Trade wars articles
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A new cold war? World war three? How do we navigate this age of confusion?
In history, as in romance, beginnings matter – so what we do now will be crucial in shaping the futureIn these times of planetary polycrisis, we try to get our bearings by looking to the past. Are we perhaps in The New Cold War, as Robin Niblett, the former director of the foreign affairs thinktank Chatham House, proposes in a new book? Is this bringing us towards the brink of a third world war, as the historian Niall Ferguson has argued? Or, as I have found myself suggesting on occasion, is the...
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Bad Takes: Texas Republicans' war on DEI is a war on public institutions
Editor's Note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. Early last month, the University of Texas at Austin sent pink slips to roughly 50 staff employees who formerly worked for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at the campus.
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Fewer fatalities in the Civil War than War of Independence, new research suggests
The Irish Civil War Fatalities Project, launched today, lists all of the combatant and civilian fatalities in the Irish Civil War.