The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries. It is home to 2.5 billion people, and includes both advanced economies and developing countries. 33 of our members are small states, including many island nations. Our member governments have agreed to shared goals like development, democracy and peace. Our values and principles are expressed in the Commonwealth Charter.

The Commonwealth Secretariat is the intergovernmental organisation that supports member countries to achieve the Commonwealth’s aims of development, democracy and peace. It publishes authoritative, evidence-based research and knowledge products for policymakers, academics, professionals and wider publics across the world. Our areas of focus and expertise include small and developing states; environment and climate change; democracy, law and government; and social issues concerning young people, gender, health and education.

Using and Analysing Data in Australian Schools

Selena Fisk

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  • ISBN: 9781923116023
  • Publication Date: Jan 2024
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Nordic-Baltic-American Cooperation

Kurt Volker

The broader transatlantic relationship is increasingly described in terms of crisis. The European Union as a whole is focused on financial crisis management. And there is disappointment in Washington over Europe's inability to step up as a more serious security partner.Meanwhile, the Nordic-Baltic region stands out as a stable, responsible and dynamic part of Europe. As net contributors to prosperity, foreign policy management, development assistance and security, the region shows that market democracy still works, that a positive outward vision of the world is still possible and that there is still important work ahead for the transatlantic institutions. In fact, the region offers a model of how to retain U.S. engagement in Europe.ContentsIntroductionExecutive SummaryChapter 1: A Europe Whole and FreeChapter 2: Embedding and IntegrationChapter 3: Russia and the EastChapter 4: Energy SecurityChapter 5: US EngagementAddendum: Nordic-Baltic-US Energy Cooperation: Any Progress Expected?Contributors include Urban Ahlin (MP, deputy chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Swedish Parliament), Per Augustsson (CTR), Erik Brattberg (CTR), Ian Brzezinksi (Atlantic Council), Matthew Bryza (former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan), Veronika Wand Danielsson (Swedish ambassador to the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council), Daniel P. Fata (vice president, Cohen Group), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (president of Estonia), Jana Kobzová (European Council on Foreign Relations), Kadri Liik (International Center for Defense Studies of Estonia), Edward Lucas (Central and Eastern Europe correspondent for The Economist), Adam Daniel Rotfeld, (former minister of foreign affairs of Poland), Janis Sarts (state secretary, Ministry of Defense of Latvia), Andris Spruds (Latvian Institute of International Affairs), Tomá? Valá?ek (director of foreign policy and defense at the Centre for European Reform), Kurt Volker

  • Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
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  • ISBN: 9780984854479
  • Publication Date: May 2012
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Six Tycoons

Wyn Derbyshire

John D Rockefeller. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Andrew Carnegie. John Jacob Astor. Henry Ford. Joseph P Kennedy.Even today, long after their deaths, the names of these six men continue to be associated with wealth and power.When they were alive, they dominated their worlds as fewmen had done before, and few have done since.

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  • ISBN: 9781904905844
  • Publication Date: Oct 2008
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Protected Cell Companies

Nigel Feetham

Protected Cell Companies is a valuable resource for practitioners who work with this important new business form. The book provides comprehensive guidance on such complex issues as insolvency, veil-piercing, tax, and accounting, use for captive insurance companies,  and as a bankruptcy remote vehicle for special purpose vehicles, credit derivatives, and open-end investment companies.

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  • ISBN: 9781904905929
  • Publication Date: Mar 2010
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Dark Realities

Wyn Derbyshire

This book covers the turbulent period of 1921 to 1942 in America's history, which went from the Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression and recovery via the New Deal. It introduces us to the key figures and reveals the impact which the Great Depression had on the American people. Will be of value to GCSE, AS and A level history students looking for an accessible account of the Great Depression.

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  • ISBN: 9781907444777
  • Publication Date: Jan 2013
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A Decade of Armageddon

Susanne Trimbath

This as-it-happened review of the causes, consequences, and repercussions of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis is more than a history lesson – it's a look into the future.These essays by Dr Susanne Trimbath, were first published between 2008 and 2015 on newgeography.com.

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  • ISBN: 9781910151587
  • Publication Date: Dec 2023
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Role Reversal

Anne C. Richard

After Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States on the morning of August 29, 2005, offers of help from other countries poured in on the US Government. Not used to being a recipient of foreign aid, the federal government replied slowly and with mixed signals. This monograph tells the story of these foreign contributions and the U.S. response. Lessons from this experience suggest that plans for a vetting mechanism should be drawn up now so that it is widely understood before the next large-scale crisis hits. In addition, the international community should adopt a uniform list of goods for stockpiling and use in a crisis, and should meet to reach agreement on the best ways to respond to crises. Effective crisis response is an important part of national security.

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  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780978882105
  • Publication Date: Aug 2006
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Exiting the Cold War, Entering a New World

Daniel S. Hamilton

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  • ISBN: 9781733733953
  • Publication Date: Dec 2019
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Beyond the Border and Across the Atlantic

Loretta Bondi

In 2000, the Advent of Vicente Fox Quesada to the presidency of Mexico promised to change the course of Mexican foreign policy. It would open the country to outside influences and engage the nation in a new activism on the international scene. Mexico's new voice would be heard at the United Nations in support of international human rights and multilateralism. It would resonate at the Organization of American States to forge an area of democracy, durable peace and security in the western hemisphere. Mexico would seek to inject a new vision and a new sense of purpose in its relationship with the US, and work with the European Union to foster or enhance both common goals and Mexico's own development agenda. Mexico's experiment is of particular interest for some of its innovative characteristics. In its attempt to break with its isolationist past, Mexico enlisted support from the international community to help the country through its transition to democracy, and to anchor it to the evolving security debate in the post-September 11th 2001 environment. Beyond the Border and Across the Atlantic chronicles crucial choices and defining moments of Mexico's unique experiment in the international foreign and security arena, and describes President Fox's fascinating roller-coaster of successes and failures on the multilateral and bilateral scene.

  • Imprint: Center for Transatlantic Relations SAIS
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  • ISBN: 9780975332535
  • Publication Date: Jun 2004
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The Science of Feelings

Eugene Tee

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  • ISBN: 9789675492211
  • Publication Date: Jan 2021
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Higher Education in the ASEAN Region

Glenda Crosling

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  • ISBN: 9786297646008
  • Publication Date: Feb 2024
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Hetty Green

Wyn Derbyshire

Hetty Howland Green (1834-1916), born Hetty Howland Robinson, and known in her later years as "The Witch of Wall Street", was born in the whaling town of New Bedford, Massachusetts to Quaker parents. This biography charts Hetty Green's extraordinary ascent up the pyramid of wealth to a point where, in the earliest years of the twentieth century, she was being identified as the richest woman in America. The first in a series of brief biographies of significant tycoons, this is an insight into the life and methods of one of the earliest and most influential business women in the US. It examines the source of her wealth, and her method of building upon that.  It also profiles those who helped or thwarted her along the way. 130 pages. Includes a family tree, further reading, timeline and index.

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  • ISBN: 9781910151747
  • Publication Date: Oct 2019
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Leading Data-Informed Change in Schools

Selena Fisk

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  • ISBN: 9781923116009
  • Publication Date: Jan 2024
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Would You Like Maths With That?

Thelma Perso

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  • ISBN: 9781923116122
  • Publication Date: Jan 2024
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Thrive

Daniela Falecki

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  • ISBN: 9781923116146
  • Publication Date: Jan 2024
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Houseboat Hazards

Phil Kettle

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  • ISBN: 9781922872388
  • Publication Date: Jan 2024
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