Economics
John Mearsheimer, Yan Xuetong – Who Shapes Global Order, and Who Will Win the Competition?
11 October 2024 Watch HERE
Month: October 2024
Economics
Fortune: Germany’s lost decade: How the Fortune 500 Europe giant is flirting with long-term irrelevance
There is an elephant in the room of the 2024 edition of the Fortune 500 Europe. It’s not a crisis-riddled company or scandal-hit CEO. Rather, it’s the whole German economy. Read HERE
Geopolitics
EDWARD SAID: THE MYTH OF THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
December 2023 Legendary scholar-activist Edward Said delivers a powerful lecture dismantling the persistent ideological belief that the world is riven by a clash of civilizations between the civilized and enlightened U.S.-led West and the barbaric […]
Geopolitics
United Nations – Ukraine: Population drops by 10 million since Russia invaded in 2014
One must remember that with its infrastructure in tatters, this includes heating and electricity, millions of Ukrainians could decide to flee the country this winter. Read HERE
Corruption
John P. Ruehl – The Corporate Vehicles Changing International Commerce
The unchecked rise of financial entities designed to conceal wealth and questionable activity has created a global, collaborative ecosystem. It is fueling corruption and crime while allowing those involved to escape accountability. John P. Ruehl […]
Gig Economy
Arthur Neslen – As workers swelter in Amazon warehouses in India, the push for a binding global treaty to dismantle corporate power is also heating up
Over the next three months there is an opportunity to change the rules governing global corporations Arthur Neslen writes about the environment for The Guardian. He has previously worked as a correspondent for Thomson Reuters, Politico, Al-Jazeera and others. Cross-posted […]
Fake News
Savannah Dodd – AI is just one of the thorny issues facing photography: here’s how the industry can prioritise ethics
While questions of image ethics are not new, this crisis is only deepening with the exponential growth in the production and use of AI-generated images. Savannah Dodd is a postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Creative Ethnography, Queen’s University […]
Corruption
Common Dreams: Pro-Trump Dark Money Group Aims Lies at Arab and Jewish American Voters
The group is spending tens of millions of dollars targeting both communities of voters in two battleground states with contradictory messaging designed to discourage them from voting for Kamala Harris. Read HERE Dark matter, Image: […]
Geopolitics
Other News: US intel leak shakes Israel’s plan to hit Iran, and more
We don’t know whether the leak was a law violation or an intentional act from within the Biden administration Read HERE Photo: Public domain
Geopolitics
Politico – EU’s game plan for Trump trade war: ‘Hit back fast and hard’
The EU has a plan to respond to tariff’s imposed by a Trump administration if he wins the election in a couple of weeks’ time. Whether it will work or not is another matter. Read […]