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The Fall of the Neoliberal Order

The Fall of the Neoliberal Order

As war continues in Ukraine, how did the collapse of neoliberalism get us to the point of conflict in Europe? Arthur Snell and Gary Gerstle discuss for Doomsday Watch.

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‘Businesses are a lifeline for dictators’: In conversation with Brian Klaas, professor of global politics at UCL

‘Businesses are a lifeline for dictators’: In conversation with Brian Klaas, professor of global politics at UCL

Brian Klaas tells Sebastian Shehadi in an interview for Investment Monitor how the Ukraine war heralds a new era for the relationship between democracies and autocracies. Business as usual cannot go on.

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Putin’s High Stakes Game

Putin’s High Stakes Game

Putin’s undeserved reputation as a master strategist means some analysts have employed the metaphor of chess to his invasion of Ukraine, but is the Russian President actually playing poker with the West? Jason Pack talks to Arthur Snell about the high stakes game between NATO and Russia on Doomsday Watch.

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It’s Time to Beat Putin at Poker and Call His Bluff

It’s Time to Beat Putin at Poker and Call His Bluff

Jason Pack writes for Foreign Policy that Putin’s disordering leadership style cannot be understood through the metaphors of chess or martial arts, but by viewing the current confrontation between the West and Russia as a game of televised poker.

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Putin’s Ukraine Gambit: Why Now and What’s Next
Kenneth Dekleva Kenneth Dekleva

Putin’s Ukraine Gambit: Why Now and What’s Next

Kenneth Dekleva writes for The Cipher Brief on why Putin risked facing a robust alliance of American, Canadian, Japanese, and European allies, and even Chinese displeasure by invading Ukraine, after essentially achieving many of his strategic goals.

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