Eurasia

How America Can Feed the World

To Prevent a Global Food Crisis, Expand the Lend-Lease Program The Russian invasion of Ukraine has already killed tens of thousands, displaced millions, and thrown global financial markets into chaos. But without serious international action, Moscow’s war will lead to another deepening crisis: worldwide hunger. Both Russia and Ukraine are …

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Szczyt sojuszników Putina. Tu nikt go nie potępia. Czy to groźne dla Zachodu?

Rozpoczynający się w środę szczyt krajów BRICS to dowód, jak bardzo iluzoryczne jest patrzenie na świat przez pryzmat euroatlantyckiej bańki. Poza nią istnieje rzeczywistość polityczna oparta na zupełnie innych wartościach. Przywódcy Chin, Brazylii, RPA oraz Indii spotykają się już po raz 15. Gospodarzem, tym razem wirtualnie, jest reżim w Pekinie, …

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The Ukraine War In Historical Perspective: The Shadow Of Barbarossa

June 22, 2022 is the 81st anniversary of the launch of Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, when fighting on a massive scale truly began in the Second World War. It was the largest military campaign in the history of humanity. This date is being especially …

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Neoliberals Don’t Like Free Markets, But They Want You To Think They Do

It was very frustrating to read Noam Scheiber’s profile of Jaz Brisack, the person who led the first successful union organizing drive at a Starbucks. Brisack does sound like a very impressive person and it is good to see her getting the attention her efforts warrant. However, Scheiber ruins the …

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Who Is A Primary Winner In Emerging Food Crisis?

Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, international grains prices, especially wheat, corn and sunflower, have soared. The circumstance has abruptly aggravated the already serious shortage of grains due to frequent droughts and other adverse climatic variations, now developing into a global food crisis. According to the U.N. World Food …

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From 1980s Debt Crisis to Crypto Era, Financial Stability Monitoring Is Always Evolving

Twenty years ago, the IMF released its inaugural Global Financial Stability Report to strengthen surveillance of financial markets after a series of crises in emerging market economies and the dot-com bust. This semiannual publication by the Monetary and Capital Markets Department has since evolved through years of seismic shifts in …

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BRICS, Putin, Xi, and challenge to the Empire

BRICS is taking initiatives that stand as a challenge to the Empire-led world arrangement. The arrangement – Empire’s sole authority – in the world capitalist order will face stiff competition and resistance if BRICS initiatives move on steadily. The on-going Ukraine War has appeared as a significant lesson to all …

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What Money Can’t Buy

The Limits of Economic Power Anyone who wonders about the potential of economic power need look no further than the response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The dramatic measures taken by the United States and its allies illustrate the potency of the purse. The International Monetary Fund has forecast that …

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Beijing Is Still Playing the Long Game on Taiwan

Why China Isn’t Poised to Invade Concern is growing in Taiwan, in the United States, and among U.S. allies in Asia that China is preparing to attack Taiwan in the near future. Testifying before the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee last year, Admiral Philip Davidson, then the commander of the …

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External Impacts and the Extremism Question in the War in Ukraine: Considerations for Practitioners

Abstract: After more than 100 days, it remains unclear how the war in Ukraine will evolve, how it will end, and the broader impacts it may have. This article examines key concerns and questions about the conflict that are relevant to counterterrorism practitioners through the lens of three impact areas. …

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