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Snowden in Wonderland

Analysts even utilised programmes to spy on their spouses, lovers and would-be lovers, which was hard to discourage because 'you can't exactly convict someone of abusing a secret system of surveillance if you refuse to admit the existence of the system itself.' Even Catch-22 never had it so good

Soft power

The US concept of national security resting on the troika of defence, diplomacy, and development is clearly making a comeback and the pressure is growing on President Biden to restore the primacy of USAID given that it can be the spearhead for this approach.

Thinking beyond growth

The report was commissioned by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria as part of the OECD “New Approaches to Economic Challenges Initiative”, guided by an Advisory Group of economists who are willing to question mainstream neoclassical thinking that has dominated economic policy formulation in the last forty years.