With Russia Going Rogue, America Must Cooperate With China Just days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Dmitri Medvedev, the former president and prime minister of Russia, took to social media to post a chilling message. He raged against Western sanctions on his country and suggested darkly that Russia could rip …
Read More »Can Turkey benefit from Europe’s quest to reduce Russian gas?
Europe’s efforts to phase down gas imports from Russia might place Turkey at the center of routes for alternative supplies from Azerbaijan and Israel. As the European Union scrambles to map out plans to wean itself off Russian gas amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, its quest for substitutes might place …
Read More »Turkey to host Ukrainian, Russian foreign ministers in first talks since invasion
Ankara has secured talks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum after seeking to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv. The top diplomats of Russia and Ukraine will meet in Turkey on Thursday for the first such high-level talks since Russia launched its invasion two weeks ago. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and …
Read More »Stronger NATO, more decisive EU: What Putin’s war hath wrought
When a pro-NATO group in Finland began circulating a petition last week demanding a referendum on whether the traditionally non-aligned country should join the U.S.-led transatlantic defense alliance, the response was overwhelming.
Read More »One Ukraine or Two?
Who hasn’t thought in terms of national identities, stereotypical and misleading as they are? He’s an American, someone might say, or she’s French, or those folks over there are Japanese, and so on. We know such identities blur and dissolve upon closer inspection. There turn out to be many different …
Read More »Ukraine Update: Saudi Arabia and UAE leaders ‘decline calls with Biden’
Incidents following the Ukraine Crisis are developing dramatically. The world markets are also bearing the Crisis’ brunt. A report by The New York Times said: A digital barricade went up between Russia and the world. Both Russian authorities and multinational internet companies built the wall with breathtaking speed. And the …
Read More »Ist Neutralität mit Haltung noch neutral?
Hat in der Schweiz gerade eine neutralitätspolitische Zeitenwende stattgefunden? Die Geschichte zeigt: Neutralität ist immer auch eine Frage der Betroffenheit und des Standpunkts. Gerade deshalb muss der Bundesrat erklären, was er darunter versteht. Österreich ist ein neutrales Land. Finnland und Schweden gelten ebenfalls als neutral. Schweden hat am Sonntag Waffenlieferungen …
Read More »Wojna niczego nie zmieniła poza retoryką władzy. PiS to nadal PiS
Jeśli damy się nabrać na podrzuconą przez PiS ideę rzekomej “zgody narodowej”, w pełni zasłużymy na to, co nas w konsekwencji spotka. Czyli na putinizację Polski. Ponieważ w związku z wojną na Ukrainie niepokojącą popularność w ostatnich dniach zyskuje teoria (zapewne podrzucona przez PR-owców PiS) budowania jedności narodowej, czytaj – …
Read More »Yet More on Inflation
Last week, I was on a panel with Jason Furman and Joseph Stiglitz, discussing the recent surge in inflation and the prospects for the future. We took some questions from the audience, but there were a number for which we did not have time. I have picked some of these …
Read More »Lockheed Martin to invest $1 billion in manufacturing in Saudi Arabia
Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) will invest more than $1 billion in manufacturing in Saudi Arabia, a senior executive said on Tuesday, as the kingdom looks to use its clout as a major arms buyer to help diversify its economy away from oil. Ray Piselli, Lockheed’s vice president of international business, told …
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