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Can wars be won?
Military triumph may still be possible — but winning the peace is another matter. As millions of screens flash images of burning buildings and refineries, missiles and drones; the media (as usual) is raking in the views. Opinions abound: the Iranian leader was an evil man, Trump is crazy, the markets will crash, oil will… Continue reading
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From Oil Fields to Algorithms: National Interest is being redefined
After the Second World War, several post-colonial governments seized foreign companies – Latin American oil fields, African ports, Middle Eastern refineries and more. They justified these moves as being in their national interest, seeking to regain control of sovereign assets from the erstwhile colonial owners. Western commentators and media called it “expropriation” and a violation… Continue reading
