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Omicron variant adds more complications to the market
A decisive OPEC + meeting? (REUTERS)The aggressive debut of the omicron variant is expected to further complicate matters for the oil market, as the formidable Opec + group meets to talk today.But that's not the only issue members of the…
Fighting the Last (Cold) War – OpEd – Eurasia Review
By David B. Kanin * The argument goes: The United States lost the Vietnam War in 1975. Less than two decades later, the Berlin Wall fell, the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe collapsed, and then the Soviet Union itself imploded. The…
Demonstration “Stop racism, no the cold war” in London
Bianca RahimiPress TV, LondonIt's London's Chinatown. Nearly 18 million visitors pass through it each year, but since the pandemic began in 2019, business owners here…
Collapsing Cold War Certainties Fuel Global Migrant Crisis
There is nothing new about the fact that large numbers of people travel the globe to escape danger or despair. The history of humanity is a history of the migration of peoples. Seemingly impregnable empires have crumbled under the weight…
The Cold War for Guyana began in 1953 and ended in 1992
Mr. Editor,In the six articles that appeared in SN on the issue of Burnham and the Cold War, three are of the opinion that there is such a thing called the Cold War with a significant influence on the events in Guyana between 1953 and 1991.…
New cold war between US and China unlikely: Tang Prize winner
Singapore, Nov. 22 (CNA) A new cold war between the United States and China resembling that between the United States and the Soviet Union in the 20th century is unlikely, but a rivalry could be inevitable, Wang Gungwu (王 賡 武), the Tang…
Migrants from the Middle East become pawns in the new cold war
Migrants gather at a transport and logistics center near the…
US ‘to diplomatically boycott Beijing Olympics’, sparking cold war-era Biden snub as…
The Biden administration is expected to announce that neither the president nor any other U.S. government official will attend the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022 amid mounting tensions, according to a report. Several sources familiar with…
Putin’s Russia was “tightening its muscles” in a way not seen since the Cold War:…
Belarus-Poland: Putin wants to "test EU response", professor saysLast week, tensions rose on the border between Poland and Russia's ally Belarus over refugees stranded in camps. In turn, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urged Putin to…
War with Russia is riskier than ever since Cold War, says British Army chief
The outgoing Chief of Staff expressed concern over the situation on the Belarus-Poland border, warning that there is a greater risk of an accidental outbreak of conflict with Russia than at any other moment since the cold war.General Sir…