Chas Freeman looks at the United State’s failed proxy war in Ukraine and how to avoid forever wars. Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) Visiting Scholar, Watson Institute, Brown University Cross-posted from Chas W. [...]
If Amazon and Apple and Microsoft wanted to avoid a world where, by century’s end, people had 60% less money to spend on buying whatever they plan on selling, then they should be putting pressure [...]
Amal Clooney, human rights lawyer to the stars, and her Clooney Foundation are outspoken on rights abuses committed by the West’s enemies – from Russia and Venezuela to Iran. Yet, peculiarly, she’s completely silent on [...]
In this novel analysis Geoff recommends that Russia allow Ukraine to join NATO in order to achieve peace Geoffrey Roberts is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork and a member of the Royal [...]
The key to understanding technological development is to look at the economic incentives the technologists have. All fourth authors are researchers and professors at the University College of London. Cross-posted from The Conversation Photograph of [...]
The EU’s new Asylum and Migration Pact is worse than useless. Pierre Micheletti is responsible for the “Health – Solidarity – Precariousness” degree at the Faculty of Medicine of Grenoble, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA). Cross-posted [...]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ trip to Beijing shows Germany needs China more than China needs Germany. Tarik Cyril Amar is a historian from Germany, currently at Koç University, Istanbul, expert on Ukraine, Russia, and Europe, [...]
A vote is due to take place this week on Palestine becoming a full UN member, but the US and UK look set to reject the will of the vast majority of the world’s countries. [...]
Craigs analysis of the US Diplomatic Note concerning Julian Assange Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s website The United States has now, [...]
The weekend strikes showed that Israel needed others to defend it and is not free to choose how to strike back. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator [...]
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“THE STATE OF THE UNION”
Together with Conter, BRAVE NEW EUROPE will be presenting a series of interviews in the run-up to the EU parliamentary election to be held on 6 to 9 of June.
The series of interviews entitled "The State of the Union" will featrue leading thinkers concerning the EU starting on 2 May:
2 May with Wolfgang Streeck - "Quo Vadis the European Union?"
8 May: Costas Lapavitsas - "The state of the EU economy"
16 May: Tara McCormack - "The militarisation of the EU"
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These will be live zoomcasts free of charge. Registration details will follow.
Book Review by Branko Milanović Professor Tongdong Bai (whom I had the pleasure to meet in Shanghai and who kindly alerted me to his new book) has recently published a book called perhaps somewhat provocatively [...]