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Russian debt default: two experts explain what it means for Russia and for global financial markets
Nasir Aminu, Cardiff Metropolitan University and Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Queen Mary University of London Russia’s recent default on its foreign debt – it’s first since 1918
G7 and Nato summits lay bare deep and hostile divide between Russia and China and the west
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham Against a backdrop of unprecedented turmoil – the first major war in Europe in three decades, the highest inflation rates
Kremlin tightens control over Russians’ online lives – threatening domestic freedoms and the global internet
Stanislav Budnitsky, Indiana University Since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine in late February 2022, Russian internet users have experienced what has been dubbed
Russia’s Ukraine invasion won’t be over soon – and Putin is counting on the West’s short attention span
Matthew Sussex, Australian National University As Russia’s war in Ukraine becomes a quagmire of attrition, Western leaders are slowly coming to two realisations about Vladimir
Ukraine: international pressure needs to be on Moscow, not Kyiv
Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tatyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy Having crossed the 100-day mark, the war in Ukraine is having an
He’s Australia’s 31st prime minister. So who is Anthony Albanese?
Paul Strangio, Monash University Today we are running two longer articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian prime minister.
Russia’s weaponization of natural gas could backfire by destroying demand for it
Michael E. Webber, University of Texas at Austin In December 2006, The Economist magazine published a cover drawing of Russian president Vladimir Putin, dressed like a 1930s gangster in a dark suit and fedora hat, under the headline “Don’t Mess with Russia.” Putin held a gasoline nozzle, gripping it like a machine gun. The target presumably was Europe, which relied heavily on Russia for oil and natural gas. The cover story’s subheading asserted, “Russia’s habitual abuse of its energy muscle
As virus cases soar, Austria starts nat’l lockdown Monday
To address the increasing COVID-19 cases, Austria started imposing a nationwide lockdown on Monday, a move being monitored by some governments in Europe which also
Japan’s ex-princess Mako, husband now in New York
Following her exit from the royal family, Japan’s former princess Mako and her “commoner” husband Kei Komuro arrived in the United States. The two started
Nations commit to ditch coal use during climate summit sidelines
For the first time, many nations that heavily use coal promised to get rid of using fossil fuel or to accelerate present plans to reach
U.S. stands with demonstrators as deaths in protesters-soldiers’ conflict increase
With deaths connected to the conflict between anti-coup protesters and soldiers climbed to at least 11, the United States and United Nations started speaking up
Military coup looms in Sudan; gov’t officials captured
Some Sudanese government figures were captured by the military forces on Monday, according to the information ministry of the country. This, as the people are
Attacker behind bow-and-arrow rampage in Norway charged
Charges were filed against a 37-year-old man who was linked in a bow-and-arrow attack in Norway that left five people dead. According to the police,