It remains unclear whether brics can morph from a countervailing economic grouping to a powerful political alternative.doi:10.1080/01436597.2014.971594Ramesh ThakurRoutledgeThird World QuarterlyThakur, R. (2014). How representative are BRICS? Third World Quarterly, 35 (10), 1791-1808....
Domestic challenges also merit attention. Egypt’s unemployment rate stood at approximately 7.4% in 2022, while the poverty rate was around 29.7%. If the economic benefits of BRICS membership are not broadly felt by the public, particularly with potential Western interference, this could fuel social...
big data, cloud computing, sharing economy, knowledge economy, and other new forms. As the main carrier of the digital economy, the internet carries a series of innovative elements that are relying on the internet platform to profoundly promote...
The Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan fiascos are a powerful reminder of the moral lapses and human tragedies that the U.S. and some of its allies were responsible for in those countries.” In other words, it is not entirely inconsistent for the “Global South” to both condemn the Russian ...
The UDM-Pro and SE models are more powerful, are rack-mountable and so may be a better fit if you plan to use a server rack or cabinet. But note these don’t have built-in Wi-Fi. But hey what about the Unifi Dream Router (UDR)? I’d say give it a miss, because its a cut...
The Fed: The Inside Story of How The World's Most Powerful Financial Institution Drives Markets. TradersIbid., The Fed: The Inside Story of How the World's Most Powerful Financial Institution Drives the Markets. New York: The Free Press, 2001.Mayer M (2001) The fed: the inside story of...
is send a powerful message. Essentially, the incoming Trump administration will play hardball with other nations, even if that causes domestic pain. On the global front, this policy approach should get the heat off of Taipei and firmly on Beijing — a dynamic that benefited the Taiwanese eco...
The U.S. dollar remains entrenched as the world’s global reserve currency, and even the BRICS+’s most powerful economy, China, has made little progress in making its currency, the renminbi more internationally held as a reserve currency.10 The chart below illustrates the dominance of the U...
I do not expect that nuclear bombs will be used, even when there is direct conflict between powerful adversaries. For one thing, uranium in these bombs is needed for other purposes. For another, there is too much chance of retaliation. [9] I expect many types of capital gains will be lo...
Here is why it is increasingly unlikely that that we will reach the 2C danger limit by 2040: the ongoing surface temperature hiatus, which may continue until the 2030’s or even 2040 if the increasing number of hypotheses about AMO, PDO and natural internal variability are correct. the growi...