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The Post-US World Is Already Taking Shape

For nearly two decades, the idea of a comprehensive EU-India trade agreement hovered somewhere between ambition and inertia. Talks were launched in 2007, stalled repeatedly, and eventually abandoned, becoming a symbol of how difficult it was to reconcile Europe’s regulatory ambitions with India’s protectionist instincts. Yet recently, after a sudden […]

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The Price Of Every Ton: How Climate Damage Is Finally Being Traced To Its True Polluters

For decades, climate change has been described in sweeping, almost abstract terms: rising temperatures, melting ice caps, intensifying storms. Governments debated targets, companies issued pledges, and individuals were urged to reduce their carbon footprints. Yet one fundamental question remained unresolved: who, exactly, is responsible for the damage – and how […]

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How Big Of A Deal Were Bulgaria’s Latest Elections?

Nothing significant is expected to change, and the symbolism of a Russian-friendly leader returning to power just as another in Hungary was deposed balances out the outcome of these two “battles”. Former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria coalition won an astounding 44.7% of the vote in Sunday’s latest parliamentary […]

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UAE Plans To De-dollarize Oil Market

The measure was seen as a “threat” by the US. The current geopolitical transition process has a profound impact on how countries conduct trade. Global political decentralization – with the emergence of new regional centers of power – has the immediate consequence of giving rise to new trends in economics […]