Lithium, Cobalt, and Rare Earths: the Post-Petroleum Resource Race
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Lithium, Cobalt, and Rare Earths: the Post-Petroleum Resource Race

If the world, and the USA, are to implement their plans for a green energy future, Washington and Beijing have no option but to cooperate. Otherwise, they can revert to the oil wars of the past. On an already overheating planet, that would lead to a civilizational fate worse than death.

NATO’s War Against Yugoslavia: the Ghost that Still Haunts Europe
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NATO’s War Against Yugoslavia: the Ghost that Still Haunts Europe

Twenty-two years ago, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was subjected to 78 straight days of bombardment from NATO. This crime of 1999 has indeed haunted not only Europe but the world ever since it was perpetrated; what is seemingly past is really both prologue and precedent.

Dinesh Mohan: Contrarian Scholar Who Championed Public Transport – Two Obituaries
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Dinesh Mohan: Contrarian Scholar Who Championed Public Transport – Two Obituaries

Dinesh Mohan had a heart and was a great supporter of public transport, auto rickshaw, cycle rickshaw, pedestrians. He was not opposed to cars but he was certainly against monopolization of street space by cars. He was also an extraordinary faculty member and a public intellectual.