A fortnight ago, I wrote about Putin and the danger of personalist rule. I argued that personalist rule/cult of personality is inherently dangerous for two reasons.
The first is that the…
Saudi Aramco posts record profit
Saudi Arabia's Aramco reported a record profit following a crude oil price rise made possible by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The company…
Almost a year before Putin closed in on Ukraine, British policy makers saw the whole thing coming. Russia would become “more active around the wider European neighbourhood,” stated the…
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine should accept that it will not become a member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Zelensky made this statement during a…
For decades now, the United States of America (USA) has led major economic order which poses conflicting interests with those of the non-western states, particularly China in far Asia and…