Sunday, February 26, 2023

Reading archive 2023-02-26

Opinion  How the war will enrich Ukraine when it’s over

Opinion  Consider these 4 inconvenient questions as the Ukraine war moves forward - "Ukrainians will never give up their goal of liberating every inch of Ukrainian territory — nor should they. But as Zelensky and his supporters in the West consider options on the road ahead, they should review the postwar history of West Germany. By building a vibrant free-market democracy within larger European institutions secured by a U.S.-led NATO, West Germany created conditions in which the recovery of the country’s Soviet-occupied eastern third was just a matter of time. Could Ukraine become the West Germany of the 21st century?"

Opinion  Huge debts to China come due. Will the world’s poorest have to pay? - "China has been using developing nations as pawns in its bid for influence against the United States — a strategy that critics call 'debt-trap diplomacy.' In claiming to aid the world’s poor, China is exploiting them. But now, the bill is coming due, and the question is who is going to have to pay it."

Opinion  Gina Raimondo launches a new U.S. ‘industrial policy.’ But can it fly?

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