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Conservative Election Win in South Korea Shows Hawkish Turn
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Former top prosecutor Yoon Suk-yeol won election as South Korea’s president, returning the conservative opposition to power after five years and signaling a hawkish turn in th...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Why Did Russia Invade Ukraine Now?
For the four months it took President Vladimir Putin to concentrate the Russian forces and firepower to launch what he thought would be a blitzkrieg into Ukraine, the world wa...
By Jim Townsend
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Ukraine crisis: What sanctions could West still impose on Russia?
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In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US, UK, EU and more than two dozen other nations retaliated with economic measures that have sent the Russian rouble tumbling,...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Battered Mexican peso leads Latam FX higher, rouble hits record low
The peso was on track to recover a chunk of its 3.5% loss made over the last four sessions. Data showed annual inflation in Mexico accelerated faster than expected in February...
By Rachel Ziemba
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White House eyes new sanctions on lawmakers in Russian parliament as part of financial attack on Moscow
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The White House is weighing new sanctions against lawmakers in the upper-chamber of the Russian parliament, as the United States seeks to increase financial pressure on Russia...
By Edward Fishman
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How Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Weighs on China’s Economy
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China's top political leaders are meeting in Beijing this week and have announced the country’s new GDP goal for 2022, a major benchmark that Premier Li Keqiang has said will ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Intermediaries seek diplomatic opening, despite gloom about Putin’s aims in Ukraine
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Some officials trying to advance talks between Russia and Ukraine to end the war are seeing positions shift ever so slightly in Moscow and Kyiv, but a huge gap remains to be b...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Technology & National Security
Russia’s AI industry faces collapseRussian President Vladimir Putin’s 2017 proclamation that whichever country leads in artificial intelligence “will be the ruler of the world” may come back to haunt him. New t...
By Martijn Rasser
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Biden Pressured From All Sides on Ukraine Response
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The prospect of congressionally passed sanctions — combined with the fact that the US gets relatively little petroleum product from Russia — probably explains the Biden admini...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Russians look to UAE to escape economic turmoil as sanctions bite
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"The first question I have when Russian clients call me is 'where is the money?'" Almas, a real estate broker in Dubai, told Middle East Eye. The 55-year-old Russian speaker,...
By Alex Zerden
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'The moral equivalent of blood diamonds'
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As President Joe Biden wages an economic war against Russia, he’s facing difficult tradeoffs in his domestic battle against inflation. White House officials are keenly aware t...
By Rachel Ziemba
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War in the time of crypto
In times of crisis, there is no good; there’s only a best course of action, given the circumstances. Is crypto good in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Is it bad? ...
By Alex Zerden
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Technology & National Security
Russia is deploying brutal siege tactics in UkraineThe Russian assault on Ukraine is ongoing, with Russian forces moving on major population centers including Mariupol in the southeast and the capital, Kyiv. As the war moves i...
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China Opposes Sanctions and Has a Reputation for Busting Them
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Under international agreements, North Korea isn’t supposed to be able to export its coal. That its smugglers have been doing so right under China’s nose is one reason Beijing ...
By Jason Bartlett
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Russia's Ukraine Invasion Lifts Defense Stocks, Upends Years Of Military Austerity In Europe
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As an anxious world watched Russia deploy soldiers along its border with Ukraine in January, Germany offered to send Ukrainian troops 5,000 helmets. The offer — coming from a ...
By Carisa Nietsche
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As the world rallies to condemn Russia, India remains silent on the sidelines
As most of the world joins together to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, one holdout stands out: India. The world’s largest democracy and one of its fastest growing econo...
By Lisa Curtis
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Bitcoin sanctions could be next, but most Russians won’t care
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As Moscow’s war on Ukraine rages on and the Russian economy and currency spiral to new lows, Washington is reportedly trying out a new way to dial up the pressure on Putin: sa...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Biden delegation backs Taiwan amid China threat, Ukraine war
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Former top defense and security officials sent by U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in Taipei late Tuesday to shore up Taiwan's international support in the face of threats fro...
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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Ukrainian ambassador gets standing ovation, as Biden praises Ukraine’s strength in State of the Union
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Almost as soon as his State of the Union address began on Tuesday, President Biden sought to unify the Democratic and Republican parties against Russia following its recent at...
By Richard Fontaine
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Rapid escalation of Ukraine crisis fuels fear of confrontation between Russia and the West
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Russia, careening toward economic crisis under the weight of devastating Western sanctions, has put its nuclear forces on alert as the Kremlin’s siege of Ukraine intensifies. ...
By Jim Townsend
