Publications

Dans ce numéro, nous abordons les sujets suivants :

• Commentaire - Pourquoi l`âge de la retraite n`est pas l`affaire de l’Etat
  – Kristian Niemietz

• Le dossier du mois – Le programme « Empowerment Through Savings »
  – Philippe Booth

• Le coin des think-tanks – Eviter les pansements pour les fractures
  La réforme de la santé en Lituanie
  – Monika Kacinskiene

• Rapport spécial – Des échos du passé – quid de l`Histoire ? Réforme de la santé dans les pays ex-communistes – Lawrence Freeborn

• Livres – Plan B. Den dolda jakten på välfärd [Plan B. The Secret Quest for Welfare] par Henrik Lindeberg et al – David Torstensson

• Dernières nouvelles

• Publications et événements du Stockholm Network
  

This eighth edition of the Climate of Opinion focuses on China and contains the following articles:

• Commentary – China’s Place in the Global Energy System – Gulya Isyanova
  
• Joint China-EU Initiatives Hold Key to Addressing Climate Change – Bernice Lee and Antony Froggatt
  
• China and Energy Security – Hongyi Lai
  
• China’s Effects on European Natural Gas Supply Security – Gabe Collins
  
• Microclimates: Top Stories in Energy and Environment

Research Fellow David Torstensson presented this research paper at The International Forum on the Creative Economy, a conference in Ottawa, Canada, organized by The Conference Board of Canada (a leading Canadian think tank) and Canadian Heritage (Government of Canada). The paper looks at the issue of online piracy and how policymakers in Europe and North America have attempted to address this issue. The conference was attended by the Assistant Deputy Minister of Canadian Heritage, government officials and leading economists and policymakers from across the world.

Submission to the European Commission (Public Consultation on Creative Content Online in the Single Market – 2008).

This month we look at the following topics:

• On Egypt, the Sphinx and the Copyright Term of Protection – Dr Meir P. Pugatch and Helen Disney
  
• Digital Rights Management for Online Content in Europe: A Love-Hate Relationship – Sukanya Natajaran
  
• The Patent Reform Act – Bryan Ray
  
• A New Tune for the Music Business – Simon Moore
  
• New Publication: Developing Countries and Intellectual Property Rights: Myths and Reality by Felix Rozanski
  
• Newsflashes
  

This edition is dedicated to OPEC and contains the following articles:

• Why Should Europe Care About OPEC? – Gulya Isyanova

• Economic Challenges for OPEC Members – Rachel Ziemba

• Can More Consistent Supply Levels be Guaranteed by ‘Oil-Free Nationalism’ in OPEC Countries? – Amy Clarke

• A Gas Cartel: Lessons From OPEC – Matt Stone

• Microclimates: Top Stories in Energy and Environment
  

In this paper the author seeks to demystify debates around intellectual property rights and global health. Taking some of the commonly held assumptions around patents and access to medicines, the paper challenges the view that the needs of the developing world inherently come into conflict with the need to protect intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry.

In fact, evidence of positive post-TRIPS developments highlights that the balance achieved by international intellectual property agreements like TRIPS have been beneficial for developing countries. Therefore, the international focus should be shifted away from obstructing the spread of intellectual property rights and towards encouraging TRIPS compliance.

The transcription from the Amigo Society Debate from 15th January 2008, which focused on health scares.

This month, we look at the following topics:

• Why the Retirement Age Should be None of the Government`s Business – Kristian Niemietz

• The ‘Empowerment Through Savings` Programme – Philip Booth

• Avoiding Band Aids for Broken Bones. Health Care Reform in Lithuania – Monika Kacinskiene

• Echoes from the Past? Health Care Reform in Former Communist Countries - Lawrence Freeborn

• Plan B. Den dolda jakten på välfärd [Plan B. The Secret Quest for Welfare] by Henrik Lindberg et al – David Torstensson

• News Flashes

• Stockholm Network Publications and Events
  

This edition of the Eye on Europe focuses on the eastern European region with profiles of EE think tanks, analysis of Russia`s economic influence and an insightful piece on immigration by Philippe Legrain.