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Thread of the most epic moments from SpaceX Starship’s launches 🧵 1. Starship’s 33 Raptor engines in full power

Once again, this type of action serves three purposes: 1. It gives PRC forces practice. 2. It normalizes large scale PRC operations near Taiwan, obscuring an actual attack if/when it materializes. 3. It stresses and taxes ROC forces, both in terms of personnel and materiel.

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” Today’s #ChartOfTheDay recreates and extends a chart from their seminal 2005 paper, showing

Even 8 years later, it’s still extraordinary to think that Britain deliberately chose to shrink its domestic market from 450m people to 65m on the recommendation of a bunch of liars, charlatans and fools

Lebanon and the Lebanese People are slowing beginning to Rise-Up against Hezbollah, and the only reason this is possible is because of Israel. Eventually the Lebanese Army will have to decide where they Stand, either with Lebanon or with Iran.

IMPORTANT PLS SHARE. It's rumoured the English £9,250 tuition fee cap may be raised this pm for the 1st time in 8yrs, as University's finances are strained. As student finance misunderstandings abound, I've bashed out a few notes to help... 1. Higher tuition fees WON'T change

We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat. Some of those stories may even be true! But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇

“Russia threatens us all”. Interview with Mark Harrison Emeritus Professor of Economics at University of Warwick -uainfocus.org/post/russia-th…

Reviewed recently (for Developing Economies) "Breaking the Mold" by Raghuram Rajan and Rohit Lamba (RL). RL examines India's economic growth, addressing what's working, the challenges ahead, and possible responses.

What is the threat from Russia and what will Trump's election mean for the war in Ukraine? I talk to UAinFocus Platform CAGE @ Warwick Warwick Economics BASEES The British Academy

Today would be a good day for Biden to lift all restrictions on the use of weapons by Ukraine and on the supply of weapons to Ukraine by other countries

This is what should be the final sign of an utterly failed policy. The Russians are attacking civilians throughout Ukraine with weapons armed with thermobaric warheads, whose only purpose is to kill and terrorise. And yet Ukraine can’t strike military targets in Russia.

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance. Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.

I told CNN how Ukraine will adapt to Trump Q: Do you think Trump will be good for Ukraine? A: It's a new reality today Many are anxious about Trump's position about pressure on Ukraine not to join NATO for 20 years. I don't believe that's going to happen. 1/

Sans commentaire. Ce sera pire que vous pouvez l’imaginer.

Trump spoke with Putin and told him not to escalate the war in Ukraine, highlighting Washington's strong military presence in Europe This sets up a tense dynamic, as Putin has a vested interest in intensifying the conflict to leverage negotiations before Trump takes office 1/

'At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.' The nation today remembered its fallen at the National Service of #Remembrance at the Cenotaph and across the UK.

Europe’s defence industries are underpowered and fragmented. Even if the continent could find the money to put all this right, it lacks leadership and cohesion econ.st/3YLplBo 👇

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