“The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria should be a reminder of a general truth that often gets obscured in the blizzard of conflicting and contradictory news stories that absorb us day to day: The West’s adversaries are often weaker than we think”. Fonte: The Washington Post Autore: Fareed Zakaria Link: Russia is weaker […]

“AFTER 53 YEARS in power, the house of Assad left behind nothing but ruin, corruption and misery. As rebels advanced into Damascus on December 8th, the regime’s army melted into the air—it had run out of reasons to fight for Bashar al-Assad. Later, Syrians impoverished by his rule gawped at his abandoned palaces. Broken people […]

“Has rapid economic growth in the world’s high-income countries come to an end? If so, did the bursting of the bubble economy in 2007 mark the turning point? Alternatively, are we at the start of a new age of rapid growth fuelled by artificial intelligence? The answers to these questions are likely to do much […]