Berhanu Anteneh
Africa’s Self-Powered Car SHOCKED US Engineers (Electric)
The world declared it couldn’t be done. Scientists scoffed, corporations turned a blind eye, and even assassins attempted to silence him. Yet, Maxwell Chikumbutso, a self-taught inventor from Zimbabwe, stood firm. Now, he’s introduced technology that could revolutionize the globe and shake up industries in the process! Introducing the Kaiyi Saith, an electric car that …
China’s Trump Strategy: Beijing Is Preparing to Take Advantage of Disruption (Yun Sun)
In the months since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election in November, policymakers in Beijing have been looking to the next four years of U.S.-Chinese relations with trepidation. Beijing has been expecting the Trump administration to pursue tough policies toward China, potentially escalating the two countries’ trade war, tech war, and confrontation over Taiwan. …
A Paradigm Shift for the Middle East: How Trump Can Build on Israel’s Success and Keep Iran Off Balance (Elliott Abrams)
The Middle East that U.S. President Donald Trump faces today features dangers and opportunities that were not present when he first took office, eight years ago. The greatest dangers are Iran’s advances toward nuclear weapons and the close relationships that the Islamic Republic has forged with Russia and China. The best opportunities have emerged from …
American Leadership Is Good for the Global South: Why the World Needs to Strengthen—Not Unwind—the U.S.-Led International Order (Jorge G. Castaneda)
The return of Donald Trump to the White House has been cast by many observers as the end of an era. The U.S.-led order, variously described as the rules-based order or the liberal international order, which rose to its feet after World War II and strode triumphantly around the world after the end of the …
Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk?: Uncertainty About Access and Authority Will Worry Allies and Tempt Adversaries (James Godgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders)
Just a few weeks ago, the greatest threat to U.S. government computer systems seemed to be that hostile foreign powers could break into them and steal data. In late December, Treasury Department officials sent a letter to members of Congress reporting that a Chinese group had hacked their systems and stolen unclassified documents. The department …
The Ten Causes of the Reagan Boom: 1982-1997 (Martin Andersen)
The Mystery of the U.S. Economy: One of the great mysteries of our time seems to be why the U.S. economy is so good. An article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in early 1997 summed it up nicely: “Pinch me,” the reporter wrote. “A lot of good things are inexplicably happening. …
Technofeudalism Is War’s Handmaiden (Yanis Varoufakis)
War is in the air more than peace these days. This reflects not only the salience of well-known strategic traps, but also the rapid emergence of cloud capital, which is in steering the world into these traps in four distinct ways. ATHENS – The West is on a war footing. The German government is working …
Oligarchy in America (Daron Acemoglu, J. Bradford DeLong, and Joseph E. Stiglitz)
Though Donald Trump attracted more support than ever from working-class voters in the 2024 US presidential election, he has long embraced an agenda that benefits the wealthiest Americans above all. During his second term, however, Trump seems committed not just to serving America’s ultra-rich, but to letting them wield state power themselves. Read More
Ethiopia Peace Observatory: An Initiative to Enhance Local Data Collection Across Ethiopia
The Ethiopia Peace Observatory (EPO) enhances the collection of local conflict and protest data across Ethiopia. EPO data is collected through ACLED and sourced in English, Amharic, Afan Oromo, and Tigrinya. The ACLED-EPO dataset contains thousands of historical data points drawn from local, national, and international sources, with new real-time data added each week. The EPO regularly …