Dharavi’s location and fame make it a powerful example of a much bigger problem. India’s cities are home to over a third of its population, or around 480m people, and are the engines of its growth. Yet the poor conditions in which most city-dwellers live, learn and labour are a blight and significant speed limit. Around half live in slums and a third without a connection to piped water, according to the un. In 2016 a third of India’s urban-dwellers lived more than three to a room. In Dharavi’s hutments, as its slum shacks are called, a dozen people to a tiny room is not uncommon. “To live in a proper home, to have a toilet, it is a matter of dignity,” says Raju Korde, an entrepreneur in Dharavi.

Economist

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In China sind es 900 Millionen Menschen, die in Städten leben. In der EU 330 Millionen, in den USA 275 Millionen. (Quelle: Weltbank)

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In each of the five worst weeks for American stocks in 2022, shares plunged by about 5%. All of them took place immediately before or after a Fed meeting.

The Economist

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„Gäbe es das ukrainische Militär nicht, gäbe es die Ukraine als Staat nicht mehr.„

In chaotischen Zeiten ist es wichtig, möglichst viele fundierte Seiten zu hören. Die Sicht von John Mearsheimer, Professor für Internationale Politik an der Universität Chicago, widerspricht den – ebenfalls fundierten – gängigen Erzählungen. Sie ist es wert gehört zu werden.

No, I’ve thought from the beginning that this conflict is all about balance-of-power politics. The conventional wisdom in the United States is that it’s not about balance-of-power politics, and, in fact, Putin is an imperialist who is interested in conquering Ukraine for the purpose of making it part of a greater Russia. I don’t think that is the case. I don’t think he had or has imperial ambitions. What motivates him is fear of Ukraine becoming a part of NATO.

John Mearsheimer im NEW YORKER

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The United States’ foreign-policy establishment doesn’t like admitting it’s made mistakes, and pinning all the blame for the war on Putin is a “get out of jail free” card that absolves proponents of NATO enlargement of any role in this tragic turn of events. Putin clearly bears enormous personal responsibility for this illegal and destructive war, but if prior Western actions made his decision more likely, then Western policymakers are not blameless.

Stephen walt

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