Pakistan performance under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP) scheme of the European Union (EU), aimed at the socio-economic upliftment of deve
The EU has been urged to continue to “deepen and widen” its cooperation with Kazakhstan in the coming years. The call was made at a conference on Kazakhstan in Brussels organised by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS). The event on 7 December was held to help mark the country’s 30th anniversary of independence. […]
President Tsai talks COVID-19, leadership with Cornell Law Forum
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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (pictured) took part in a written Q&A interview with the Cornell Law Forum, the biannual magazine of US-based Cornell University Law School,according to a President Office statement, on 16 December.
The interview is featured in the magazine’s fall 2020 issue, focused on the theme of “Leading through Adversity”, and is part of a series of stories on 10 alumni, including Tsai, who obtained her master’s degree from Cornell in 1980.
According to Tsai, one major leadership lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic has been the importance of creating a shared sense of purpose. Inspiring unity, the president said, was the real key to Taiwan’s success in combating COVID-19.
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Kazakhstan is moving towards a more open democratic system and improving the socio-economic fabric of the country, writes Colin Stevens.
With the nation this month celebrating the anniversary of its independence, that is one of the encouraging messages from a leading think tank.
The European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) delivered the upbeat verdict on Kazakhstan under President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, its relatively new leader.
But the highly respected Brussels-based Institute cautions that more time is needed for the many reforms currently taking place to fully feed through into concrete results.
The anniversary of Kazakhstan’s independence is held every year on 16 December.