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Oil prices reached a three year low on Tuesday, with analysis suggesting prices may stablise below $70 in the coming months… … Continue readingIf Oil Stabilizes Below $70, What Will it Mean for GCC Markets?
by Dani Rodrik at Project Syndicate: I wrote a speculative article in 2000 on what I called “the political trilemma of the world economy.” My claim was that advanced forms
by Jay Solomon at The Front Page: Hardly a day goes by without a reminder of that fact. Yesterday, it was the news out of Ukraine, where two Russian missiles
by Ian Bremmer in Time Magazine: With so many elections in big countries this year, it’s a good time to look at how the politics of democracies are shifting. But
Continue readingWhy Voters Everywhere Are Fed Up With Incumbents
Quico Toro in Persuasion: For weeks, pundits have been speculating that France’s snap legislative election could blow up in President Emmanuel Macron’s face—and boy did it. Only it’s blown up
by Mindy Clegg at 3 Quarks Daily: The Cold War ended somewhere between 1989 and 1991 or if you take the disintegration of Yugoslavia into account, maybe into the 2000s.
Continue readingThe Real Modern Struggle: Democracy and Authoritarianism
By Matthew Gault at Newsweek: No person is just one thing. I believe that strongly and, like other strongly held convictions, edge cases test me. So it is with Julian
Phil Klay shares his views at Wisdom of Crowds: Morality and War: Two words that seem to have nothing to do with each other. Yet as recent events have shown,
From Project Syndicate: Over the past decade, Ruth Ben-Ghiat has emerged as one of the English-speaking world’s leading experts on, and chroniclers of, authoritarian leaders in the twenty-first century. A
By Devika Rao in The Week: The world’s fish supply is getting smaller, physically. A study published in the journal Science said that body size trends “varied across communities,” but
By Philip V. Bohlman at OUP: Welcome to the show. Let everybody know I’m done playin’ the game. I’ll break out of the chains. —Nemo, “The Code,” winning song of
Continue readingThe Year of Singing Politically: Eurovision Song Contest 2024, Sweden
Jo Adetunji at The Conversation: Climate change is making the symptoms of certain brain conditions worse, our new review has found. Conditions that can worsen as temperature and humidity rise
Continue readingClimate Change is Linked to Worsening Brain Diseases – New Study