Following the decision of the British referendum on 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom (UK) plans to exit the European Union (EU). Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty was invoked at the end of March 2017 and the UK will officially leave the single market and customs union in March 2019. Brexit...

"Tackles such questions as why has assistance been so ineffectual and what can be learned from Haiti's plight concerning foreign aid in general, by analyzing nearly twenty years of Haitian history, politics, and foreign relations" - Provided by publisher

A Brookings Institution Press and the National Academy of Public Administration publication Even after years of receiving considerable foreign aid, Haiti remains an impoverished, tremendously fragile state. Over a span of ten years, the United States spent over 4 billion in aid to Haiti, yet the...

A trade war occurs if a country reacts against the other by increasing import tariffs or employing some other constraints on the rival country’s imports. A tariff usually is termed as a charge or levy obligated on the import of goods into a country. In a global context, a trade war could be...