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Branko Marcetic – Why shouldn’t Ukraine hold elections?

February 25, 2025 Ben 0

Many Western media and commentators have ridiculed the idea that Ukraine could put on an election while the war with Russia goes on, but there’s no reason why democracy must be suspended. Branko Marcetic is […]

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Michael Roberts – Russia-Ukraine war: three years on

February 24, 2025 Ben 0

Three years in, the Ukraine war has been an unmitigated human and economic catastrophe. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Ukraine: a human disasterToday […]

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Anatol Lieven – Paris Summit was theatre, and much ado about nothing

February 18, 2025 Ben 0

The Paris Summit was yet more evidence that Europe’s elites haven’t come to terms with the new reality. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was […]

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Politico – UK ‘ready’ to send peacekeepers to Ukraine, PM Starmer says

February 17, 2025 Ben 0

Interesting timing. One could read it as an attempt to scupper peace talks. Alternatively, the UK wants to position itself as America’s useful idiot. Read the article HERE.

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Adam Tooze – A “house of cards”? Russia’s war economy in 2025.

January 16, 2025 Ben 0

Commentators in The FT are desperate to wish into existence a financial crisis in Russia, but the reality is that Russia is surviving Western sanctions. In Adam Tooze’s ‘Chartbook’ Substack. Read the article HERE.

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Anatol Lieven: The fall of Assad is a defeat for Russia — and no ‘win’ for the US

December 11, 2024 Ben 0

Zero-sum geopolitics is in vogue, but in the long-term none of the major powers win from chaos and failed states. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. […]

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Ian Proud – Why Putin won’t go nuclear following ATACMS decision

November 18, 2024 Ben 0

Putin is likely to calculate that it is not worth over-reacting to a lame duck US President. Ian Proud was a member of Britain’s Diplomatic Service from 1999 to 2023. He served as the Economic […]

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Glenn Diesen – BRICS Stockpiling Gold as the G7 Weaponised Finance

November 13, 2024 Ben 0

Gold is making a comeback because the G7 can’t be trusted with the sovereign funds of other countries. Glenn Diesen is a professor of political science at the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), with a research focus […]

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Anatol Lieven – An unfortunate rush to judgment in Georgia elections

October 30, 2024 Ben 0

The Western media is indulging the preassembled narrative: that the only way the government could win was by rigging the vote. Anatol Lieven is Director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible […]

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Al Jazeera – Mapping the range of Storm Shadow missiles in the Russia-Ukraine war

September 18, 2024 Ben 0

Joint British-French built long-range missiles could hit deep into Russia, if Ukraine gets the go ahead from Washington to use them. Read the article HERE.

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Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations by Christian Christiansen

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Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality: The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of […]

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Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik

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Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, […]

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