September, 2021

• 24 September

  Turkey and Egypt Open the Door to a Diplomatic Thaw

  

  In mid-March, Turkey and Egypt confirmed they’d had their first diplomatic contact since breaking off relations in 2013. Though the talks were described by Egyptian sources as preliminary, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was quoted as saying, “Contacts at the diplomatic level have started.” The thaw comes after a decade …

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• 24 September

  The Persistence of Borders in a Globalized World

  

  Back in 1990, when the Soviet bloc was crumbling into new nations, Kenichi Ohmae, a Japanese organizational theorist and management consultant, had the audacity to suggest that humankind was on the cusp of a new “borderless world,” in a book of the same name. Ohmae’s goal was mainly to sketch …

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• 24 September

  How a submarine deal sparked a major diplomatic crisis

  

  Australia’s move to ditch a $66bn submarine deal has spiralled into an unprecedented diplomatic row between Western allies. Australia’s decision to cancel a multibillion-dollar order for French submarines in favour of American and British technology has sparked a diplomatic row of unprecedented proportions between longtime Western allies. The French foreign …

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• 24 September

  Afghans who fled Panjshir: ‘Everything can change by the hour’

  

  As resistance forces continue to battle the Taliban on Afghanistan’s last war front, residents who fled the province say there is no clear winner yet. Since the Taliban claimed “complete control” over the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan’s northeast earlier this month, the group has been accused of “widespread atrocities”, forcing …

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• 24 September

  TSUE zdecydował. Wielka kara dla Polski za każdy dzień działania Turowa

  Pół miliona euro za każdy dzień działalności kopalni Turów będzie płacić Polska do chwili podporządkowania się decyzji TSUE o zawieszeniu wydobycia. Tak zdecydował Trybunał Sprawiedliwości. Premier Morawiecki jeszcze w maju przekonywał, że ugoda z Czechami jest prawie zawarta. Decyzja TSUE zapadła dziś, ale naliczanie kary zacznie się w chwili formalnego …

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• 24 September

  Opinion | Sous-marins : ces questions en suspens

  

  Tandis que la polémique autour du « contrat du siècle » des sous-marins français pour l’Australie gonfle, il est quand même curieux d’observer que peu de monde n’évoque les contrats eux-mêmes. Or c’est quand même cela qui est essentiel. En fait, tout le monde parle de ces sous-marins sans pourtant …

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• 24 September

  Saudi military trains with Greek forces

  

  Saudi Arabia and Greece signed a missile deal earlier this year and are both allies of the UAE and Egypt. Saudi soldiers arrived in Greece on Tuesday for a joint training exercise with their Greek counterparts. Paratrooper units and special security forces from the Royal Saudi Land Forces participated in …

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• 24 September

  What is Neoliberalism? A Primer

  

  “Neoliberalism” has been a hot topic for a few decades, but by now the word is sloppily used often enough that many claim that the word has become meaningless. However, it doesn’t work that way. The word neoliberalism has a definite meaning, even if it can be a tricky one, …

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• 24 September

  Wagging the Bitcoin Dog

  On Wednesday, thousands of Salvadorans celebrated the 200th anniversary of the country’s independence by marching in protest against President Nayib Bukele’s administration. President Bukele’s decision to make Bitcoin an officially recognized currency in El Salvador succeeded in getting a lot of attention. And that was precisely the point. The boldness …

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• 24 September

  How Corporations Won the War on Terror

  The costs and consequences of America’s twenty-first-century wars have by now been well-documented — a staggering $8 trillion in expenditures and more than 380,000 civilian deaths, as calculated by Brown University’s Costs of War project. The question of who has benefited most from such an orgy of military spending has, …

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