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The cost of US hegemony to the rest of the world
As we said before, US exceptionalism was paid for, in no small part, by the rest of the world.
July 28, 2022
Geopolitics
The threat of enfeebled great powers
No political integration project can survive a narrative featuring a permanent underclass of countries that do not share their neighbours’ prosperity in good times and are left to their own devices when calamity strikes.
May 15, 2020
Covid-19
Scientists expect Covid-19 vaccine in January if not within the year
As the US government launches "Operation Warp Speed" to hasten the process of vaccine development,Oxford University hopes to see positive results by June.
May 04, 2020
Tech
Governments clamp down on Zoom as security breaches come to light
Beware while working from home - you don't know who may be privy to your personal information.
April 09, 2020
Covid-19
Why America is losing to Covid-19
The US's struggles with Covid-19 stem not from a lack of effective disease control measures, but rather from a failure to deploy them decisively.
April 09, 2020
Covid-19
Chinese Covid-19 numbers not fake: Berkeley Professor
There’s no real reason to doubt Chinese statistics, said Professor Arthur Reingold at an online forum organised by Matthews Asia, the US’s largest Asia-only investment firm.
April 03, 2020
Geopolitics
Trump puts sanctions on Iranian supreme leader, other top officials
WASHINGTON/RIYADH (June 25): US President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top Iranian officials with sanctions on Monday, taking a dramatic, unprecedented step to increase pressure on Iran after Tehran’s dow
June 25, 2019
Geopolitics
US blames Iran for oil tanker attacks as gulf tensions climb
(June 14): The Trump administration blamed Iran for attacks on two oil tankers near the entrance to the Persian Gulf, escalating tensions between the two rivals despite denials from officials in Tehran and a lack of public evidence for the US claim.
June 14, 2019
US-China trade war
Singapore fears Asean may need to choose between US, China
(Nov 16): Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned that Southeast Asian nations may one day have to choose between the US and China, as concerns deepen about a Cold War-style conflict between the world’s biggest economies.
November 16, 2018
Geopolitics
US warns Russia it could ‘take out’ missiles
(Oct 3): The US warned that it could resort to strikes against a new class of Russian missile unless Moscow complies with its international commitments to arms reduction.
October 03, 2018