He said “the world needs more determination and more cooperation to stop the aggression that ruins the food market” and “to stop any state that blocks the sea and destroys food-supply chains, to bring to justice any tyrant who tries to make famine an instrument of political influence.” ...
Penalties and levies laid or imposed by a country or several countries against one nation or company which are aimed to influence change in its code of conduct or behavior are said to be termed as sanctions. Economic sanctions are imposed to affect the economic relationship between ...
A newly formed state border separated the Seto community 30 years ago following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Setos are a Finno-Ugric people, with the majority of the population residing in Estonia (ca. 12,000) and only about 170 individuals living in Russia, but they have remained in...
That war was barely concluded when Mao embarked on his Great Leap Forward (da yue jin) program (1958–1962). Although intended to transform China from an agrarian to an industrial society, it was in many respects a disaster. Widespread famine was one consequence. Internal party criticism of ...