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The New Economic Geography: Who Profits in a Post-American World?

The post-American world economy has arrived. U.S. President Donald Trump’s radical shift in economic approach has already begun to change norms, behaviors, and institutions globally. Like a major earthquake, it has given rise to new features in the landscape and rendered many existing economic structures unusable. This event was a …

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’S GROWING ROLE IN MODERN WARFARE

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing modern warfare, as seen in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Drones now cause 70–80% of battlefield casualties, with both sides developing AI-powered targeting systems. AI has boosted first-person view drone strike accuracy from 30–50% to around 80%. David Kirichenko points to the rising ethical concerns about machines …

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Offer Declined: Bosnia and a Billion Dollars of Chinese TNT

A US arms firm explored importing 122,000 tons of Chinese TNT into Bosnia via a local arms producer it part owns. The deal never went ahead, but the amount on offer – far in excess of the producer’s own needs – raises questions about where the explosives might have ended …

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