Tag: Syria
The Hormuz Shock & The Rise Of The Electrostate
The Strait of Hormuz has always been one of the obvious stress points in the global energy system, a narrow passage through which a large share of internationally traded crude oil, LNG, and fertilizer feedstocks move every day, but most years it has been treated as a geopolitical abstraction rather … [continued]
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How Climate Economics Got the Risks Wrong
The publication of a new study by researchers associated with the University of Exeter and Carbon Tracker has reopened a debate that many policymakers and economists falsely assumed was settled. The study argues that widely used economic models underestimate the risks of climate change because they smooth impacts over time, … [continued]
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Theories on Venezuela Continue, But Is Greenland Next? And Who Else?
When Donald Trump’s professional kidnappers snatched up Nicolás and Cilia Maduro, there was immediately confusion and a trove of questions about what was going on, why, and where it was all going to lead. I put out a few theories on what was driving it all for Donald Trump. Those … [continued]
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Baranyai: Fate of Syrian refugees uncertain
The Canadian government used to classify Syria as a supporter of terrorism; that designation recently was removed.
Dyer: Why Beijing isn’t likely to breach East Asian peace
Russia has its endless war in Ukraine, Africa has the Sudanese civil war, the U.S. is on the brink of invading Venezuela, India and Pakistan had a brief (non-nuclear) war in South Asia, and Israel bombed Iran, Qatar, Syria, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.