Category Archives: Guest Post

SWIFT Dollar Decline

US-led sanctions are inadvertently undermining post-Second World War dollar dominance. Countries threatened are respond pro-actively.

After Decades of God-like Omnipotence, Central Bankers Are Finally Falling Back Down to Earth

For the first time in a very long time, central bankers are coming under friendly fire as they lose control over some of the economic forces they themselves have helped to generate.

Anschluss, Again — Anticipating Poland’s Strategy in Russia’s Intelligence Assessment

Is Poland scheming? And if so, what might come of its plans?

Race Is Often Used as Medical Shorthand for How Bodies Work. Some Doctors Want to Change That.

How race factors into medical assessments, often not properly.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/13/2022

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Pursuing India’s Multi-Aligned Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World: Time for a Sister Souljah Moment?

Offensive comments by BJP officials have sparked diplomatic condemnation, at potential cost to India’s foreign policy of multi-alignment.

Links 6/13/2022

How to Stay Cool in Hot Weather

With heat waves becoming more prevalent due to climate change, planning ahead can help provide relief during the next hot spell.

Would A Price Cap On Russian Oil Help Curb Its Revenue?

Janet Yellen’s idea that Russia will sell oil to the collective West at a super duper discount looks pretty unhinged.

Waste Watch: Colorado and New York Pass Right to Repair Measures

Two states, New York and Colorado, recently passed right to repair measures, covering digital electronics equipment and power wheelchairs.

Links 6/12/2022

Four Novelists, One Ocean: How Indian Ocean Literature Can Remap the World

Another book to add to the to-read pile, Charne Lavery’s Rewriting Ocean Worlds, about four novelists who center their work on the Indian Ocean and its environs.

Why What’s Going on Right Now at the WTO Matters

Besides the crucial COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, far more is at stake at this WTO ministerial than is generally known.

The Arm-Wrestle Over Opioids in the Operating Room

Some patients are opting out of opioids for operations. These anesthesiologists insist that’s a bad idea. But are they too dogmatic?

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/10/2022

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