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Can East Asia Show the Way?
With two-fifths of the world economy, East Asia can inspire others by creatively responding to the US President’s tariff challenge by promoting fair…
Jun 3
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May 2025
Will Europe Wage Peace?
With Trump’s efforts to end the Ukraine war, Europeans are now mainly responsible for prolonging it. Despite lame protestations of peace, Europe seems…
May 20
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Trump Accord Sows Discord in US Empire
President Trump has deliberately sown discord worldwide to better serve supposed US interests. He will not cede influence, let alone power and control…
May 6
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April 2025
Trump Wants World to Subsidise US Empire
Donald Trump’s top economic advisor claims the President has weaponised tariffs to ‘persuade’ other nations to pay the US to maintain its supposedly…
Apr 22
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Trump’s ‘Shock and Awe’ Tariffs
Donald Trump has seized world attention by arbitrarily imposing sweeping tariffs on the rest of us. His message: America First, and he will make America…
Apr 15
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March 2025
Malnutrition Not Due to Cash Poverty Alone
The World Bank set its US ‘dollar-a-day’ poverty line using its 1990 data. Despite many doubts and criticisms, its poverty numbers fell until the…
Mar 26
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Western Climate Hypocrisy Exposed by NATO Energy Policy
NATO geopolitical strategy has now joined the ‘coalition’ of Western geoeconomic forces accelerating planetary heating, now led again by re-elected US…
Mar 11
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February 2025
America First Deepens World Stagnation
Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) appeal captured US mass discontent against globalisation. America First reflects accelerating ethnonationalism…
Feb 25
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Imperialism (Still) Rules
Many in the West, of the political right and left, now deny imperialism. For some, empires were pre-capitalist atavisms. But even the Economist now sees…
Feb 11
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January 2025
An ‘Exorbitant Privilege’ for All?
Ending US$ dominance alone will not end monetary imperialism. Only appropriate multilateral arrangements to clear international payments can meet Global…
Jan 29
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Food Systems Worsen Diets, Health
Corporate-dominated food systems are responsible for widespread but still spreading malnutrition and ill health. Poor diets worsen non-communicable…
Jan 21
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Financing for Development Priorities Today
The forthcoming UN Financing for Development conference must address developing countries’ major financial challenges. Recent setbacks to sustainable…
Jan 7
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