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Maksim Markelov – The Kremlin’s ‘troll factory’: classic propaganda techniques re-imagined for the social media age

October 1, 2024 David Shirreff 2

Yevgeny Prigozhin founded the notorious Russian “troll factory”, the Internet Research Agency in 2013. Since then, agency trolls have flooded social media platforms with conspiracy theories and anti-western messages. Maksim Markelov is a PhD Candidate, Russian […]

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Geopolitics

Andrea Mazzarino – War Forever, Everywhere

September 24, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Armed conflict lasts for decades after battles end and its effects ripple thousands of miles beyond actual battlefield. Andrea Mazzarino co-founded Brown University’s Costs of War Project. She is an activist and social worker interested in […]

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Environment

Corporate Europe Observatory – Bayer’s Toxic Trails

September 24, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Market power, monopolies, and the global lobbying of an agrochemical giant Cross-posted from Corporate Europe Observatory Photo: Bayer Leverkusen Corporate Europe Observatory takes a deep dive into the present – and dark past – of the German […]

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Equal Times – Despite vastly different social and political contexts, Finland, Germany and France are all grappling with the question of safe nuclear waste disposal

September 24, 2024 David Shirreff 0

Countries that have produced and relied on nuclear energy, like France, Germany and Finland, all face the same question: how to safely dispose of nuclear waste? Cross-posted from Equal Times Image: Marcin Wichary/Creative Commons “It […]

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Economics

Shaun Richards: China presses the economic panic button

September 24, 2024 David Shirreff 0

For several years the Chinese property sector has been turning from boom to bust. Now one could say that the Chinese cavalry has arrived. Read HERE Photo: China News Service/Creative Commons

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VoxEU: How Russian firms use international risk-sharing to mitigate the effects of sanctions

September 24, 2024 David Shirreff 0

To reduce the effectiveness of sanctions on Russia, the Kremlin is known to have compensated targeted sanctioned firms through various channels. Read HERE “The political warrior mowing down the Russian trade” 1791

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Geopolitics

Stephen Bryen – The big change ahead: NATO starting a war with Russia?

September 17, 2024 David Shirreff 0

The British Want to Blow Up Russia and “Win” the War Stephen Bryen is a former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense and is a leading expert in security strategy and technology. Bryen writes for Asia […]

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Economics

André Wolf – Will Mario Draghi’s plan for European competitiveness work?

September 17, 2024 David Shirreff 0

While Draghi’s report identifies many of the key challenges facing Europe, it contains questionable policy solutions. André Wolf is an economist and head of the division “Technology, Infrastructure and Industrial Development” at the Centre for […]

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Financial Institutions

Benoît Coeuré, Harry Huizinga, Elke König, Jan-Pieter Krahnen, Jonas Schlegel – Winners and losers in bank resolution: Recent examples and a modest reform proposal

September 17, 2024 David Shirreff 0

This column identifies three primary factors contributing to elevated profits in distressed bank mergers, particularly in Europe. Benoît Cœuré is on the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, Harry Huizinga is Professor of Economics […]

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Verfassungsblog: France’s Shifting Constitutional Landscape

September 17, 2024 David Shirreff 0

The summer of 2024 will undoubtedly be remembered as a turning point for the French political-constitutional system.  Read HERE Photo: Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street/Open Government Licence

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Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine by Avi Shlaim

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Book Review by Hossam el-Hamalawy Avi Shlaim’s Genocide in Gaza: Israel’s Long War on Palestine is a book written in the midst of catastrophe, not after its dust has settled.  It is a work shaped […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

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Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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