The Financial Times has invented a new term to describe the current global economic situation: “shrinkflation.” The new term aptly describes the situation of the US economy, which in the first and second quarters of 2022 experienced negative growth for two consecutive quarters – a technical reces...
Read moreOn November 27, 2022, the Government of Canada promulgated the Indo-Pacific Strategy and joined the US Club of China containment.
Read moreOn December 16, 2022, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a televised news conference announced a new National Security Strategy (NSS) along with two other documents, a national defense strategy (NDS) and Defense Buildup Program (DBP), indicating a major departure from the last seven decades’ ...
Read moreA principal claim of democratic theory is that democracy makes governments responsive to the preferences of the people. However, the leadership change in recent years has become more of musical chairs for those who desire power.
Read moreDiscussions concerning political systems often slip into a false binary – that legitimate political systems should either take the form of closed selection methods or open elections. But the proposed model is – in many ways – a hybrid.
Read moreAn interview with Alfredo Montufar-Helu Jimenez on the rise of populim among global leaders.
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