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By pointing to 2027 as the moment when East Asia's power balance may tip in China's favour, Japan's government can rally support for greater defence spending, he added. At a congressional hearing last year, U.S. Indo-Pacific commander Admiral Philip Davidson said that China's threat against Taiwan could "manifest" that year. Japanese defence ministry officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In July, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida won national upper house elections with a pledge to "substantially" increase defence spending. The splurge of defence spending should also benefit U.S. suppliers such as Lockheed, Boeing Co (BA.N) and Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N).

☆ Putin is running low on long-range precision weapons, and he's wasting his dwindling supply terrorizing Ukrainians in cities far from the front lines, war experts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Russian forces unleashed a barrage of long-range precision weapons on Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure this week. Russian forces, he said, do not have the capability to do this "three or four days a week for the next two years. Bombing civilians is 'unlikely' to break Ukraine's will to fightIt's unclear exactly how many long-range munitions Russian forces have left in the arsenal. Getty ImagesInsider was unable to independently verify the total number of long-range munitions left in the hands of the Russian forces. Gentile said that if Russian forces want to strike targets deeper in Ukraine, they don't really have a choice beyond long-range munitions.

☆ After Biden’s announcement on cannabis and racial equity, what's next?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Beau Kilmer | Beau Kilmer Is The Mccauley Chair In Drug Policy Innovation | Co-Director Of The Drug Policy Research Center At The Nonprofit | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

President Joe Biden’s announcement about cannabis policy reform last week underscored how keeping it illegal disproportionately harms people of color. Biden’s move is an important step in changing the federal approach to cannabis. Some jurisdictions are considering how cannabis tax revenues could be used to address racial disparities. For example, Evanston, Illinois., is using some of its cannabis tax revenues to support slavery reparations. Cannabis legalization isn’t just a yes-or-no choice.

☆ Covid leads to long Covid, in governments as well as people
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Brian Michael Jenkins | Brian Michael Jenkins Is An Army Combat Veteran Who Currently Serves As Senior Adviser To The President Of The Nonprofit | Nonpartisan Rand Corporation. His Latest Book Is | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

Unlike previous pandemics, however, Covid didn’t see the same offsets in unifying sentiment. There were many explanations for this, including underreporting of Covid deaths in many countries, but the optics were not good. Democratic governments imposed controls that intruded into ordinarily personal space, while authoritarian governments exploited the pandemic to tighten their control. The decline in Covid numbers, if it holds, will not reverse these developments after the November elections. Just as we may talk about societal comorbidity, societies may suffer from long Covid — an impaired functioning of democracy that may persist long after the contagion survives.

☆ Tens of thousands likely jobless after Hurricane Ian, economists say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Martha C. White For Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Although the damage is still being tallied, early estimates indicate that Ian could be the most costly hurricane to make landfall in Florida. In the short term, a spike in jobless claims is almost inevitable, economists say: “Hurricane Harvey in Texas prompted a rise of about 50,000 in August of 2017,” noted Mike Englund, chief economist at Action Economics. A view of the destroyed road between Florida's Matlacha and Pine Island after Hurricane Ian. “Katrina was a much more damaging storm, and impacted Louisiana, which is much less affluent than Florida,” Zandi said. A powerboat lies atop a pile of debris two days after the passage of Hurricane Ian, in Fort Myers, Florida.

"U.S. prosperity and security depend on the Pacific region remaining free and open," it said, noting that Pacific island countries faced urgent challenges, most notably from the climate crisis, but also heightened geopolitical tensions. Leaders and representatives from 14 Pacific island states are taking part in the summit. read moreThe official also said Biden would designate career diplomat Frankie Reed as the first U.S. envoy to the Pacific Islands Forum. The U.S. strategy document says the United States would partner with Pacific islands to help them adapt to and manage the climate crisis, an "existential threat" to their lives, health, and livelihoods. Strategic competition in the Pacific intensified dramatically this year after China signed a security agreement with the Solomons, prompting warnings of militarization of the region.

☆ North Korea fires ballistic missile in a show of 'defiance' days before Vice President Kamala Harris visits region
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea. "It's North Korea's way of showing defiance of the [US] alliance," said an analyst at the Rand Corporation. Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyNorth Korea fired a ballistic missile toward South Korea just days before Vice-President Kamala Harris's visit. It is the most significant deployment yet under a new push by the Biden administration to use the US "strategic assets" to deter North Korea, Reuters reported. On the 29th, she will travel to South Korea, which a senior White House official says is an "opportunity for the Vice President to demonstrate our solidarity with our South Korean allies on the threat posed by the North."

☆ That's not a real job opening: Some companies are posting 'ghost jobs' but don't actually plan to hire you — or anyone
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The number of job openings has been sky high over the past year in the red-hot labor market. That could be because some firms are posting "ghost jobs" that they're not actually hiring for. While many employers can't find enough workers, some qualified candidates are applying to open jobs and aren't hearing anything back. Some recruiters say that ghost jobs are on the rise due to the heightened level of uncertainty that's persisted for the past two and a half years. "There are too many jobs posted"Andrew Flowers, a labor economist at Appcast, the recruitment advertising technology company, expressed skepticism that "ghost jobs" are a widespread problem.

☆ The American middle class used to signify economic security. That's now quickly becoming a luxury only the wealthiest can afford.
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-25 | by ( Paul Constant | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While a majority of Americans consider themselves middle class, he says far fewer actually are. Those numbers are disastrous for the American middle class. When most noneconomists talk about the middle class, we don't mean the strict middle third of American household wealth. A 2015 Pew report found that while 89% of all Americans self-identify as members of the middle class, just 50% of Americans actually met the broadest economic definition of middle class. Throughout the 20th century, a secure and growing middle class was the source of America's prosperity.

На самом деле, несмотря на попытки ученых и политиков «списать» угрозу полномасштабной мировой войны, условия для ее возникновения продолжают существовать. Страны Европы никогда не были более зависимы друг от друга — и в экономическом, и в культурном отношении — чем перед началом Первой мировой войны. Неспособность Великобритании мирно приспособиться к реалиям германского роста способствовала возникновению Первой мировой войны. Для того, чтобы избежать войны с Китаем, США, видимо, следовало бы скорректировать свои гарантии Тайваню и признать китайскую политику в отношении острова. Вопрос о том, смогут ли США мирно уступить свое доминирование в Восточной Азии и признать Китай как равную себе великую державу, остается открытым.

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☆ Выборы президента Молдовы 2020. Последний шаг «Rand Corporation» по дестабилизации СНГ
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-29 | by ( ) ehomd.info time to read: +2 min

До выборов президента Молдовы осталось всего несколько дней, а конфликт между сторонниками действующей власти в лице Игоря Додона и избирателями лидеров прозападной оппозиции под предводительством Майи Санду разгорелсяне на шутку. Директор российской Службы внешней разведки (СВР) Сергей Нарышкин сообщил, что на территорию Молдовы прибыла группа американских специалистов по “цветным революциям”. Если выборы пройдут в два тура, то ожидается 47,5% у Додона и 38,5 у Санду, при этом предварительно отказываются голосовать 14,1% респондентов. Что в полной мере соответствует интересам коллективного Запада и укладывается в рамки проекта, составленного сотрудниками американского “мозгового центра” Rand Corporation несколько лет назад. Все вышеперечисленные пункты, пусть с разной долей успешности, но были реализованы, а вот активность по шестому может начаться сразу после выборов президента Молдовы.

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☆ Провоцирование конфликтов на «периферии» России: способны ли США и дальше реализовывать стратегию, разработанную корпорацией RAND — «Междуречье – terriтория доверия
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-29 | by ( Delta Petrol | Буфетьев Арнольдий | Valeriu Reniţă | ) mejdurecie.md time to read: +6 min

Провоцирование конфликтов на «периферии» России: способны ли США и дальше реализовывать стратегию, разработанную корпорацией RANDПоследние конфликты в зоне интересов России привлекли внимание всего мира. Некоторые из идей, предложенных в документе RAND на более чем 350 страницах под названием «Изматывание и разбалансирование России», реализовывались до последнего времени, особенно на «ближайшей периферии». В отчете RAND подчеркивается, что самая большая слабость России в противоборстве с США — это ее экономика. Допустимо ли для США разжигать конфликты в непосредственной близости к России, когда у них самих рушатся все внутренние скрепы? Или, возможно, просто интересы специалистов из RAND Corporation и представителей американского Глубинного государства совсем не подразумевают лучшего будущего для США.

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