The U.S. military launched a clandestine program amid the COVID crisis to discredit China’s Sinovac inoculation – payback for Beijing’s efforts to blame Washington for the pandemic. One target: the Filipino public. Health experts say the gambit was indefensible and put innocent lives at risk.
Economics
Görkem Altınörs, Ümit Akçay: The authoritarian consolidation attempt in Turkey
Görkem Altınörs and Ümit Akçay analyse the political economy of regime change in Turkey. The AKP’s ‘authoritarian fix’ strategy was a response to multiple crises in the 2010s. Now, it has led to an attempt […]
Economics
Steven Hall: Why have wages been allowed to stagnate?
There are many reasons for stagnant wages but the most salient was the sell out by the leftist parties, in Europe the Social Democrats. Read here
National Politics
Patrick Fox: Western paternalism in Africa reaches its limits
Decades of failed policy, including US and French counterterrorism programs, have some African leaders looking for alternatives. Read Here
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