China’s competitiveness and American badmouthing
The US approach to China is based on a mix of arrogance, nastiness, and naiveté.
23 April 2024, 09:00 AM
23 April 2024, 09:00 AM
Justice and finance at COP28
COP28 in Dubai highlights the pressing issues of climate justice and financing amid a worsening climate emergency.
7 December 2023, 01:00 AM
7 December 2023, 01:00 AM
The US economic war on China
The anti-China policies come out of a familiar playbook of US policymaking.
6 September 2023, 02:00 AM
6 September 2023, 02:00 AM
US politics and the Paris finance summit
The leaders at the Paris summit recognised the urgent need for a massive expansion of official development financing from the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).
2 July 2023, 13:00 PM
2 July 2023, 13:00 PM
How JFK would pursue peace in Ukraine
In the context of the Russia-Ukraine war, Biden has behaved almost the opposite of JFK. He has personally and repeatedly denigrated Russian President Vladimir Putin.
10 June 2023, 03:00 AM
10 June 2023, 03:00 AM
The war in Ukraine was not ‘unprovoked’
There is no fairy tale end to the war in Ukraine, in which Ukraine defeats Russia on the battlefield and then joins Nato.
2 June 2023, 02:00 AM
2 June 2023, 02:00 AM
America’s wars and the US debt crisis
The US’ annual military spending is now around $900 billion, roughly 40 percent of the world's total, and greater than the next 10 countries combined.
21 May 2023, 17:00 PM
21 May 2023, 17:00 PM
Money makes the world go round – and development succeed
The key to economic development and ending poverty is investment.
16 May 2023, 10:55 AM
16 May 2023, 10:55 AM
The need for a new US foreign policy
Unless US foreign policy is changed to recognise the need for a multipolar world, it will lead to more wars, and possibly World War III.
15 April 2023, 19:00 PM
The global banking crisis and world economy
The banking crisis that hit Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) recently has spread.
25 March 2023, 14:00 PM
What Ukraine needs to learn from Afghanistan
Afghanistan today lies in ruins. While the US wasted more than $2 trillion of its military outlays, Afghanistan is impoverished. Its 2021 GDP was below $400 per person.
20 March 2023, 15:00 PM