What does it say about AFRICOM’s counterterrorism mission when nationalized mines increasingly come under attack and the US proxy state of Ukraine is training terrorists the US is supposed to be fighting?
Read more...Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss the recent BRICS summit as well as its rapidly-evolving geopolitical backdrop.
Read more...Robbing Africa’s riches to save the climate (and power AI).
Read more...How solar-powered water pumps could alleviate shortages of potable water, particularly in poor parts of the world.
Read more...A high level recap of how European powers built out their empires in the century before the Great War.
Read more...How a brutal, five year old civil war in Sudan has been producing Gaza-level starvation and war crimes.
Read more...Developing country protesters want the IMF to stop exploiting countries in debt crisis. But is BRICS prepared to fill the gap?
Read more...The position of both poor nations and the poorest income groups globally has been deteriorating.
Read more...US and Fed bad cooking has led to weak growth the world, and by urging poor countries to borrow at once-low rates, debt distress.
Read more...An updated look at the classic resource curse.
Read more...Multinational corporations with global reach are increasingly getting entangled in conflicts and geopolitical rivalries by supporting multiple sides.
Read more...Under the radar, investment funds have been buying farm land in poor countries, leading to substantial price rises.
Read more...Does a critique of EU migration policies reveal more than it intended to?
Read more...A dour IMF forecast bodes ill for developing economies and provides more confirmation of crises in the offing.
Read more...How trade liberalization cut Africa’s modest production capacities, industry and food security.
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