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How to Steer Growth, Not Stumble, in the Tariff Aftermath

By Dr. Rebecca Homkes  A landmark Supreme Court ruling declared the Trump administration did not have the authority to issue tariffs under the International Emergency Powers...
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Trump’s 2026 SOTU Speech: Economic Obfuscation & Political Theatre

By Dr. Jack Rasmus Trump’s 2026 State of the Union speech was historic—but only in the sense of the longest ever at 1 hour and...
Delegates at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 agreed to US proposals for a new international monetary and financial system, centred around the dollar.

The Unravelling of Dollar Hegemony: Debt, Rentier Power, and the Crisis of US Global...

By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui The erosion of US dollar hegemony—driven by structural debt, financialisation, geopolitical fragmentation, and reserve diversification—signals a historic inflection point in the...
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Japan Manga vs. American Comics: How ‘Janru’ Diversity and Innovation Drive Global Cultural Dominance

By Darynaufal Mulyaman This article explains manga’s global success through clear genre distinctions reaching varied demographics, concise one shot or finite story timelines, and limited...
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Reconfiguring US Hegemony: Militarism, Empire, and the Crisis of Capitalist Accumulation

By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui This article analyses the decline of United States hegemony through the prism of militarism, empire, and contradictions in capitalist accumulation. Dr...
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US Policy on the AI Chips Industry: The Case of NVIDIA and HUAWEI in...

By Marcelina Horrillo Husillos, Journalist and Correspondent at The World Financial Review  The Donald Trump administration stated that "using Huawei Ascend chips anywhere in the...
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Will America Regret Loss of Hegemonic Status? 

By Nick Redman As global leadership fractures, Nick Redman examines the implications of America’s inward turn. With Trump abandoning international norms and alliances, the United...
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Trump’s War on USA Universities Evokes the Old Ideology: A Threat to Diversity and...

By Marcelina Horrillo Husillos, Journalist and Correspondent at The World Financial Review  The Trump administration is restoring visas for hundreds of foreign students who had...

The Consequences of the Trump Administration’s Attack on the Labor Department

By Dr. Gleb Tsipursky As the Trump administration pushes sweeping changes to the federal government’s structure, one agency stands as a canary in the coal...
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Price Rise. What’s Behind the Fall of US Gas Reserves by 25% in 2025 

By Edward Nikulin  Various interrelated factors, including production levels, storage capacity, market dynamics for power demand, gas imports, LNG exports, and weather conditions, shape North...

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China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth

By Danny Leipziger China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives? China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...

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