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Will Democrats Ever Formulate a Better Foreign Policy?
By any measure, 2026 has been a disastrous year for President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. An Iran war in which Trump promised quick victory has turned into a protracted farce the world economy. The president’s “reciprocal tariffs” were gutted by the Supreme Court, and his administration’s trade agenda remains .
To lead on war and peace, Dems need sharp break from the past
By any measure, 2026 has been a disastrous year for President Donald Trump's foreign policy. An Iran war in which Trump promised quick victory has turned into a protracted farce dragging down the world economy. The president's “reciprocal tariffs” were gutted by the Supreme Court, and his administration's trade agenda remains deeply unpopular.
New Zealand | The Changing Shape Of Patent Prosecution
New Zealand patent prosecution is distinct from Australia, requiring applicants to make key decisions earlier than they might expect. Australian and New Zealand patent applications may begin with the same specification, but they cannot be prosecuted on the assumption that the same strategy will work in both jurisdictions. New Zealand’s divisional deadline and compressed prosecution timetable can close off options earlier than applicants expect.
After 6 months of war, why aren't oil prices even higher?
For decades, the potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been considered the ultimate doomsday scenario for global oil markets. So, when Iran effectively closed the Strait earlier this year in response to the joint U.S.-Israeli assault, many analysts warned that oil prices could skyrocket to record highs. The logic was straightforward. Prior to the war, about 20% of the global oil supply transited the Strait.
Warum der US-Dollar trotz des Iran-Krieges (noch) dominant bleibt
Trumps Unilateralismus untergräbt die Fundamente des US-Dollars, meint unser Gastautor (Bild: Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock.coom) Nicht der Krieg, sondern Washington selbst könnte die Dominanz des Greenbacks gefährden. Denn die eigentliche Bedrohung lauert im Inneren. Ein Gastbeitrag. Selbst wenn die Rahmenvereinbarung zur Beendigung des US-Israel-Iran-Konflikts erfolgreich ist, werden die wirtschaftlichen Folgen des Konflikts mindestens bis zum Jahresende anhalten.
Niedergang des Petrodollars: IWF-Daten enthüllen drastischen Einbruch
Trumps Unilateralismus untergräbt die Fundamente des US-Dollars, meint unser Gastautor (Bild: Matej Kastelic/Shutterstock.coom) IWF-Daten zeigen: Anteil der Öleinnahmen, der als Einlagen bei westlichen Banken landet, brach von fast 50 Prozent auf einstellige Werte ein. Ein Gastbeitrag. Selbst wenn die Rahmenvereinbarung zur Beendigung des US-Israel-Iran-Konflikts erfolgreich ist, werden die wirtschaftlichen Folgen des Konflikts mindestens bis zum Jahresende anhalten.
The Iran War won’t kill dollar dominance. But Washington might.
Even if the framework agreement to end the U.S.-Israel-Iran War is successful, economic fallout from the conflict will persist at least through the end of the year. And the consequences for the global economic system — particularly the centrality of the U.S. dollar and its dominance of the oil trade — may be more far reaching.
Well Heeled
Ok, so there are a few things twisting my melon today and I have questions. First, WHAT IS DAVID BECKHAM DOING AT DAVOS? Second, HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THE HIGH NORTH BEFORE? And third - and this one’s personal - HOW HAS RUSSELL AND BROMLEY GONE BUST? Thanks for reading Sam Fraser: The Executive Youth Club! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
On Greenland, Trump wants to be like Polk
Any hopes that Wednesday’s meeting of Greenland and Denmark’s foreign ministers with Vice President Vance and Secretary Rubio might point toward an end of the Trump administration’s attempts to annex the semiautonomous arctic territory were swiftly disappointed. “Fundamental disagreement” remains, according to Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen. That these talks would yield no hint of a resolution should not be surprising.
Sorted for Cheese and Fizz
“Oh, is this the way they say the future’s meant to feel?” Sang Jarvis Cocker in 1995 as he reflected on the superficial nature of the rave culture that dominated that decade. It’s a line I think about often as I scroll through social media looking at the forecasts for the year ahead, the self improvement apps screaming for me to subscribe and the products I didn’t fall for this year.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE EXECUTIVE YOUTH CLUB?
“Caught you!” I spun around, red faced, to see who’d ‘caught’ me fingering the big knickers in Marks’s lingerie department. Anna, my close friend of nearly thirty years, was smiling at me. “It’s ok, Sam,” she said. “There’s no shame in giving in to the big pants.” “Really?” I said, “Even if they don’t have those special shaping panels to hold everything in? ” “The panels are just an excuse. And you really don’t need an excuse.
SabioTrade Review: Is It Legit Or Scam?
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What do people look for in gene therapy materials? Results from our survey of patients and relatives
Midnight In Paris Cocktail Recipe
Share Midnight in Paris via... WhatsApp These links will open in a new window How to make: POUR sparkling wine into chilled glass. STIR next 4 ingredients with ice and strain into sparkling wine-charged glass. 4 fl oz Brut champagne/sparkling wine 1/4 fl oz Cognac (brandy) 1/4 fl oz Dark crème de cacao liqueur 1/6 fl oz Giffard Crème de Mûre liqueur 1/12 fl oz Hazelnut liqueur Read about cocktail measures and measuring.
Read all the latest news from Aspirations Academies Trust and find out about the great work going on in our schools!
Welcome to another news roundup from the Aspirations Academies Trust, a group of 16 academies in the South of England, including seven in Dorset.
Read all the latest news from Aspirations Academies Trust and find out about the great work going on in our schools!
Welcome to our first ever news roundup from the Aspirations Academies Trust, a group of 16 academies in the South of England, including seven in Dorset. This time, we catch up with Bovington Academy, where 16 pupils joined volunteers and soldiers from Bovington Garrison to help Little Troopers; we find out how the first 100 days have been at the new Livingston Academy in Bournemouth; and we learn how the generosity of a local businesswoman has boosted Christmas at Portland’s Atlantic Academy.
A virtuous cycle of co‐production: Reflections from a community priority‐setting exercise
1 BACKGROUND Co-production is increasingly gaining popularity as an appropriate way of working with communities and research beneficiaries.
It's Mindblowing That Biden Thinks Elliott Abrams Is a Good Man for Any Job
It's Mindblowing That Biden Thinks Elliott Abrams Is a Good Man for Any Job That Biden officials do not see how hypocritical — and counterproductive — it is to embrace figures like Abrams and Henry Kissinger while trying to rally the globe against their adversaries' human rights abuses is almost unfathomable.
A day at another, quite different NATO summit — of the future - Responsible Statecraft
On July 11 and 12, leaders of NATO countries will gather in Lithuania to discuss, among other things, extending formal security guarantees to Ukraine. With much less fanfare and media attention, the next generation of NATO leaders gathered last month in Brussels and Washington for the fourth-ever NATO Youth Summit. When the first NATO Youth Summit was held in November 2020 as part of the “NATO 2030 Initiative,” the alliance was in search of a purpose.
It's Mindblowing That Biden Thinks Elliott Abrams Is a Good Man for Any Job
In February 2019, then-freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar committed a rare offense in U.S. politics: she called out a sitting official, to his face, for his complicity in horrific human rights abuses. The official in question was Elliott Abrams, who had just been appointed the Trump administration’s “special envoy” for Venezuela.
Biden’s disgraceful nomination of Elliott Abrams
Biden’s disgraceful nomination of Elliott Abrams In February 2019, then-freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar committed a rare offense in U.S. politics: she called out a sitting official, to his face, for his complicity in horrific human rights abuses. The official in question was Elliott Abrams, who had just been appointed the Trump administration’s “special envoy” for Venezuela.
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Antony Blinken, Make Peace With China
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing this weekend offers the best chance for the United States and China to restore stable diplomatic relations since the dustup over a Chinese spy balloon upended his first scheduled visit in February. But it will require more than just diplomatic niceties to overcome the fundamental dysfunction in the relationship between the world’s leading powers.
Antony Blinken, Make Peace With China
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Beijing this weekend offers the best chance for the United States and China to restore stable diplomatic relations since the dustup over a Chinese spy balloon upended his first scheduled visit in February. But it will require more than just diplomatic niceties to overcome the fundamental dysfunction in the relationship between the world’s leading powers.
Why US Hegemony Is Incompatible with a ‘Rules-Based International Order’
Sam Fraser | Quincy Institute/Responsible Statecraft - TRANSCEND Media Service 29 Aug 2022 – There is no shortage of bad ideas circulating in U.S. foreign policy discourse. On occasion, however, a particularly poor argument can be helpful insofar as it reveals something noteworthy about the assumptions and ideology that produced it. With an article in The National Interest entitled “Don’t Rule Out Intervention in the Solomon Islands,” Julian Spencer-Churchill provides such an example.
Washington is neglecting a key national security threat
By Sam Fraser At the Global Fund Seventh Replenishment Conference last month, President Joe Biden pledged $6 billion in U.S. funding to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and strengthen health systems worldwide. The announcement is a welcome sign of the administration's continued interest in global health as attention to the COVID-19 pandemic wanes. But despite this and other recent commitments, the United States is still doing too little to address the danger of new and resurgent diseases.
Commentary: Washington is neglecting a key national security threat
At the Global Fund Seventh Replenishment Conference last month, President Joe Biden pledged $6 billion in U.S. funding to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and strengthen health systems worldwide. The announcement is a welcome sign of the administration’s continued interest in global health as attention to the COVID-19 pandemic wanes. But despite this and other recent commitments, the United States is still doing too little to address the danger of new and resurgent diseases.
Washington is neglecting a key national security threat Original
At the Global Fund Seventh Replenishment Conference last month, President Joe Biden pledged $6 billion in U.S. funding to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and strengthen health systems worldwide. The announcement is a welcome sign of the administration’s continued interest in global health as attention to the COVID-19 pandemic wanes. But despite this and other recent commitments, the United States is still doing too little to address the danger of new and resurgent diseases.
Washington is neglecting a key national security threat
At the Global Fund Seventh Replenishment Conference last month, President Joe Biden pledged $6 billion in U.S. funding to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and strengthen health systems worldwide. The announcement is a welcome sign of the administration's continued interest in global health as attention to the COVID-19 pandemic wanes. But despite this and other recent commitments, the United States is still doing too little to address the danger of new and resurgent diseases.
Why US hegemony is incompatible with a ‘rules-based international order’
There is no shortage of bad ideas circulating in U.S. foreign policy discourse. On occasion, however, a particularly poor argument can be helpful insofar as it reveals something noteworthy about the assumptions and ideology that produced it. With an article in The National Interest entitled “Don’t Rule Out Intervention in the Solomon Islands,” Julian Spencer-Churchill provides such an example.
US-led naval escort to break Russian blockade could risk wider war
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, relatively few in the Western commentariat have been willing to call for the United States to engage in direct war against Moscow. The reasons for this caution are obvious — Russia is a nuclear state, and has a military that, its recent underperformance notwithstanding, is still vastly more formidable than any recent target of U.S. military intervention.
Active Denial: A Roadmap to a More Effective, Stabilizing, and Sustainable U.S. Defense Strategy in Asia
As relations between the United States and China deteriorate, chances of a military clash are growing. Multiple factors could lead to a major escalatory spiral of conflict in East Asia. Such an escalation is undesirable as, among other things, it would be a threat to the security and prosperity of the United States.
Soda-ceptive - did a straw man suppress the true patent opponent’s identity from foaming over?
Steven Borovec v Suntory Holdings Limited [2022] APO 33 Background The use of Stevia rebauidiana Bertoni to sweeten beverages has been known for centuries by the Guaraní people of South America.1,2 However it was not until 1976 that Japanese researchers isolated and characterised the rebaudiosides A and B as being two of the sweet compounds that were responsible.3 Later, in 2011, employees of The Coca-Cola Company and PureCircle identified rebaudioside M (Reb M, also known as Reb X) as...
The looming climate-stability crisis in South Asia
Largely unnoticed by the Western public, a disaster is building in South Asia with the potential over the long term to dwarf the global impact of the war in Ukraine. Average April temperatures in northern India and Pakistan were the highest since records began 122 years ago. Large parts of India and Pakistan faced temperatures exceeding 40°C (104°F), while several cities in Pakistan recorded temperatures just under 50°C (122°F).
More Than a Half-Century Later, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Famous Antiwar Speech Given New Life
From Responsible Statecraft: Fifty-five years ago this week, Martin Luther King, Jr. took to the podium at Riverside Church in New York City to condemn the United States’ war in Vietnam — and to name his government “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world.” King’s speech denounced the violence the conflict was inflicting on the Vietnamese people, along with the deprivation it exacerbated on America’s poor, and called for a fundamental realignment of U.S. values at home and abroad.
More than a half-century later, MLK's famous anti-war speech given new life
Are we more enlightened today? The late civil rights leader’s daughter joined activists, scholars, and faith leaders to ponder the question.
Scorchio!
Fast forward to 2012. I’ve learnt my lesson. I understand the bosses are not looking for a stand up comedian. They are looking for someone who can assimilate information and repackage it for an audience in accessible language. They are looking for someone engaging and trustworthy. Meteorological qualifications are not strictly necessary, according to the initial advert. Which is great, because I have absolutely none (unless you count my stint as Weather Monitor).
The recruitment and CPD trends driving overseas hiring
International school recruitment is highly competitive as schools leaders, recruitment agencies and candidates know too well. Demand for teachers has escalated as the market has grown. Indeed in just five years, the number of international schools worldwide has increased from 10,537 to 12,746. During that same time, the demand by international schools for teachers grew from 447,000 to 555,000.
Analysis: The boom in mid-market international schools
At ISC Research we are used to spotting trends, and our latest one could ring alarm bells for some and open up big opportunities for others. Our latest analysis shows that enrolment is growing at international schools with more affordable tuition fees, and the sector is expected to expand. A number of factors have impacted the expansion of the mid-market fee sector of the global international schools market.
Biden takes a vital step on vaccine patents — but more action is needed – Responsible Statecraft
U.S. support for a patent waiver must be coupled with technology transfers, information sharing, and a coordinated global effort to distribute vaccines. The Biden administration’s announcement that it will support a WTO patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines is a welcome step towards ending the global pandemic — but it must be followed by coordinated efforts to boost vaccine production through technology transfer, information sharing, and increased financing to have its promised effect.
Vaccine vote was early test for Biden’s new ‘global leadership’ and he failed
Just last week the Biden administration faced, and failed, a largely ignored test for its foreign policy. Joined by the United Kingdom and the European Union, the United States once again blocked a measure at the World Trade Organization that would temporarily waive patent rules to promote greater availability of vaccines and treatments to aid in the fight against COVID-19 worldwide.
Is this when US global leadership died? – Responsible Statecraft
As COVID-19 rages in the United States, shattering records for new daily infections, an inflection point may have been reached in how the rest of the world views the United States. Granted, there already had been much in the first three years of Donald Trump’s presidency to cause dismay among foreigners, including his disdain for international institutions and longstanding international friendships and his disregard for U.S. obligations under international agreements.
Iran may exit the nuclear accord if the US succeeds in extending UN arms embargo – Responsible Statecraft
Iran may exit the nuclear accord if the US succeeds in extending UN arms embargo As the U.N. arms embargo on Iran nears its October 2020 expiration date, the United States has intensified its campaign to extend the ban — which was implemented as part of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran, the United States, the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, and China.
Madcap militarism: H.R. McMaster’s dishonest attack on restraint – Responsible Statecraft
Madcap militarism: H.R. McMaster’s dishonest attack on restraint H.R. McMaster looks to be one of those old soldiers with an aversion to following Douglas MacArthur’s advice to “just fade away.” The retired army three-star general who served an abbreviated term as national security adviser has a memoir due out in September. Perhaps in anticipation of its publication, he has now contributed a big think-piece to the new issue of Foreign Affairs. The essay is unlikely to help sell the book.
Biden can reverse Trump's failures on Iran - Responsible Statecraft
Photo credit: Ron Adar / Shutterstock.com In 2017, Donald Trump inherited a better position on Iran than any U.S. President over the last four decades, with Iran’s nuclear program restrained and an opportunity to build on a historic diplomatic accord. More than two years after Trump threw out the successful diplomatic playbook in favor of so-called “maximum pressure,” it is clear that a Biden administration would inherit a far worse scenario.
Purges and propaganda in the Trump administration - Responsible Statecraft
lev radin / Shutterstock.com Purges of personnel as a technique for enforcing political loyalty have become a hallmark of the Trump administration, affecting vast swaths of the federal government dealing with both domestic and foreign policy.
Europe should back away from US strategy in the Levant - Responsible Statecraft
Photo credit: jan kranendonk / Shutterstock.com On June 17, a new round of far reaching U.S. economic sanctions imposed on Syria — known as the “Caesar Act” — will take effect. The scope and scale of the sanctions will also directly affect Lebanon because it has preserved close economic relations with Syria even during the decade-long civil war.
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