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From 2012 to 2016, xenophobic hate crimes in Sweden increased by 16%, according to the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention; Islamophobic crimes increased 43% over that same period. s.pri.org/3s087sF
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Following the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, what's at stake with "MBS" at the royal helm asks @Dr_LeechNgo in @ConversationUS. s.pri.org/Lf9pVZI
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How valuable is your nationality? The Quality of Nationality Index, ranks France and Germany at the top of the list, the US ranks 27th. Over the past 10 years, a whole industry has emerged around citizenship sales. By @Shirinj
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#ICYMI: Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal talks with @MarcoWerman about leadership, his previous role as a leader in the US Army and the lack of US leadership today.
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Exxon sued for fraud over climate change - @JeffDColgan joins @pritheworld to discuss the lawsuit filed by New York's attorney general that alleges that Exxon Mobil defrauded its shareholders by downplaying the threat of climate change to its business. bit.ly/2RkRB9o pic.twitter.com/vxelI6Dewk
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"We have the ability, through the deployment of sustainable, renewable, alternative energy, to limit our emissions and to control climate change," says @JohnKerry in an interview with @scurwood for @livingonearth #climatechange #renewableenergies s.pri.org/eVX5kAx
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We want to hear from you. 👇🏽👇🏾👇🏻
Is this your first election as a US citizen? 🇺🇸 What does it mean to you? Email us: [email protected] pic.twitter.com/X9TDbYJ2Gf
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Thank you @MarcoWerman and @pritheworld for devoting some time to mark the life and legacy of Ruth Gates. @GatesCoralLab @himb_soest pri.org/file/2018-10-3…
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The Gujarat government invested more than 400 million dollars in the "Statue of Unity," forcibly removing the indigenous Adivsai people from sacred land. @ConversationUS #India #StatueofUnity s.pri.org/PP3zTU8
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Is this your first election as a US citizen? 🇺🇸 What does it mean to you? Email us: [email protected] pic.twitter.com/X9TDbYJ2Gf
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10/ She asks: "If you can buy a passport what does it even mean anymore? Is it really this special thing that you and only you were chosen to have?”
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9/ By putting citizenship up for sale, are we are changing the definition of nationality? “It actually really cheapens the value of citizenship from a statecraft perspective, from a civic perspective," says Araxia Abrahamian.
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8/ Araxia Abrahamian points out the negative effects of the business such as fraud and tax evasion. Just recently, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development listed 21 countries whose citizenship programs appear to encourage tax evasion.
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7/ The investment amount varies from just $100,000 dollars in Dominica to 25 times that amount in Cyprus. Volek says these investments can be a lifeline for struggling economies.
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6/ “At least half of the reason why people are doing citizenship by investment is to acquire a second citizenship and to get greater mobility — the Caribbean and places like Moldova have visa-free access to the Schengen countries,” says Volek.
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5/ Dominic Volek @DomV11, managing partner of Henley & Partners, explains how it works. A business owner traveling for work might be limited because of the passport he holds, so he can invest in a country with a higher-ranking passport and get a new citizenship by investment.
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4/ “And one of the ways that they market a citizenship is by quantifying all of the advantages that somebody would obtain by getting this citizenship,” says Araxia Abrahamian.
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3/ But nationality ranking is not all fun and games. Atoosa Araxia Abrahamian (@atossaaraxia), who wrote a book about citizenship and passports around the world, says over the past 10 years a whole industry has emerged around citizenship sales.
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2/This is based on the "internal and external value of nationality," which includes settlement, travel freedoms and other factors. Every September, researchers at Henley & Partners take a set of data from @IATA and information gathered from various governments to create the QNI.
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THREAD 👇 1/ How valuable is your nationality? The Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) ranks France and Germany are at the top of the list. nationalityindex.com
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