English had been established as the language of the elites and was used in education and government. As the new nation of India took shape, Mahatma Gandhi advocated for a single Indian language to unite the diverse regions and for many years championed Hindi,which was already widely spoken in...
The answer lies in a more collaborative approach. One of the most established alliances is the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT)5, set up in 2016 to create a partnership between the UK government, LEAs and more than 40 major UK and international banks. Standard Chartered i...
thanks not only to technological advances but also to the institutions that were established after World War II to promote international economic integration and collaboration, and to prevent the unilateral protectionist responses to economic crises that characterized the 1930s (e.g., the...
Following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, which formally established the nation-state system, national elites, increasingly of an economic nature as capitalism progressively developed and rapidly expanded, consolidated their hold over national societies and, as these elites internationalized their reach in...
One key pledge is to protect 30% of the UK for nature by 2030. When it comes to the number of species that have been lost, the UK ranks bottom among the G7 countries and is in the lowest 12% of 240 countries and territories. In 2019, it was reported that 41% of species within ...
portrayal of history is therefore impossible to understand without discussing their impact. Their sphere of influence casts out so far that many of the early international structures established have their names all over it. John F. Hylan, Mayor of New York from 1918-1925, was quoted as saying...
"carries a horrific connotation when considering the tragic and racist history of our nation". The US Department of the Interior recently established the Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force. It is renaming hundreds of lakes, streams ...
Following Carney’s speech, the Financial Stability Board—drawing analogies with the perceived causes of the 2008 financial crisis—argued that a large part of the problem arises from the lack of transparency around these asset holdings, and established the industry-based Task Force on Climate-Relat...
Nine years ago, the UN established 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which included ending poverty and hunger. Yet last year, nearly 750 million people faced hunger — an increase of around 152 million compared to 2019. The G20 Leaders’ Summit in November marked th...
Introduction In 2002, the European Parliament established a rule that the companies listed on the stock exchange of the European Union are required to apply international accounting standards known as the International Financial Accounting Standards (IFRS) issued by the IASB for the latest in the ...