https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/case-for-hard-break-with-beijing-economic-derisking
Why economic de-risking is not enough.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-grain-food-security-ba7f9146b745337a1948a964cb30331c
Russia has halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed people into poverty.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china-russia-start-joint-air-sea-drill-sea-japan-2023-07-16/
A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at "safeguarding the security of strategic waterways", according to China's defence ministry.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/iran-and-russia-syria-pentagon
Iran and Russia are working in concert to force the U.S. military out of Syria, a senior defense official told reporters on Friday.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-military-deals-not-enough-wean-india-off-russian-arms-yet-2023-07-10/
India’s multi-billion-dollar purchases of U.S. arms are less about shifting its reliance on Russian defence equipment and moving towards the West - it's more about developing its own domestic weapons industry, security officials and analysts say.
What is the balance reason for some abilities to ignore type effectiveness while others don't.
It always puzzled me that static can paralyze ground (usually immune to electric moves) types while steel types retain immunity to poison point.
I'm not a competitive battler or anything but would appreciate more exposure to the subject. Might be good to get a competitive side thread or something for those interested? :D
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-10/geopolitics-what-beijing-just-doesn-t-get-about-brussels
https://news.yahoo.com/erdogan-links-swedens-nato-membership-100859592.html
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday the European Union should open the way for Ankara's accession to the bloc before Turkey's parliament approves Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance. Turkey's bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after membership talks were launched in 2005 under Erdogan's first term as prime minister. The ties between Ankara and members of the bloc soured several years ago, especially after a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey, but have since largely improved.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/putin-xi-attend-virtual-sco-summit-hosted-by-indias-modi-2023-07-04/
Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Tuesday sought to forge closer ties and boost cooperation within the expanding Eurasian bloc but stressed the group is not directed against any other states.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-03/china-to-restrict-exports-of-metals-critical-to-chip-production
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