Globalisation
Thomas Fazi: The dawn of the Brics world order
The advent of ‘Brics plus’ will have far-reaching consequences for the global system. In ‘Unherd’. Read the article HERE.
China
Finance
Branko Milanović interview: On global inequality, China’s rise, the war in Ukraine
An exploration of inequality from many angles. Cross-posted from Branko Milanović’s blog (originally published in French in ‘Atlantico’ here). What is your take on the riots that are going on in France at the moment? […]
Economics
Michael Roberts: The Great Divergence
The rise of China has led to inequality falling on the global scale over the past 20 years, but that’s highly unlikely to continue. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific […]
Globalisation
US-China relations and the decline of US dominance: Interview with Jeffrey D. Sachs
Sachs talks about Ukraine, de-dollarisation, Taiwan, the Middle East and more in this transcript from an interview with ‘The Creative Process – One Planet podcast / Pearls and Irritations’. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Professor of Sustainable Development and […]
EU politics
No Cold War – Briefing: Europe Needs an Independent Foreign Policy
An entirely sensible proposal to end the militarisation of Europe, stop the continent’s growing dependence on US energy, and oppose the US-led agenda to decouple from China. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Graham Allison: Will India Surpass China to Become the Next Superpower?
India still has many structural weaknesses which make it unlikely that it can catch-up with China in the near future. In ‘Foreign Policy’. Read the article HERE.
EU politics
Politico: EU looks to ban companies from making sensitive tech in China
The European Commission has published plans to follow almost to the word the aggressive economic policy of the United States towards China. Read the article HERE.
Solutions
Linda Pentz Gunter: The Appalling Failure of the G7 to Act on Nuclear Disarmament
The G7 leaders’ “vision on nuclear disarmament” was breathtaking hypocrisy Linda Pentz Gunter is the editor and curator of BeyondNuclearInternational.org. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Seven super-hypocrites took a walk in a park recently and called it paying respects. […]
EU politics
Wolfgang Streeck: A bipolar order?
Another must read from Wolfgang Streeck on the perils of American hegemony in Europe, in New Left Review’s Sidecar. Read the article HERE.
Media
John Pilger – The Coming War: Speak Up, Now
Those who want to stop the US-led march to war with China must raise their voices. Cross-posted from Counterpunch In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another […]