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E. Ahmet Tonak and Vijay Prashad say a retreat from Western-designed globalization by some areas of the world began before the pandemic and before Russia's war on Ukraine.  By E. Ahmet Tonak and Vijay Prashad Peoples Dispatch An article by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge for Bloombe

An article written by authors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge for Bloomberg on March 24 sounded the alarm to announce the end of “the second great

Instead of the world converging around Western democratic values, it’s now diverging as more nations seek to make their countries great again in their own way.

I’m from a fortunate generation. I can remember a time — about a quarter-century ago — when the world seemed to be coming together. The great Cold War contest between communism and capitalism appeared to be over. Democracy was still spreading. Nations were becoming more economically interdependent. The internet seemed ready to foster worldwide communications.... Read more »

We’re entering the age of red world versus blue world.

Issues that this raises with gugh tomlinson, qc, who has represented a range of people in privacy cases — some of them very high—profile. he is also a leading figure for the hacked off campaign group, which has pushed for better privacy protection. and, hugh, we appreciate you coming on to the media show. let me just read you a quote from john micklethwait, the editor in chief of bloomberg news, who says "powerful people under investigation for criminal activity have just been given a path t...

NEW YORK: In a recent dispatch from Moscow, BBC correspondent Steve Rosenberg noted that a new Russian law required him to refer to the invasion of Ukraine as a “special military operation.” Then he quoted a Russian human rights lawyer who liberally used what is now a forbidden word: “war.” The restrictions on how news organizations can report in Russia, which carry punishment

Global trade has been in decline for some time, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks a big turning point, say some commentators. What will that mean for investors? Simon Wilson reports.

NEW YORK (AP) — In a recent dispatch from Moscow, BBC correspondent Steve Rosenberg...

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Might Russian President Vladimir Putin drop The Bomb? Unleash a nuclear weapon in Ukraine? It is conceivable. Yet five years ago, it would have seemed fantastic that such a question could be posed about any national leader in the world.