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By Robin Wright for The New Yorker: In his Nobel Peace Prize speech, in 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, pronounced that “the risk of a
Continue readingNuclear Deterrence and Russia’s War in Ukraine
Deglobalization by Marco D’Eramo: ‘The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the globalization we have experienced over the last three decades’. Thus spoke Larry Fink, CEO of
Continue readingWill Russia’s Invasion Fracture the World-System?
Glenn Greenwald in his Substack newsletter: If one wishes to be exposed to news, information or perspective that contravenes the prevailing US/NATO view on the war in Ukraine, a rigorous
As societies get bigger, we require more and more elaborate and law-like forms of religion to prevent breakdown Matthew Reisz in The Guardian: Robin Dunbar sets out to offer nothing
Amartya Sen recently spoke from his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the New Statesman’s ideas editor, Gavin Jacobson. Gavin Jacobson in The New Statesman: The history of economics owes many of its
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“The problem isn’t that NATO enlargement went too far, the problem is that NATO enlargement didn’t go far enough“ Europe’s security architecture could be in for a monumental shift as
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already transformed the global economy—but not in the ways one might expect, FP’s Adam Tooze writes. “One lasting story of this war could be the
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Prabir Purkayastha in CounterPunch: Do the Ukraine war and the action of the United States, the EU and the UK spell the end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency? Even
Ron Paul (former Congressman from Texas) once gave a speech called “The End of Dollar Hegemony,” where he pointed out the ONE THING that would precipitate the US dollar’s collapse.
Continue readingMore Countries are Now Abandoning US Dollar. Is the End Near?
The world’s biggest colonial power prided itself on being a liberal democracy. But liberal imperialism gained resilience from its ability to absorb and neutralize objections. Was this part of the
Continue readingThe British Empire Was Much Worse Than You Realize
The origins of ancient inscriptions are often shrouded in mystery. Writing carved into stone millennia ago can be hard to read and is often missing entire sections of the text.
Continue readingThe AI Historian: A New Tool to Decipher Ancient Texts
By Thierry Meyssan: For 30 years, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has been sub-contracting the legal part of illegal CIA operations. Without rousing suspicions, it has put in place