The root of the problem is that Russia and Israel do not accept their internationally recognized borders. Those of Israel of 1967, Russia of 1992.
So as many times in the past, the war is about land. To have land, you have to expel or kill people who live on that land.

And in the other news....
While the world burns.

US may soon be involved in three simultaneous wars. Biden outdoes all former presidents.

It is obvious that such an idea [Bai's interpretation of Mencius] is a prescription for the “greatest disorder under the Heaven”.

Comment rester universaliste sans être interventionniste. La plus importante question pour un monde occidental qui n’est plus le maître du monde.

The order of inequality open.substack.com/pub/branko2f7/…

Great news! Congrats to @claraemattei.

The Confucian case for political inequality nationally and internationally.

Just 10 streams carry 95% of all river-borne plastic into the ocean. If you want to fix ocean pollution here is a good starting point. Excellent book on the matter by Hannah Ritchie: buff.ly/3xypWw8

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This war is really exposing the Samantha Powers of the world for the total phonies they are. They should never be able to talk about 'human rights', the 'responsibility to protect' and all that nonsense again without everyone just laughing at their face.

No Capitalism Alone Branko Milanovic defende que a China e Vietname operam num modelo de capitalismo político. Em que o Capital é restringido pelo poder político. Este episodio reforça essa tese.

Para saberes mais, lê o nosso texto sobre o livro e a nossa entrevista com Milanović 🧵

👩‍🎓'Inequality and Institutions' Summer School
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He asks the most important question.

It is an extraordinary elitist & unequal order thatto function has to rely either on exercise of brute power that would keep pacified the domestic “helots” and foreign “barbarians”, or an extremely unlikely acceptance of inferiority by the domestic subjects and the foreign yi.

The order of inequality
Review of Tongdong Bai’s “Against political equality: The Confucian case'
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New Book Review on BRAVE NEW EUROPE:

The Order of Inequality: The Confucian Case by Tongdong Bai

Book Review by Branko Milanović Branko Milanovic

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