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Branko Milanovic explores new research on why there is no riding off into the sunset for dictators.
In an interesting paper, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an…
Debt abolitionist Astra Taylor discusses how capitalism’s manufactured insecurity can feed movements for radical change.
Capitalism is a socioeconomic system that depends upon…
Branko Milanovic with some words of advice for our polarised times.
Over the years I have had political and ideological discussions with at least three groups of people and have…
Cornelius Adebahr explores the way AI may help the people, processes and policies that make up the foreign policy system.
Much of the discussion on how artificial…
Alfredo Toro Hardy examines the possible positions the Global South could take regarding China’s aspirations to assume its leadership.
In the 2021, during the Centennial of…
Branko Milanovic on why Vučić may go for war and the difficult position that would put NATO in.
I learned about the newest dispute between Serbia and Kosovo in a New York café…
In a process of “guided evolution”, the transformation to a more sustainable economy will be driven by self-referential systems where the usual preference for long-term policy…
Branko Milanovic explores the impact of the Cultural Revolutions of the 1960s-70 on himself, and the East and West.
As I suppose many older people do, I was thinking about…
Contrary to much of the media coverage, the launch of Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro likely does not mark a major SMIC breakthrough in chip manufacturing and is almost certainly…
Recent words and deeds confirm Beijing’s readiness to retaliate against sanctions imposed by the US and its allies. However, its current dominance of the global strategic metals…