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Branko Milanovic argues that post-Putin, Russia's billionaires may favor a weak central government or true oligarchy and to insist on the domestic rule of law.
The…
Russia’s war in Ukraine is producing an earthquake in international affairs. The war has raised new questions about national security across Europe and is shaking up energy…
C.J. Polychroniou and C. P. Chandrasekhar discuss India's response to the pandemic, the Ukraine crisis, and policymaking and neoliberal economics.
C.J.…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may go down in history as the moment in the current geopolitical cycle when politics took over from economics as the main decision-making driver. The…
After Germany’s geopolitical awakening to the threat posed by Russia, would it also reconsider its foreign policy on China?
It has taken a full-blown war between Russia and…
Brian Stoddart explores what it will take for Australia to acknowledge its demographic changes and really engage with India.
Canberra has experienced some frantic activity in the…
Branko Milanovic express Russia's long-terme conomic might pursue import substitution, and shift its economic activity away from Europe towards Asia.
When we…
Branko Milanovic argues that, once again, the idea that one type of system will eventually be embraced by all is being violently shown to be a delusion.
Wars are the…
Andy Sumner and Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez examine global poverty trends in light of COVID-19. Please hover over and click on the graphics to expand them.
In 2010 and the following…
Since mid-2020, inflation has been rising, with the level of average prices going up at a faster rate than it has since the early 1980s. In January 2022, prices had increased by 7…