https://twitter.com/NEF/status/1156899125197099008
In the latest ep of @WeeklyEconPod @oeufling and Andy Beckett give a super interesting perspective on the past and future of conservatism – don't miss it! 👂💡💭https://t.co/5pq5c4nD5b
— NEF (@NEF) July 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/NEF/status/1156499064927789056
If it wasn't clear enough already, these heatwaves should be a wakeup call. 🔥⏰
We need a Green New Deal to decarbonise the UK economy – and reprogramme the economy so it works for everyone. 💚👨👩👧👦https://t.co/cLwgqH2MgE
— NEF (@NEF) July 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/NEF/status/1156134839197634560
🚨New study finds more than 4 million people in the UK are trapped in deep poverty🚨 @SocMetricsComm calls for urgent action to tackle this growing problem in @guardian 📣📰https://t.co/efdVmjR16I
— NEF (@NEF) July 29, 2019
"For the scale of ambition necessary for our oceans, we need governments to respond to the call" 🌊☎️ @gwcarpenter argues that eco-labels alone can only go so far in improving the sustainability of fisheries 🎣 https://t.co/hOCyK9fKQ6
— NEF (@NEF) July 29, 2019
North sea cod could be off the menu as report finds that populations have fallen to critical levels 🐟📉 campaigners say this shows worrying issues with @MSCecolabel system 🏷️ @guardianhttps://t.co/ndDhHjY7PL
— NEF (@NEF) July 29, 2019
The Sunday blues may soon be a thing of the past! 🙌 Bring on the four day week! 📅@Aidan_Harper_ for @newinthttps://t.co/K33Smr85Vy
— NEF (@NEF) July 28, 2019
https://twitter.com/NEF/status/1155098007081062400
London has the highest rent to income ratio of any region, and the highest proportion of households spending over a third of their income on rent. 🏠🏠🏠@joebeswick1 for @CityMetric https://t.co/pSaOuOXecP
— NEF (@NEF) July 27, 2019
But a lot has changed since 2017. 🗓️
Not least, the incredible youth movement of school strikers, forcing intergenerational fairness on to the climate agenda. ✊https://t.co/776q0LKTj2
— NEF (@NEF) July 25, 2019
Climate breakdown means more heatwaves. 🌡️ And as we saw last summer, more heatwaves mean more wildfires. 🔥 @margaretlwelshhttps://t.co/dR5mqMpgSd
— NEF (@NEF) July 25, 2019
During last year's heatwave @powellds asked: where is the progressive response to climate breakdown? 🌩️🌡️🔥
Since then, we've seen school strikes, Extinction Rebellion, and a government commitment to net zero. ✊ Summer 2017 feels a long time ago!https://t.co/rTKMDAbH5D
— NEF (@NEF) July 25, 2019
Our new PM's tax plans will push 50,000 households into poverty and cost the government £11 billion a year.
Our research in @NME 🎸🤘https://t.co/L3rhMG5gUw
— NEF (@NEF) July 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/NEF/status/1154317088200306688
Given the speed 💨 and scale ⚖️ of industrial transition required to avert climate chaos ‼️ the current fiscal rules are a limiting factor for sufficient public finance https://t.co/h11wbBcJLc
— NEF (@NEF) July 24, 2019
Last week @OBR_UK said that a no-deal Brexit would increase government borrowing by £30bn a year, plunging us into a recession 📈💧 @alfie_stirling responds saying they have things the wrong way round, here's why 👇 https://t.co/cgr0zzMsW7 pic.twitter.com/Nn5JRfCX7r
— NEF (@NEF) July 24, 2019
🇺🇸🥯New York controls rents on many properties
🇩🇪🥨Berlin has just introduced a five year “rental lid”
🇬🇧☕Here's why we also need rent controls in Londonhttps://t.co/5E5tUgd4YX
— NEF (@NEF) July 24, 2019
Meeting targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will require the largest peacetime mobilisation of resources in the country’s history 🌫️🌎 new report calls for the Treasury to take the risks of the climate emergency more seriously 📣🚨https://t.co/rQ4nfZUuOy
— NEF (@NEF) July 23, 2019
"Some people think rent controls are radical. How, then, I wonder, are we defining radical?"
Coverage of our proposals in @theipaper 🗞️https://t.co/YNZazvdjXB
— NEF (@NEF) July 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/NEF/status/1152209025372688384
Mayor of London @SadiqKhan calls for new powers to impose rent controls, drawing on research by NEF https://t.co/nJ0ffb5QnT 1/3
— NEF (@NEF) July 19, 2019
To fix our broken railways, we need them brought into public control. 🚆
But this doesn't have to be central government – regional transport strategies make more sense. 🛤️@AJPendleton for @CityAM 📰https://t.co/02G83Pns2H
— NEF (@NEF) July 18, 2019
“It is important now more than ever that politicians take steps to understand the nuts and bolts of industrial change in practice, and how it can be shaped by the state, employers and unions” @AlicePMartin on @NEF research for @The_TUC in @MailOnlinehttps://t.co/7SwK4nno5p
— NEF (@NEF) July 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/NEF/status/1151472568936914946
Higher pay off the back of rising productivity can help restore decent levels of household growth – we have some ideas on solving the productivity puzzle with a higher minimum wage and a #4DayWeek 💡⏰👇https://t.co/zA2P2ahG3z
— NEF (@NEF) July 17, 2019
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'New Zealand’s recent well-being budget, aims to shift focus away from GDP onto five priority areas of social and economic development. Could it signal the start of a paradigm shift that could eventually reach our shores?' asks @lukasz_krebel of @NEFhttps://t.co/UPxUJbewcS
— Rethinking Poverty (@Rethinking_Webb) August 1, 2019
Fiscal space🔑🔑🔑
Our Green New Deal report out with @alfie_stirling @Frank_vanlerven @powellds (and co-published w/ @NEF) laid out by Alfie. https://t.co/YZhWUIAKIE https://t.co/7t0im1pWlC
— Common Wealth (@Cmmonwealth) July 31, 2019
New episode: The new Prime Minister https://t.co/AXrly7wBcR from @NEF
— Weekly Economics Podcast (@WeeklyEconPod) July 26, 2019
"The free market has fundamentally failed to provide affordable homes for Londoners" – the case for rent control in @CityMetric. We've been working on a rent control policy that makes renting affordable @NEF, and today @SadiqKhan has called for the powers needed to implement it https://t.co/I8OOt0Z7dx
— Joe Beswick (@joebeswick1) July 19, 2019
In the UK we only ever think about increasing social housing stock through new build – but buying and converting existing private rented homes could increase the stock rapidly, & change homes which are unaffordable & insecure into secure & affordable oneshttps://t.co/aLROAZKU4D
— Joe Beswick (@joebeswick1) July 16, 2019
Today @SadiqKhan launches a blueprint for London rent controls. On average Londoners spend 43% of income on rents, which have risen 3 times faster than incomes over the last 10yrs. We must bring this affordability crisis under control. Rent controls are part of the solution 1/3 https://t.co/LGr4BOS79M
— Hanna Wheatley (@wheatleyhanna) July 19, 2019
Today's @OBR_UK 'Fiscal risks report' is in headlines for its Brexit 'stress test'. But it also happens to include their first attempt at climate analysis.
Although a welcome move, the bigger picture is the OBR has got things the wrong way around 1/11https://t.co/U6QYp0carP pic.twitter.com/j2hVGOjBdw
— Alfie Stirling (@alfie_stirling) July 18, 2019
Thanks so much to everyone who came along to talk about #wellbeing just now at @StirToAction and for your excellent thoughts and questions. Here's my blog on the subject https://t.co/r4L2hOJxiR
— Annie Quick (@anniequick) July 17, 2019
The trend towards the Gulf states’ improving ties with #Israel is becoming clearer, but official diplomatic relations or overt military cooperation between Israel and the #Gulf states are unlikely so long as the Palestinian issue remains unresolved | https://t.co/ZFyCxyEx0C pic.twitter.com/GXMgDXRXLg
— IISS News (@IISS_org) August 1, 2019
Two years since Amman downgraded the relationship, #Jordan and #Qatar have restored formal diplomatic ties. This move illustrates how Jordan must carefully balance both domestic and regional interests and pressures, Associate Fellow @lprubin73 explains | https://t.co/Ly61svW86J pic.twitter.com/6zfowPx2FX
— IISS News (@IISS_org) August 1, 2019
'The demands of political survival require #Putin to demonstrate that he’s unafraid to use force against #Russia's citizens. But violence galvanises the opposition and increases the risk of a revolutionary spiral of escalation.' New blog by @samagreene https://t.co/ahw52YBFuH pic.twitter.com/jc6Nrsv3H8
— IISS News (@IISS_org) August 1, 2019
Have you tuned into our #SoundsStrategic podcast yet? Listen in to hear @KoriSchake in conversation with our many talented researchers on various topics in international security and defence. Check out the series now! | https://t.co/j475qCC64u pic.twitter.com/hQjO6Uut0q
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 31, 2019
#Turkey’s growing defence industry is making significant progress in the export arena. However, the industry still faces a number of challenges, write @YvonniEfst and @twaldwyn. Read their analysis of Turkish defence export successes and challenges | https://t.co/7FnJO5UGoI pic.twitter.com/Ga7JVP9uhj
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 31, 2019
'These defense contracts depend on India and China’s capacity to deliver equipment to the smaller states, as well as the willingness and financial capacity of each of the smaller states to procure from the two powers,' say @VirajSolanki_ and @ALevesques: https://t.co/2NULxi6KM7
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 31, 2019
'China’s growing projection of power is already being felt outside of the Asia-Pacific … and this is a trend that will only continue over the next few years.' @MeiaNouwens and Helena Legarda of @merics_eu argue #NATO needs a coordinated #China strategy: https://t.co/Z5xdOhiSO8
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 31, 2019
Did you miss our event on #SaudiArabia's defence reform? Listen back to the recording of David Des Roches of @TheNESACenter as he assesses plans and challenges to Saudi security sector transformation | https://t.co/kQnhr0y7Lq pic.twitter.com/K8cplxcnE0
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 30, 2019
What role can the UK play in safeguarding the 'rules-based order' in the Asia-Pacific after Brexit? IISS Associate Fellow @LynnKuok addressed this issue and many others while providing evidence for @CommonsDefence last week: https://t.co/E3Eca3A5Ua
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 30, 2019
Amid fresh accusations of "bullying behaviour" in the South China Sea, #China 'will be seeking to curb any further hardening of stance by the Philippines' at a key Southeast Asia summit this week, as @ANeill_IISS discusses for @STcom:https://t.co/ulole1szMr
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 30, 2019
In the latest episode of #SoundsStrategic, IISS Senior Fellow and Editor of @SurvivalEditors, Dana Allin, and @KoriSchake discuss the UK–US 'special relationship' after #Brexit: https://t.co/zGQh2H7Hwg pic.twitter.com/12pTOVrhUF
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 30, 2019
'Stopping the spread of extremism will require a broader strategy to address the often counterproductive role played by government actors,' write IISS Associate Fellow Dr Lawrence Rubin @lprubin73, @NateDFAllen and Dr Michael Marcusa in @lawfareblog: https://t.co/XnZsQoXyHy
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 29, 2019
Pierre Noël, IISS Senior Fellow for Economic and Energy Security, explains the growing need for political solutions to stave off global ecological disaster in the latest Powerlines article | https://t.co/a1HRfkE9Z6 pic.twitter.com/DBNIUSKYb3
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 29, 2019
'America’s friends are choosing to dissociate themselves, believing their interests are better served without American strength.' Kori Schake writes on why military efforts designed to exclude the US is proof that relations with close allies have frayed: https://t.co/dICTT2PwNi
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 29, 2019
Venezuela's military will be key to any transition of power in #Caracas. IISS Research Analyst, Amanda Lapo, on the current situation for #Venezuela's armed forces, six months after Juan Guaidó directly challenged the authority of President Nicolás Maduro: pic.twitter.com/XXqD2V2kdF
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 28, 2019
'While badged as ‘China’s National Defense in the New Era’, #Beijing’s latest Defence White Paper in some ways reads more as a report card on the status of #PLA reform than a strategic policy document.' Read the latest analysis from @MeiaNouwens | https://t.co/qEeaYZ88dw pic.twitter.com/ZITCfLaXrW
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 28, 2019
'Following a period of quite considerable defense reform, this white paper is setting out its achievement in terms of reforms but it’s also offering a new vision for regional security with Chinese characteristics.' @ANeill_IISS on China's new white paper: https://t.co/eV1ntwdRWP
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 25, 2019
They joined forces earlier this year to force the resignation of Bouteflika, but could #Algeria’s popular protest movement and the military now be on a collision course? @profazio analyses the difficult policy challenges that lie ahead | https://t.co/kEHMDbHUpx pic.twitter.com/DKKdAXT5GD
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 25, 2019
Amid stalled efforts to resume talks with Seoul and Washington, #NorthKorea launched two short-range missiles off its east coast on Thursday. Read analysis from @JosephHDempsey on #Pyongyang's recent #missile launches. Is North Korea all fired up again? | https://t.co/ybF9bEyzBe pic.twitter.com/F3ANH0i4dL
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 25, 2019
Upgrades to #Russia’s active radar-guided medium-range missiles reflect a renewed emphasis on air-to-air weaponry on the part of the Russian defence ministry, write Piotr Butowski and Douglas Barrie after the Armiya 2019 defence exhibition | https://t.co/3TBXZabrW5 pic.twitter.com/wJM8TK2w1I
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 25, 2019
How effective has the Stockholm Agreement been in sustaining peace in #Yemen? @DMU7SIN analyses the key elements of the deal ahead of our Conflict Briefing this Friday. It's not too late to sign up! | https://t.co/FRt5ahgC6F pic.twitter.com/xsXiVozrfg
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 24, 2019
'As defence budgets around the world are stretched, many states are unable to field modern platforms, and upgrading older fleets that are approaching obsolescence can be an attractive option.' Read the latest Military Balance analysis from Michael Tong | https://t.co/TN0jCUnu22 pic.twitter.com/888bzYXmak
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 24, 2019
What are the challenges facing Ursula von der Leyen as the next President of the European Commission? IISS Consulting Senior Fellow for Geopolitics and Strategy, Sarah Raine, offers her thoughts on what's ahead for the president-elect: pic.twitter.com/LDyVskJRLL
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 24, 2019
'China is moving to own the regional security discourse and narrative…it’s describing the US alliance system as a moribund relic of the cold war and China has a new vision underpinned by Xi Jinping’s vision,' says Senior Fellow @ANeill_IISS | @Bloomberg https://t.co/SfurPlamqr
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 24, 2019
'Given the declared ambitions of the government and that the requirements are likely to go up … the strain grows.' More analysis on the Royal Navy from IISS Senior Fellow for Naval Forces and Maritime Security, Nick Childs, in @thetimes: https://t.co/JhwDPMvery
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 24, 2019
'Eventually Mahathir would probably like for his son to succeed him, but the prospect of that is some ways off – most Malaysian politicians say maybe two general elections away,' @ConnellyAL on Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad | @Bloomberg https://t.co/Qtrc2rbV5Y
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 23, 2019
Despite the rift in US–Turkey relations caused by the delivery of the Russian-made S-400 anti-aircraft system to Ankara, #Turkey remains a key player in #NATO. IISS Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace, Douglas Barrie, on the challenges NATO is now facing: pic.twitter.com/Zyk1GB5cx9
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 22, 2019
The F-35 can only be in one place at a time, and the US Air Force is not receiving enough of them. Read more on the #F35's capabilities and the challenges @usairforce faces from Douglas Barrie, our Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace | https://t.co/GLHuj4LgiE pic.twitter.com/MLABqxTNRa
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 20, 2019
'Europe’s smart response should begin with more efficient spending,' writes IISS Research Fellow for Defence Economics and Procurement, Lucie Béraud-Sudreau, in her Military Balance blog on Western defence spending in 2018 | https://t.co/fFb9EL4hs2 pic.twitter.com/pHq8BQElLK
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 20, 2019
"They need to start talking to stop this escalatory cycle. Donald Trump himself has been saying he does want to talk with Iranians. So what exactly is the US strategy? No one in Washington knows." @MarkTFitz on tensions playing out in the Gulf | @AJENews https://t.co/FP6wD1fD5H
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 20, 2019
Five decades on from the moon landing, Dana Allin explores the ethos and national purpose that drove the space race, and the confidence about America's future, new frontiers and a positive role for the progressive state that it embodied. @SurvivalEditors | https://t.co/pViK4vg0Ng pic.twitter.com/Sy7GotgXfI
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 19, 2019
The majority of Gulf states' naval vessels are small patrol craft and corvettes that would struggle on extended missions, IISS Research Associate for Defence and Military Analysis @twaldwyn tells @Reuters: https://t.co/3h0UtDeZi0
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 19, 2019
The US Navy has hinted that the new design of its future Large Surface Combatant will resemble the Zumwalt-class large destroyers. But will it move the capability game on? Read the latest Military Balance analysis by Nick Childs | https://t.co/bdH7xvv2YX pic.twitter.com/gJj6SIvF57
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 19, 2019
'The problem for the Saudis today is that in contrast to the Emiratis, their main client is quite weak and ineffective.' @emile_hokayem, Senior Fellow for Middle East Security, on the developments in Yemen's war following the UAE's drawdown | @nytimes https://t.co/2z4tsbnmpY
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 19, 2019
IISS Deputy Director-General @KoriSchake discussed the escalating foreign policy challenges the Trump administration faces with @camanpour and @AlistairBurtUK | @AmanpourCoPBS https://t.co/lcnwzP8VYy
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 18, 2019
'Those who want a peaceful resolution rather than confrontation should let the careful investigative work of the IAEA continue.' In the latest @SurvivalEditors blog, @MarkTFitz argues that the #IAEA needs greater access to suspect sites in Iran | https://t.co/MeREoOLHoz pic.twitter.com/9WyZQxSIqZ
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 18, 2019
'That Iran has a growing capability in UAVs isn’t debatable. What is an open question is the actual levels of technology it often employs,' IISS Senior Fellow for Military Aerospace, Douglas Barrie, on the Iranian drone programme | @Reuters https://t.co/Mx4Ji70ZbY
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 18, 2019
What are the implications of the rise of populism in Europe? Read @Erik_Jones_SAIS's analysis for FREE in the latest edition of @SurvivalEditors – out now! | https://t.co/mTpMY6MD3j pic.twitter.com/HMfLZ9JzqM
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 17, 2019
Oil represents over 95% of Venezuela’s total exports. Despite the sanctions, the country isn't completely isolated from international #oil markets – assistance from Russia has been critical in helping #Venezuela to mitigate the impact of sanctions | https://t.co/52K95MuS2a pic.twitter.com/eKPYQtfgVs
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 16, 2019
When combined with developments in command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance #C4ISR, hypersonic weapons have the potential to drastically reduce the strike time against a broad target set | https://t.co/aqqdBBLcud pic.twitter.com/NkIyB1ceeR
— IISS News (@IISS_org) July 16, 2019
#NATO needs a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to deal with an ever-more confident China, argue Helena Legarda and @MeiaNouwens. New blogpost via @Diplomat_APAC https://t.co/fgBV8vmBDc @IISS_org
— merics (@merics_eu) July 25, 2019
Good to see the strategic strength of @IISS_org and the defence industrial knowledge of @defense_news brought together to produce new and important data and insights https://t.co/5udVNmohaq
— François Heisbourg (@FHeisbourg) July 24, 2019
#Argentina’s lack of operationally effective armed forces makes it an anomaly in the international system, say @battaleme and @frandesanti. Read their analysis of Argentina’s #defence deficit: https://t.co/tnhF0AbhyS pic.twitter.com/dXlPa6YlAS
— Survival: Global Politics and Strategy (@SurvivalEditors) July 22, 2019
The #UnitedStates must take the lead in reconfiguring nuclear deterrence to withstand #CyberWar, write David C. Gompert and Martin Libicki: https://t.co/B3JVymgR95 pic.twitter.com/0C3dkLrkhL
— Survival: Global Politics and Strategy (@SurvivalEditors) July 19, 2019
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