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But I also think that blocking Chinese exports might nudge China to change its economic model to one that benefits regular Chinese people more.
Why Europe should put up trade barriers against Chinese goods
Cartels are inherently unstable due to the temptation by members of the cartel to cheat and defect on each other by improving their individual profits, which may lead to falling prices for all members.
Cartel
A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collaborate with each other and avoid competing with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market.
Cartel
The diplomatic breakthrough also strengthened Saudi ties with China, a powerful alternative and counterweight to the United States that Mohammed could leverage in his dealings with the North American superpower. Indeed, just hours after the deal was announced, the offer to normalize ties with Israel in exchange for U.S. commitments on security and nuclear technology was reiterated.
Mohammed bin Salman | Biography, Saudi Arabia, Father, & Mother | Britannica
Later that year women were allowed to obtain driver’s licenses, enabling women to go to work or school or perform errands without accompaniment. Still, these steps toward liberalization appeared motivated by economic gain and not by a desire for freedom.
Mohammed bin Salman | Biography, Saudi Arabia, Father, & Mother | Britannica
The campaign, however, failed to turn the tide in the war and led to little more than a prolonged stalemate and one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history.
Mohammed bin Salman | Biography, Saudi Arabia, Father, & Mother | Britannica
On the one hand, modern networks of (often-illicit) trade tremendously increase the warlord's ability to remain both isolated from the state and internationally connected and prosperous.Footnote45 On the other hand, they also mean that the warlord must actually ensure stability in their locale.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
Fourth, warlords require the frequent use of violence in order to maintain their position
Full article: The African warlord revisited
This does not mean that relations between the warlord and the government will not develop, where mutually beneficial.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
This does not mean that relations between the warlord and the government will not develop, where mutually beneficial.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
This does not mean that relations between the warlord and the government will not develop, where mutually beneficial.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
This does not mean that relations between the warlord and the government will not develop, where mutually beneficial.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
This does not mean that relations between the warlord and the government will not develop, where mutually beneficial.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
However, it does mean that a warlord does not seek state power. If a warlord comes to have enlarged political interests – such as striving to control a whole state or establish a new state of his own – he can no longer be categorised as a warlord but becomes a prince or a president instead
Full article: The African warlord revisited
The warlord will seek territory with extractable ‘rents’, be they raw materials – diamonds, oil, timber, etc. – as well as ‘taxes’ that are obtained from the local population.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
Typically, weak states lack presence in border regions and rural areas, which then become ‘ungoverned spaces’. Without a monopoly over the use of force in these areas, and with the exclusion of certain groups from the political realm, African nations become prone to insurgent groups and conflict.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
has four essential characteristics: power is centred on the warlord leader; the warlord seeks control over a geographic space; the warlord is independent from the state; and the warlord requires the perpetuation of violence in order to maintain power.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
warlords do not require war; they only require a political vacuum.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
n effect, all actors in African wars who are seen to lack popular support, use excessively cruel forms of violence, and who operate outwith the state are liable to be assigned ‘warlords’
Full article: The African warlord revisited
‘Warlords’ were seen everywhere – from Mogadishu-based ‘General’ Aideed, to Liberian rebel-cum-president Charles Taylor, to Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, to Inkatha leaders in the Natal region of South Africa, to Foday Sankoh of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone.
Full article: The African warlord revisited
Several UN reports have criticized the United Arab Emirates for arming Dagalo’s Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, while Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey back the Sudanese Armed Forces
Africa’s Year of Warlords and Meddlers by Adekeye Adebajo - Project Syndicate
In July, the government withdrew most of its troops from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) force fighting jihadist-linked insurgents in northern Mozambique.
Africa’s Year of Warlords and Meddlers by Adekeye Adebajo - Project Syndicate
In Sudan, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s Sudanese Armed Forces continue to clash with the Rapid Support Forces led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (or Hemedti, meaning “little Mohamed”).
Africa’s Year of Warlords and Meddlers by Adekeye Adebajo - Project Syndicate
Warlords, who were prevalent in Africa in the 1990s, have resurfaced in the continent’s most volatile regions: the Horn of Africa, the Great Lakes, and the Sahel. Regional powers, weakened by domestic concerns, have been unable to provide leadership, leaving the door open for external actors to intervene.
Africa’s Year of Warlords and Meddlers by Adekeye Adebajo - Project Syndicate
With Gandhi setting a brisk pace at its head, the column crossed the countryside at a rate of roughly 12 miles per day. Gandhi paused at dozens of villages along the route to address the masses and condemn both the Raj and the salt tax. He also encouraged government workers to embrace his philosophy of noncooperation by quitting their jobs. “What is government service worth, after all?” he asked during a stop at the city of Nadiad. “A government job gives you the power to tyrannize over others.”
When Gandhi’s Salt March Rattled British Colonial Rule | HISTORY
Civil disobedience took an economic toll on the British.
Gandhi and India
And the fact that he is still the Democratic Party’s prominent political rock star, 16 years after his first election as president and eight years after handing over the White House to Trump, says as much about his party as it does about Obama’s aura.
Obama again feels the ‘fierce urgency of now’ as Trump eyes return to power | CNN Politics
But Obama warned, “Just because he acts goofy does not mean his presidency wouldn’t be dangerous.” He went on: “I want to explain that in politics a good rule of thumb is – don’t say you want to do anything like Hitler. … But it is useful because it gives us a window into how Donald Trump thinks.”
Obama again feels the ‘fierce urgency of now’ as Trump eyes return to power | CNN Politics
Now that the tech industry has quietly become one of the most powerful lobbying forces in American politics, it is wielding that power as previous corporate special interests have: to bully, cajole, and remake the nation as it sees fit.
Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster | The New Yorker
“It’s a simple message,” the person familiar with Fairshake said. “If you are pro-crypto, we will help you, and if you are anti we will tear you apart.”
Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster | The New Yorker
He vowed to support policies that “just give women more options” — failing to mention that, for him, abortion is not one of those alternatives.
At the Debate, JD Vance Put a Lifetime of Spin to Use - The New York Times
He spoke about the “terrible epidemic of gun violence,” emoting in a way few Republican candidates would dare. But his solutions were tougher immigration laws and more school security, not stricter firearm regulations.
At the Debate, JD Vance Put a Lifetime of Spin to Use - The New York Times
In his 90-plus minutes on the vice-presidential debate stage, Mr. Vance, 40, delivered a performance that gave Donald J. Trump’s words and plans an intellectual and emotional dimension and revealed himself to be a more complicated figure than the caricature portrayed by his critics.
At the Debate, JD Vance Put a Lifetime of Spin to Use - The New York Times
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 was a policing reform bill drafted by Democrats in the United States Congress. The legislation was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on February 24, 2021.[1][2] The legislation aims to combat police misconduct, excessive force, and racial bias in policing.[3][4]
George Floyd Justice in Policing Act - Wikipedia
01:50 - Source: CNN CNN — Years before sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson gunned down Sonya Massey in her own home, he had been discharged from the Army for serious misconduct and had a history of driving under the influence, records show. He also failed to obey a command while working for another sheriff’s office in Illinois and was told he needed “high stress decision making classes,” the agency’s documents reveal.
Sean Grayson, who killed Sonya Massey, was removed from the Army for serious misconduct, had DUIs and needed ‘high stress decision’ classes, records show | CNN
Jordan is a close Western ally and helped intercept Iranian missiles and drones in April during a tit-for-tat attack between Iran and Israel.
Why Is Iran Expected to Attack Israel? Here’s What to Know. - The New York Times
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Sunday that his country was “in a multifront war against Iran’s evil axis” and was “prepared for any scenario — both offensively and defensively.”
Why Is Iran Expected to Attack Israel? Here’s What to Know. - The New York Times
The attacks were not part of the major retaliation that Hezbollah has threatened, but civilians in Lebanon and Israel continue to brace for a potential all-out war.
Why Is Iran Expected to Attack Israel? Here’s What to Know. - The New York Times
It was important, he said, to recognize when a media forum is being used as a political prop.
Notes from a Fiasco - Columbia Journalism Review
It all depends on what you mean by socialism. Ownership of the means of production – except in areas where it's clearly called for, like public utilities – I don't think that's going to work. If you mean redistributive programmes that try to redress this big imbalance in both incomes and wealth that has emerged then, yes, I think not only can it come back, it ought to come back.
Francis Fukuyama - Wikipedia
In fact, the plaintiffs, who successfully argued that government rather than fishing companies should foot the bill, landed a much bigger catch: overturning a 40-year-old legal principle known as the Chevron deference (or Chevron doctrine). The reversal, by a 6-3 margin with judges split along partisan lines, means the opinions of scientists and technical experts at US federal agencies will no longer reign supreme when it comes to interpreting legal ambiguities.
Supreme Court ruling is bad news for science — and the public
Sotomayor earlier this year told university audiences that she lives “in frustration” in the face of a conservative majority. There are “days that I’ve come to my office after an announcement of a case and closed my door and cried . . . And there are likely to be more,” she said.
Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court dissents give voice to liberal frustrations
“It is not surprising that as the rightwing justices undermine democracy, the rule of law, and the modern administrative state, the justices who do not sign on to this project would begin to raise the alarm in more alarmist tones,” said Michael Klarman, a professor at Harvard Law School.
Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court dissents give voice to liberal frustrations
During her 2009 confirmation hearing before the US Senate, Sonia Sotomayor declared that the president “can’t act in violation of the constitution. No one is above the law”.
Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court dissents give voice to liberal frustrations
But his proposals are a response to ethical questions that have dogged staunchly conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito
Kamala Harris backs Joe Biden’s call for Supreme Court reform
However, the proposals are unlikely to pass Congress given Republicans control the House of Representatives.
Kamala Harris backs Joe Biden’s call for Supreme Court reform
He also called for a binding code of conduct to prevent conflicts of interest, such as disclosing gifts and refraining from engaging in openly political activities. The plans would also force justices to recuse themselves from cases if their spouse had a financial or other related interest.
Kamala Harris backs Joe Biden’s call for Supreme Court reform
Biden’s plans included setting term limits for justices, who enjoy lifetime appointments. Instead, he proposed that presidents appoint justices every two years for 18-year terms.
Kamala Harris backs Joe Biden’s call for Supreme Court reform
On Ukraine “There is frankly no good reason that aid from the US should be needed.
‘The election was stolen’: JD Vance in quotes
“Psychologists call it ‘learned helplessness’ when a person believes, as I did during my youth, that the choices I made had no effect on the outcomes in my life.” — From his memoir ‘Hillbilly Elegy’, 2016
‘The election was stolen’: JD Vance in quotes