A Ukrainian general told CNN on Thursday that Ukraine has received a shipment of US cluster bombs, controversial munitions that have a devastating impact on civilians.
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Biden Order Activates 3,000 Reservists for Europe Deployments
President Biden on Thursday signed an executive order allowing the Pentagon to mobilize 3,000 reservists for deployments in Europe, where the US military has significantly increased its presence since Russia invaded Ukraine.
Defending the Defensible: Free Trade and Economic Liberalism
In 1989, the economist John Williamson introduced the phrase “Washington Consensus” to the politico-economic lexicon. It was shorthand for a set of interrelated policies that, taken together, would free trade within states and between them while boosting overall...
Vector Auto-Regression and Classical Economic Theory: Will the Keynesian Saga Ever End?
Economists rely on Vector Autoregression (VAR) models to forecast macroeconomic time series that may infer the effects of structural shocks and estimate unobservable cyclical components of macroeconomic aggregates. A VAR model is made up of a system of equations that...
The Legacy of Cluster Bombs
A decade ago I attended a charity event dedicated to children from all over the world that had experienced horrible things. There was a little girl, around 11, who had lost both of her legs and her eight year old brother. International doctors had managed to save her...
Who Is Doing the Discriminating?
Conservatives are cheering and progressives are crying about the recent Supreme Court decision in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, which was consolidated with Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North...
France to Provide Ukraine with Long-Range Cruise Missiles
French President Emmanual Macron announced Paris will join London in providing long-range missiles to Kiev. “In view of the situation and the Ukrainian counter-offensive, I have decided to increase deliveries of weapons and equipment,” Macron said upon arriving in...
White House Looks to Prevent Oversight of Ukraine Aid
The Joe Biden administration has come out in opposition to Congress creating an inspector general’s office to oversee weapons transfers to the Ukrainian government. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a provision that will create an inspector...
COI #445: Netanyahu Goes to War in the West Bank
On COI #445, Kyle Anzalone and Connor Freeman cover escalations against China, Iran, and Palestine. Kyle discusses Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming trip to Indonesia where he will attempt to wrangle members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to...
Is the United States Pursuing a Permanent Cold War with Russia?
There is growing speculation about how the Russia-Ukraine war might eventually end. Three competing scenarios are strong possibilities. The most likely outcome is a definitive Russian victory after a grinding, bloody struggle lasting several more years. As time drags...
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