LockBreakers @LockBreaking
We are a team of young consultants coming from and working on politics & economics in #Europe #China #Russia and #Eurasia. Here, we share our wonkery. lockbreakers.org Frankfurt, Moscow, Shanghai Joined August 2017-
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Dilemma for aurocrats facing protests: ▶️ crack down and risk much larger solidarisation in society, ... ▶️ or wait for protests to fizzle out and risk looking weak to your elite, parts of which could be calculating to gain from defection.
This is that moment when there is no way back. Lukashenka definitely lost trust and support. If he cracks down on people on August 9, he can stay in power, yes. But I can't imagine how it would be to live in a country where everyone hates you.
What is the share of arms sales of companies in the SIPRI #Top100 ranking, 2018? The US🇺🇸 accounts for 59% of arms sales of companies in the ranking with Russia🇷🇺 following at 8.6%. SIPRI data on the #Top100 companies in the #ArmsIndustry out now ➡️ bit.ly/34XJ0AC
"The money western countries send to Eastern Europe through the EU budget pales in comparison with the profits western companies make from investments in the East." What rich countries get wrong about the EU budget politico.eu/article/what-r…
Across Britain, it took... 🗳️864,743 votes to elect 1 Green MP 🗳️642,303 votes to elect 0 Brexit Party MPs 🗳️334,122 votes to elect a Lib Dem 🗳️50,817 votes for a Labour MP 🗳️38,316 votes for a Plaid Cymru MP 🗳️38,300 votes for a Con. MP 🗳️25,882 votes for a SNP MP #ScrapFPTP
Atheists make up a larger share of the population in many European countries than they do in the U.S. pewrsr.ch/2OVE8GR
Mass Graves in Russia Tell the Grim Story of Mongol Invasion After years of digging, archaeologists discover nine medieval graves holding the remains of at least 300 people. arstechnica.com/science/2019/0…
#Wargaming, its history and continuing relevance today. podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDov…
Beustifullt designed chart shows trade flows between the 10 largest EU countries. Source: buff.ly/35tyZuT
"Divergences undeniably exist within #Africa. But these factors have not prevented (..) some impressive feats of collective agency.(The #AU has)created a level of continental diplomacy which is more coordinated than any other continental block bar the EU." chathamhouse.org/expert/comment…
For the first time in Iran’s modern history the state budget will include zero oil revenue. That means... A reliance on taxes. Budgets must be accountable to citizens. Protests have even greater significance. A major shift in the political economy of the Islamic Republic.
Outstanding animated globe shows a year worth of earthquakes by depth (July 2017 to July 2018). In the interactive online version you can click on each individual #earthquake to learn more. Epic #dataviz! Source: buff.ly/353fycg
The instinctive multilateralist: Portugal and the politics of cooperation | European Council on Foreign Relations @ecfr ecfr.eu/publications/s…
The Curious Strategy Behind Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative MoU With Victoria - by @jiangyuan528 lockbreakers.org/2019/11/09/the…
"One irony of #Britain’s #Brexit moment is that ever since the country voted to leave the European Union its politics have looked more ‘European’. Over the past year, one of the world’s most stable two-party systems has imploded into a four-party race." chathamhouse.org/expert/comment…
Untapped potential: How new alliances can strengthen the EU | European Council on Foreign Relations ecfr.eu/publications/s…
"Perhaps, however, the course of this visit also symbolizes the current state of German-American security relations: Berlin and Washington have no great political expectations of each other." defenseone.com/ideas/2019/10/…
"The old Arab order relied on an argument to reformers. They would say, “If you throw us out, either the military or the Islamists will rule you.” Today’s protesters reject this as a false choice." carnegieendowment.org/2019/10/30/is-…
The most under covered and arguably most consequential story out of Arab World in the last decade.
Poland’s Parliamentary Elections and a Looming Hungarian Scenario dgap.org/en/think-tank/…
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