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Photo: Cottonbro on PexelsRequiem for GlobalizationStarting with the pandemic and then with the sanctions imposed on Russia for its unjustified and brutal attack on Ukraine, the concept of a single global market without regard to borders and distances is...

the-defeat-of-putin

Image: Ong ad Nuseewor on iStockAntonio NavalónVladimir Putin began to lose the war in Ukraine when he ordered his troops to invade something that he already controlled and invaded and that it was only a matter of time to...

putin-got-it-wrong

Photo: Sergei Ilyin/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS on tass.comRicardo Pascoe PiercePutin made the mistake of thinking that he would get Ukraine to turn its gaze towards Russia and forget about the West by massing troops on the Ukrainian...

ukraine-and-cuba-hostage-states

Photo: Cyano66 on iStockRicardo Pascoe PierceUkraine and Cuba have something in common, defined by their geographic location and internal politics. They are hostage states because of their geographies and national circumstances. In a world of recurring conflicts between superpowers,...

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Photo: Pixabay on Pexels Antonio NavalónModels become exhausted. Empires collapse—everything changes. As if we didn't have enough with hyperinflation or what the Covid-19 pandemic has meant, the world has been holding its breath again in the last few weeks....