competitive authoritarian political models, hybrid regime
  • Regime transformation and change
  • Social transformative trends: demographic transitions, transformation of labour, consumer behaviour change

Past experience

2019 - presentAssociate professor, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (MSSES)
2019 - presentDirector, Center for Legislative Studies, Institute for Social Sciences, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
2018-19Member, Russian Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights
2017 - presentPresenter, Echo Moscow radio station
2013 - presentSenior lecturer, Department of Public Administration, Institute for Social Sciences of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
2013 - presentLecturer, Moscow School of Civic Education
2006-11Director, legislative research, The PBN Company
1999-2005Various expert analytical roles, Russian State Duma
1999Senior editor, Russian News and Information Agency Novosti (RIAN)
1996-99Expert, Tula City Administration


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Dr Joanna Szostek

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Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 08:21:53 +0000

Associate Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme

Biography

Joanna became an associate fellow of the Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme in April 2020.

She is a lecturer in political communication at the University of Glasgow and her research focuses on the mass media’s role in relations between states, particularly in the post-Soviet region.

Recently she has investigated the reception of competing political narratives among audiences in Ukraine, with funding from the European Commission. She is also working on a British Academy-funded project to explain why levels of engagement with local, national and foreign/transnational media vary within and across ‘peripheral’ Ukrainian regions.

Her research has been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals. Her professional experience includes several years at BBC Monitoring and many years of living and working in Russia and Ukraine.

She has also spent time on secondment with the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and holds a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford.

Areas of expertise

  • Political communication
  • Russian media
  • Ukrainian media
  • Strategic narratives and international influence

Past experience

2018 - presentLecturer in political communication, University of Glasgow
2015-18Marie Skłodowska-Curie research fellow, Royal Holloway University of London
2013-15Mellon fellow, UCL-SSEES


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Deepening the pool - Western Jamaican swim clubs seek government development and new pool in region to foster training

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Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:18:02 -0500

Western Bureau: A number of swimming officials in western Jamaica say that the region’s struggles with underdevelopment will continue even if the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control. They say this is because they still lack proper pools to...


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Obioma Ezekobe GP - patients need to be educated about resources

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Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:55:55 +0000

Obioma Ezekobe is a GP in an urgent care centre in Central Middlesex Hospital. She believes that the public need to be educated about the use of NHS resources, and be taught when it is appropriate to seek care. If you would like to contribute to this collection, please email a brief audio recording to voices@bmj.com or phone +44 (20) 3058 7427...


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The Weekend Effect - what's (un)knowable, and what next?

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Published On :: Fri, 20 May 2016 16:09:24 +0000

We do we know about the weekend effect? As Martin McKee puts it in an editorial on thebmj.com, "almost nothing is clear in this tangled tale" In this roundtable, Navjoyt Ladher, Analysis editor for The BMJ is joined by some of the key academics who have published research and commented on the weekend effect to make sense of what we know and...


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