The economic war is most unlikely to affect the outcome of the Ukraine War, but it does seem likely to produce outcomes that will prejudice energy security and the climate agenda, while falling hardest on the world’s poor. Read More Here
The reluctance of the Rest to jeopardize relations with Putin’s Russia will complicate the West’s ability to manage ties with allies and others not only now but also when the war is over. Read More Here
We have entered a new space era, projecting all the Earth’s great power pathologies—ambition, fear, and greed—into the heavens. Read More Here
The war is a serious setback to Europe’s strong yet incomplete recovery from the pandemic, which left private consumption and investment well below pre-coronavirus forecasts, even as fiscal and monetary support underpinned an impressive rebound in employment almost to levels last seen before the pandemic.
Watching Russia falter in Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping may conclude that if he decides to invade Taiwan, he cannot hope to achieve victory with little or limited fighting. The risk is that this will lead him to prepare a much bigger assault, deploying far heavier and more concentrated firepower to batter the island into submission. […]
There’s a new coalition government in power in Islamabad. And, like its predecessors, it not only inherits an economy in crisis, but is also engaging the International Monetary Fund, as well as key foreign partners – including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – for emergency support. Read More Here
China’s full-scale lockdown of Shanghai, the country’s largest urban economy, will have far-reaching economic and social costs. More than just a public-health measure, the move should be interpreted as a reassertion of centralized control and a partial reversal of the devolution of power that took root after 1978. Read More Here
A coalition of more than half a dozen disparate political parties that have formed the new government illustrates the return of the old order. With a few exceptions, they are all old faces in the cabinet — tried and tested. The status quo remains, and dynastic politics has strengthened its hold. Read More Here
It has been eight decades since the Battle for Guadalcanal was fought between Allied Forces and the Japanese Imperial Army. Today, the Solomon Islands are again at the center of a Pacific power game — one that pits the U.S. and its strategic partners against their latest adversary, China. Read More Here
Despite predictions of doom for the heavily sanctioned Russian economy, nearly two months into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, his country’s oil exports to Europe and other have actually risen, and its financial sector is so far avoiding a serious liquidity crisis. Read More Here
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