International Prize for Arabic Fiction's 2023 Shortlist
The shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction comprises work from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
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The shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction comprises work from Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.
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Beginning of the war. to tom's point, they made that warning early and very clear and publicly. a lot of that has been clear. we know in the last year china's economic trade with russia has only deepened, and that means imports have increased with some 40% from russia. exports over some 10%. even though they imported less drud crude oil overall, last year they imported more from russia to the tune of $60 billion, and that undermooins the west to further fuel the war in ukraine. >> let me shift the conversation to a larger question. tom, is our domestic politics actually going to ratchet up ten...
>> i think so, chuck, because if you go back to the start of the war president biden spoke with president xi and jake sullivan spoke with his chinese counterparts and they made one major point. you will not intervene militarily in this war on russia's side, and if you do it will affect your two largest export markets and the european union and the united states of america. the fact that a year later china is considering that according to the administration, i find harrowing -- >> you find it believable? why would china do this? >> it's interesting. i think -- china, first of all, they would li...
Moving the front line or trying to move the front line forward into ukrainian territory, but already and we're about a week into this offensive. we're not seeing tremendous advances from the russian side. it seems like it's going to be a very, very slow campaign. >> and, richard, what does that mean for the ukrainian strategy here in this war? because if the russian goal now is to essentially buy time, run out the clock, maybe run out the clock here with support in the united states or western europe, how does ukraine counter that? >> it's a problem because russia is depleting ammunition in th...