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Every single time that India has had to endure oil over $100, it’s led to enormous chaos. In the 1970s after the OPEC oil crash, we had a period of essentially authoritarian rule and enormous amounts of political unrest in the late eighties and early nineties when Iraq invaded Kuwait. India went bankrupt and essentially had to go to the IMF and eventually launched an entire giant package of structured reform.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/iran-trump-israel-oil-iran-india/

For Trump and Netanyahu, the Iran war is a problem of their own making: The US president’s claim that the war is ‘very complete’ was little more than wishful thinking https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/trump-netanyahu-iran-problem-own-making-us-israel-oil-strait-of-hormuz/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Oil, Inflation, Unrest: The Global Fallout of the US-Israeli War on Iran: “The only coordinated mechanism that most policy makers across the global South are indulging in right now is prayer.” https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/iran-trump-israel-oil-iran-india/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Top civil servant boomeranged between government and Tony Blair Institute: Exclusive: Tech firms such as TBI are embedding staff in government, sparking fears AI policy is being ‘outsourced’ https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/dsit-civil-servant-revolving-door-between-government-and-tony-blair-institute/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

“We are living a right-wing turn,” Sotomayor said. “These are people who deny the violence from the Chilean state that occurred during the dictatorship. It is very sad but also very cruel that we as a country, which still has scars from this dictatorship, will see these people coming into government.”

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/jose-kast-inauguration-chile-women-8m-protest-santiago-lgbtq-abortion-far-right-pinochet/

In just two days, on 11 March, Chile will fall under the power of its most right-wing president since Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship ended: José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party. Kast will also be the country’s first president since then to have openly supported the 17-year dictatorship.

Chilean women flood streets to defy Kast’s incoming far-right government: As the president-elect prepares to take office this week, women and LGBTQ+ people are standing up for their rights https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/jose-kast-inauguration-chile-women-8m-protest-santiago-lgbtq-abortion-far-right-pinochet/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

What is the Danish immigration model, and does it work?: Denmark’s foremost professor of mobility studies decodes a policy that is increasingly touted as a model to emulate https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/what-is-denmark-immigration-asylum-model-does-it-work-uk-starmer-migration-refugees/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

As missiles fall on Iran, the case for global disarmament becomes urgent: Despite what Donald Trump may claim, my work at the United Nations is now more important than ever – for all of us https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/iran-us-war-israel-global-disarmament-urgent-united-nations-donald-trump/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

In US/Israeli war on Iran, all roads point to rise in global nuclear weapons: Trump and Netanyahu are already boasting of success. But the war is not going to plan for any of the parties involved https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/us-iran-israel-war-lead-to-nuclear-weapons-donald-trump-netanyahu/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

The "Danish Model" of Asylum Explained: Cruelty by Design? | With Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen: How anti-rights groups are targeting the next generation https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/danish-model-asylum-immigration-explained/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Are anti-rights movements infiltrating high schools? We uncover the deliberate, decades-old strategy the far-right is using to target young people, weaponise their insecurities, and build a pipeline of extremist power.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/far-right-radicalising-gen-z-jamie-vernaelde-ipas/

“Hamas designed the tunnel network with integrated electricity, ventilation, and communication systems, enabling fighters to operate within them for extended periods,” the report finds. Even detecting the tunnels requires Israel and the US to use multiple technologies, including seismic and acoustic sensors, thermal imaging, ground-penetrating radar, satellite and drone reconnaissance, AI and machine learning.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/netanyahu-israel-election-false-sense-security-gaza-palestine-west-bank-trump-turkey-iran/

Greens triumphant, Amazon exec’s worrying new gig, Russians in Bolivia: Our weekly newsletter https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/uk-green-reform-amazon-executive-russia-bolivia/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

As Bolivia’s left fractured, the Kremlin sent ex-Wagner agents: Exclusive: New dossier exposes how Russian operatives sought to ensure their ally won Bolivia's presidential election https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/russia-bolivia-south-america-putin-evo-morales-wagner-prigozhin-covert-operations-propaganda-disinformation-foreign-interference/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Nothing to see here: Ex-Amazon UK boss to lead competition watchdog: Experts described the decision to appoint Doug Gurr as the head of the CMA as “very positive” if you are Big Tech https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/cma-chair-doug-gurr-amazon-competition-monopoly-big-tech-anti-trust/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Why the Green Party Just Broke Labour's "Filthy Rich" Orthodoxy: The 25‑point swing away from Labour shows voters want people‑centred solutions rather than cautious managerialism https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/labour-greens-reform-gorton-denton-by-election/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Revolution begins with care: Confronting the polycrisis: We’re living through a series of interlinked disasters, confounded by the rise of surveillance. How do we fight back? https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/surveillance-tech-facial-recognition-revolution-begins-with-care-confronting-polycrisis/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

The Greens’ real fight has begun – and the establishment will be out for blood: After a stunning victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection, Green activists are preparing for a major establishment backlash https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/the-greens-real-fight-has-begun-and-the-establishment-will-be-out-for-blood/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

Netanyahu has lulled Israelis into a false sense of security: The Israeli prime minister may have done enough to win re-election this year. But Israel’s future remains unstable https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/netanyahu-israel-election-false-sense-security-gaza-palestine-west-bank-trump-turkey-iran/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

The Secret Pipeline: How the Far-Right is Radicalising Gen Z | With Jamie Vernaelde: How anti-rights groups are targeting the next generation https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/far-right-radicalising-gen-z-jamie-vernaelde-ipas/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS

AI bots may lead to the end of the internet as we know it: In recent weeks, openDemocracy’s website has been repeatedly brought down by an army of bots. We’re not the only ones https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ai-chatbots-scrapers-chatgpt-website-offline-change-internet/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=RSS