[wanabidii] Unrest in Hong Kong, plus...

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Amid calls for fresh protests in Hong Kong, our experts explore the international reaction, the possibility of resolution and the country's future.

Following Chatham House's inaugural London Conference, a new report addresses today's challenges to globalization and world order. Plus our experts examine the Ebola crisis, and consider Turkey's next move against Islamic State.

Unrest in Hong Kong

Three perspectives on the ongoing situation in Hong Kong highlight a complex historical and political landscape that leaves an uncertain future for 'Asia's global city'.

Read Tim Summers on the international reaction>

Read Roderic Wye on the chance for compromise>

Read Kerry Brown on Hong Kong's turbulent future in Asian Currents>

Ebola Outbreak

Full international support must be focused on stopping this outbreak through innovative and intensified patient isolation, contact tracing and community empowerment, writes David Heymann. Plus, Michael Edelstein argues that Ebola is one of the worst health crises of recent times imposed on some of the world's weakest health systems.

Read David Heymann on containing Ebola in Nature>

Read Michael Edelstein on weakness in world healthcare systems>

The London Conference 2014: Globalization and World Order

Today's principal challenges to international order emanate not just from local, short-term concerns and the tactical responses of leaders, but also from the ways in which the ongoing process of globalization is eroding trust between governments, nations and societies.

Read the conference report>

Will Turkey Fight Islamic State?

A new authorization in the Turkish parliament seems designed to combat the regional instability caused by Islamic State, but Turkish troops are unlikely to see combat against the extremist group. Instead, the resolution seeks the furtherance of Turkish objectives in Syria, but these are deeply flawed, writes E Haldun Solmazturk.

Read the article>

Read more on the threat of Islamic State>

Constitutional Reform and the Rule of Law in Hong Kong

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