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^^^^ It’s because they don’t educate their girls (or boys, for that matter). Educating girls is at the heart of social and economic development. Their elites have bled the country dry, left it with humongous debts, an uneducated and unskilled workforce, a poor business / investment environment, dysf...

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Pakistan’s economic crisis puts healthcare costs out of reach Pakistan’s economic crisis puts healthcare costs out of reach Soaring inflation and falling foreign currency reserves are creating shortages of imported drugs Nafees Jan, a 50-year-old taxi driver in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, recent...

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Interesting series of tweets by Professor Atif Mian of Princeton University on the Pakistan economy. This was the economist who was nominated to Pakistan’s economic advisory council in 2018 and then removed (after a week) for being an Ahmadiyya. https://twitter.com/AtifRMian Pakistan's economy is in...

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New Weapons Aren’t Enough: The Challenges of Ukraine’s Coming Assault New Weapons Aren’t Enough: The Challenges of Ukraine’s Coming Assault With powerful Western weapons, newly formed assault units and even a reconstituted Azov battalion, Ukraine is poised for a critical spring counteroffensive. Bu...

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… but besides increasing risks of getting drawn into a conflict on its soil for Finland what does it really achieve? It achieves the opposite of what you have said. Joining NATO significantly reduces the risk of Finland being subject to an attack by Russia. Which is why Finland, the FSU Baltic stat...

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^^^ NATO matters more than ever, after President Putin’s clear demonstration that he is prepared to attack a non-NATO country like Ukraine, but can do nothing against even very small NATO countries like Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. NATO is the foundation of Europe’s defence against President Putin...

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Being the aggressor is how it works. Nothing bad about it - if you can pull it off. President Putin really pulled it off this time (1,340 km longer border with NATO): Nato's border with Russia doubles as Finland joins US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he was "tempted to say this is may...

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Interesting article by the former Deputy Governor of the Pakistan central bank. He’s essentially saying that they are bankrupt i.e. they simply will not be able to meet the maturities coming due in the next few years. Strange that he chooses to blame the IMF and his country’s politicians but not the...

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No amount of misinformation will change the facts: Russia is the aggressor in its invasion of a sovereign independent democratic Ukraine; if he had been successful in his aggression, President Putin would surely have taken all the credit for his victory; now that he has been frustrated and humiliat...

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But during peace time the USN blockade is defeated. 3) like the US has shut India down from the dollars for buying oil from Russia? There are hard limits on what the US can or cannot do. 4) So the US will sanction brazil and South Africa for trade with PRC? What then? 1) PRC is doing what it think ...

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The pipeline and rail infrastructure cannot be enhanced? Russian and PRC trade is already predominantly in local currency. Saudi Arabia is already in talks with the PRC for Yuan payment. The strength of US comes from the fact that controls international institutions. Ukraine war has created an impe...

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An Overland trade route to Russia and energy supplies makes PRC invulnerable to any blockade by any of the western power's. Not correct. There is only one pipeline carrying crude oil from Russia to China, and that is the ESPO pipeline with a capacity of 0.7 million barrels per day. https://www.spgl...

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The US Navy cannot get within range of the PLAAF and long range missiles operating from the mainland, which means they lack the means to seriously contest the blockade. China would invite a blockade of its own ports if it blockaded Taiwan. They are totally dependent on imports of energy, etc. Suici...

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^^^^ Turkey has already ratified Finland’s accession. I don’t think they can change their mind, and even if they do, the rest of NATO will ignore them. Finland will be a member of NATO within days . Sweden has no border with Russia, and the West will defend Sweden if Russia ever attacks; Turkey can’...

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^^^ It’s the Nordic airforces, including non-NATO (for now, until President Erdogan in Turkey is voted out) Sweden, and soon to join NATO Finland, being integrated into the NATO command structure, increasing operational integration, etc. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought NATO right to Russia’...

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It should be possible to post Indian Army soldiers to the HCI in London for ceremonies duties, etc. A couple of jawans from the Sikh Regiment could be tasked with the flag ceremony (sunrise and sunset), with some nice Indian tunes. Sare jahan se accha, etc. Sikhs are among the most patriotic people ...

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The Economist: Briefing: Defending Taiwan Defending Taiwan Storm warning GUAM, HONOLULU, OKINAWA AND TAIPEI China and America are preparing for a devastating war Their faces smeared in green and black, some with Stinger anti-aircraft missiles on their packs, the men of “Darkside”—the 3rd battalion o...

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^^^^ Garcetti should have 1 meeting every day (arranged by MEA) with victims of Pakistan sponsored terrorism, dating back to the genocide in 1971 in erstwhile E Pakistan, which his government did nothing to stop. He should be asked what his government has done to stop terrorism against India and her...

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https://www.fitchratings.com/products/r ... ngs-scales

CCC: “Very low margin for safety. Default is a real possibility.”

And at CCC-, it’s just one notch down to ‘CC’:

CC: “Default of some kind appears probable.”

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FT: Education secretary to resist Home Office cuts to overseas students Gillian Keegan, UK education secretary, has signalled she will fight any Home Office attempts to cut migration into Britain by driving away overseas students, saying universities were a “hugely valuable” export success. Keegan, ...

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Aditya_V wrote:Any chance Pakis will agree to send cannon fodder instead of Ukranians?

Russia will put half a dozen missiles through GHQ and ISI HQ if the Pakistanis try and get involved. It would be good to see.

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DW: Is Pakistan's economic collapse imminent? Long queues of cars can be seen in Pakistan's major cities, including its economic hub Karachi, outside gas stations. There is a shortage of fuel, and whatever gas is available is so costly that ordinary citizens can't afford it. There are all kinds of o...

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https://www.studying-in-uk.org/internat ... ics-in-uk/

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^^^^
Sounds like someone who wanted to sell something to the air force and couldn’t get past the DSC guards outside the building.

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Talking of scams, this one is quite interesting. It may be that President Putin or his security team don’t feel comfortable around ordinary Russian people: Speculation Swirls as Putin Accused of Using Same Woman in Multiple Photos Speculation and mockery abounded on social media after an eagle-eyed ...

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The Economist: What next for Russia? The country risks becoming ungovernable and descending into chaos There is growing concern about Russia’s own ability to survive the war WHEN RUSSIA’S president, Vladimir Putin, invaded Ukraine on February 24th 2022, he set out to grab territory, deprive it of so...

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U.S. Military Expert John Spencer: 'Ukraine's Position On The Battlefield Is Very Strong' John Spencer is a retired U.S. Army major and expert on urban warfare. He currently serves as the chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Madison Policy Forum. Spencer is also the author of the Mini-Manual For T...

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Germany's Scholz urges unity in New Year's Eve address "Many are worried about the war. We sympathize with the Ukrainian people who, even on days like today, have no peace from the Russian bombs and missiles," he said. But, he added, "the history of 2022 is not purely one of war, suf...

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Ukraine war: Five ways conflict could go in 2023 'No other outcome except Russian defeat' Ben Hodges, former commanding general, United States Army Europe It's too early to plan a victory parade in Kyiv but all the momentum is with Ukraine now and there is no doubt in my mind that they will win thi...

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I just do not see anything hurting Russia. Russia is sitting on $72 trillion of natural resources (which is what the Neocons want and are waging this war in UKR) and next up is the US at $45 trillion. As long as Russia has a stable political system I do not see anything happening to them. They have...

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Public opinion in the West is firmly on Ukraine’s side. Support and funding for Ukraine will continue. President Biden, to his credit, did what is in his country’s interests, even if it made his campaign statements sound a bit silly. He put his country’s interests above his ego; a good trait for a l...

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BTW, late last night Garland Nixon mentioned that India has no choice but to join Russia and China. And, that Russia was trying to broker between waring India and China. India cannot straddle this divide. NRao Why do we not have a choice? Is there something preventing us from joining the US camp? T...

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^^^ The charts above exclude the impact of the $45bn package passed by the US Congress in December. The €18bn from the EU is for 2023. As for Russia, the damage has started and will accumulate: * Russia used to supply approximately 200 billion cubic metres (about 40% of demand) of natural gas to Eur...

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^^^ US Congress approved a $45 billion aid package for Ukraine earlier this month. Huge bipartisan support. The EU also just approved €18 billion for Ukraine (circumvented Hungary’s veto, and also blocked €22bn of funding for Hungary). This will continue for as along as required. These are highly af...

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is viewed as a threat by the whole of Europe (with the possible exception of Hungary). Europe and the US will continue to support Ukraine financially and with military equipment. President Putin will find that he is in a significantly worse position geopolitically, milit...

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Bare faced lie by Wang Yi. Actions speak louder than words.

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Mr. Medvedev will only stand as instructed by Mr. Putin. If Mr. Putin was interested in a genuine democratic election (and prepared to lose based on the vote), he would permit Alexei Navalny to stand. It’s obvious that nothing of the sort will happen.

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* Yellen - on Indian soil gave a to-be-cashed ultimatum when she announced the oil cap. India could do nothing. * India is next. India has neither the economy nor the armed forces to resist a bunch of G-7 naval ships around India. Who in India is going to stand up to the Neocons? The oil cap is wor...

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Cyrano wrote:They are attacking the very foundations of their much vaunted bill of rights.

I don’t think the bill of rights was about the rights of foreign oligarchs working with adversaries of the United States.

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