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The IUP Journal of International Relations

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Testing the Gravity Model for Kazakhstan's Exports to Trade Partners from 2001-2019
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Revocation of Israel's Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: A Blessing or a Curse?
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The Paris Agreement: Critical Assessment and Proposals for Key Clean Energy Initiatives
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Contents : (July '2023)

Testing the Gravity Model for Kazakhstan's Exports to Trade Partners from 2001-2019
Caleb Bryan, Kishore G Kulkarni and Amitabh S Dutta

The Gravity Model of International Trade has proven to be an especially resilient economic model when tested against empirical data. This paper adds to the mounting empirical evidence supporting the Gravity Model by testing it for Kazakhstan's trade data with 10 different trading partners during the years 2019, 2015, 2010, 2005, and 2001. While the Gravity Model has been applied to many different countries, few studies examine the Kazakhstan case. We attempt to balance the trading partners selected between both countries that are near Kazakhstan-such as Russia, China, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan-and countries around the globe that are comparatively far away from Kazakhstan-such as the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, and Nigeria. The model posits that if two trading partners have larger GDPs, then they should have a larger trade volume. Moreover, if two trading partners are separated by great distance, then they should have a smaller trade volume. For simplicity, this paper tests Kazakhstan's exports in place of total trade volume. Overall, our findings suggest that the Gravity Model fits well in explaining Kazakhstan's trade behavior.


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Revocation of Israel's Tax on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: A Blessing or a Curse?
Nellie Munin

This paper analyzes, as a test case, the Israeli experience of imposing a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. Discussing the globally-acknowledged health justification for its imposition, the criticism regarding its effectiveness and the domestic political resistance that led to its eventual abolishment, the paper compares this experience with other countries' practices, drawing lessons in terms of the tax effectiveness to meet its goal, its design, the long-term economic and health implications of its abolishment and the due balance of involved interests.


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The Paris Agreement: Critical Assessment and Proposals for Key Clean Energy Initiatives
Rafael Leal-Arcas, Silja Svendsen, Arie Eklin, Lion Ax, Tobias Rosenberger, Bruria Friedman and Osher Battat

This paper focuses on how the trajectory of the global response to the buildup of greenhouse gas emissions changed with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. It explains how its positive character in fact expresses its greatest weakness, by presenting the main criticism regarding the Agreement's rules. This paper then demonstrates that future Conferences of the Parties (COPs) are indispensable, mainly in institutional terms, as they serve as the foundation for implementing the Paris Agreement. The paper explores and discusses the question of how carbon pricing policies should be structured and to what end, in light of the urgency and scale of the challenges presented by climate change. Finally, it proceeds to discuss electric vehicles and other elements of electrification in areas with carbon-intensive electricity supply and their benefits to climate change, along with benefits from legal and economic perspectives.


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