The US approach to China is based on a mix of arrogance, nastiness, and naiveté.
COP28 in Dubai highlights the pressing issues of climate justice and financing amid a worsening climate emergency.
The anti-China policies come out of a familiar playbook of US policymaking.
The leaders at the Paris summit recognised the urgent need for a massive expansion of official development financing from the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).
In the context of the Russia-Ukraine war, Biden has behaved almost the opposite of JFK. He has personally and repeatedly denigrated Russian President Vladimir Putin.
There is no fairy tale end to the war in Ukraine, in which Ukraine defeats Russia on the battlefield and then joins Nato.
The US’ annual military spending is now around $900 billion, roughly 40 percent of the world's total, and greater than the next 10 countries combined.
The key to economic development and ending poverty is investment.
Afghanistan today lies in ruins. While the US wasted more than $2 trillion of its military outlays, Afghanistan is impoverished. Its 2021 GDP was below $400 per person.
