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World leaders misdiagnose the US with a crisis of confidence
Global Crises

World leaders misdiagnose the US with a crisis of confidence

We don’t need psychoanalysis or self-serving cheerleading about how ‘indispensable’ America is. We need sober advice on how to responsibly back off


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Latin America

Making fair elections a condition for easing sanctions is wrong

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro broke a deal with Washington, but economic coercion is not going to make things better

How baseball can help repair US-Cuba relations
Latin America

How baseball can help repair US-Cuba relations

If Biden won’t revert to the Obama-era reproachment, perhaps he can at least offer to share some peanuts and Cracker Jacks

Biden officials want Russian frozen assets to fund Ukraine war
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Biden officials want Russian frozen assets to fund Ukraine war

Not only will this prolong the conflict, but rock confidence in the Western-led world economic system

Did the West 'crush' Russia’s economy for invading Ukraine?
Europe

Did the West 'crush' Russia’s economy for invading Ukraine?

Actually, Moscow’s work-arounds have the potential to disrupt the 'rules-based global order,' if not undermine it

'Do sanctions work?' is the wrong question
Global Crises

'Do sanctions work?' is the wrong question

A new book blasts past current dogmatic thinking of how to assess Western economic warfare policies