Posted by by United World International 10 Min Read October 30, 2024 By Michael Roberts * Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson have been awarded the Nobel (really the Riksbank prize) in economics “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” Daron Acemoglu is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Simon Johnson is a ...
On the outcomes of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia Yunus Soner, Kazan, Russia The BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia has concluded. On its final day, after the presentation of the Kazan Declaration, we spoke to Pepe Escobar, Brazilian geopolitics expert specialized on Eurasian Affairs. Here’s how Escobar summarized the outcomes of the summit. Okay, your basic takeaway of this ...
Some even consider Germany “the sick man of Europe”. By Şafak Erdem The report published by one of Germany’s prominent economic research institutes, Ifo (Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e. V.), on September 5, 2024, is titled “Deutsche Wirtschaft steckt in der Krise fest” (The German economy is stuck in crisis). The report identifies the crisis as primarily ...
Dangerous unpredictability continues to pave the road to all-out war! By Adem Kılıç, political scientist Israel’s attacks on critical Iranian military installations over the weekend have been described as an unprecedented “direct attack” between the two countries, and the “cycle of retaliation” between the two regional rivals has reached an unprecedented point. If this cycle continues, the confrontation will undoubtedly ...
By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt A difficult time, no doubt, perhaps these are the “hardest days” in the history of the region during the past two decades. In the midst of this dangerous atmosphere, Israel launched its expected response against Iran, and the Israeli attack was limited and weak, and sparked great controversy amid leaked information about a secret ...
Interview to Russian TV Channel RT. Political Scientist and UWI author Onur Sinan Guzaltan answered questions about Türkiye’s BRICS membership process and the terrorist attack in Ankara. I love to first hear your thoughts on what you feel this sort of partnership status with BRICS is going to bring to Türkiye in the future? I want to begin with Lenin’s ...
The example of authoritarian, police-based neoliberalism is already spreading to other countries in the continent. By Fernando Esteche, Buenos Aires / Argentina When we define the four main vectors by which the imperialist mode of production is reproduced, we indicate that they are: financialization, militarism, chaotization and narcotization. To a different extent and according to the contexts, some of these ...
On the two countries’ very differing approaches. By Islam Farag, Cairo / Egypt Last week, the 16th BRICS Summit was held in Kazan, Russia, with the participation of five new members: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Iran, and Ethiopia. Among the five new members, there are two Gulf states, but their approaches to the organization are different. The leaders of ...
As the November 5 elections approach, J. D. Vance’s autobiography is back in the spotlight By Tunca Arslan There are many autobiographical works that delve deep into the life stories of famous politicians, starting from their childhood, and touch on aspects that are not well known to the public, but the kind of sincerity and pouring that James David Vance ...
Posted by by İsmet Özçelik United World International 3 Min Read October 26, 2024 The head of the Fethullah Gülen Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), Fethullah Gülen, has died. He had been suffering from dementia, organ failure and several other health issues for a long time. The failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016, threw him off balance. He believed that he ...