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Controversial and funny: “Five things they don’t tell you about economics”

11:30 22.08.2023

Controversial and funny: “Five things they don’t tell you about economics”

Ha-Joon Chang is a South Korean institutional economist, specialising in development economics. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, as well as to Oxfam and various United Nations agencies. He is also a fellow at the Center for Economic …

View from India: Why so many nations are lining up to join BRICS

11:23 21.08.2023

View from India: Why so many nations are lining up to join BRICS

The idea of an alternative multilateral economic organisation like BRICS came from a belief in the late 2000s that the Bretton Woods Institutions were unable to cope with the scale and complexity of the post-Cold War geoeconomic landscape that had seen the rise of new economic centres. Western-led institutions had …

Where have Britain’s Challenger tanks gone?

11:22 21.08.2023

Where have Britain’s Challenger tanks gone?

Britain led the way in supplying Challenger 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. So far they have been invisible, writes Lt Col Stuart Crawford. Only a few months ago the UK promised to supply 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, a move which helped persuade other western nations to supply their …

The echoes of the “domino theory” influences Biden's politics

11:21 21.08.2023

The echoes of the “domino theory” influences Biden's politics

The White House in a difficult bind: move to end the war on terms less favorable to Ukraine than earlier promised, and the administration will face an onslaught of criticism not unlike that which followed the Afghanistan withdrawal, including from his own base, notes American ‘Responsible Statecraft’. Before the summer, …

‘Le Figaro’ about US in Niger: «Avec des alliés comme ça, on n’a pas besoin d’ennemis»

10:37 20.08.2023

‘Le Figaro’ about US in Niger: «Avec des alliés comme ça, on n’a pas besoin d’ennemis»

“With such allies, we do not need enemies,” (“Avec des alliés comme ça, on n’a pas besoin d’ennemis,”) said in Paris, according to the newspaper ‘Figaro’, citing a source within the French Foreign Ministry. The United States has been very active in the crisis in Niger. It was even too …

The Intercept: Secret Pakistan cable documents – U.S. pressure to remove Imran Khan

10:35 20.08.2023

The Intercept: Secret Pakistan cable documents – U.S. pressure to remove Imran Khan

The United States once again carried out an operation to change power in a foreign state. Documents show how it happened in Pakistan in 2022. The U.S. State Department encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove Imran Khan as prime minister over his neutrality on …

American view: Ukraine has no realistic path to victory over Russia

10:34 20.08.2023

American view: Ukraine has no realistic path to victory over Russia

There is no rational path to military victory for Ukraine. The longer Kyiv and Washington ignore this painful reality, the greater the damage that will be pointlessly inflicted on the people of Ukraine, and the more territory they might cede in an eventual negotiated conclusion, writes Daniel L. Davis, a …

US election-2024 – premonition of Civil War?

10:33 20.08.2023

US election-2024 – premonition of Civil War?

November 5, 2024, is the scheduled date for the next presidential election. Of course, it’s too early to predict who will win, but it can be useful to speculate, proposes at Counter Punch David Rosen, an author of many scholarly articles, book reviews and popular pieces on media-tech, telecom, politics, …

Egypt resists U.S. calls to arm Ukraine

9:20 19.08.2023

Egypt resists U.S. calls to arm Ukraine

U.S. officials, including Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, asked Egypt to supply weapons to Ukraine, seeking to help the Ukrainian government overcome a shortage of ammunition, but Egyptian officials said privately that Egypt has no plans to send the weapons, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ writes. Austin made the request in …

Severe drought in Panama hits global shipping industry

9:18 19.08.2023

Severe drought in Panama hits global shipping industry

An extreme drought in Panama is resulting in unusually lengthy delays and difficult restrictions alongside one of many world’s most vital commerce routes, illustrating the problem local weather change poses to world commerce, FT informs. Excessive temperatures and one of many driest years on file have led authorities within the …

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