By Shlomo Ben-Ami, Project Syndicate
Vladimir Putin and Binyamin Netanyahu offer ideological explanations for their respective wars: the “eternal Russia” is locked in a permanent conflict with a West that wants it annihilated, and the Jewish state faces existential threats from all sides. In fact, Ukraine and Gaza are wars of choice, motivated by self-interest.
The report said the incident allegedly occurred about 20 miles south of the Isle of Wight, outside British territorial waters
The 44-year-old artist, whose real name was Robert Kuzovkov, was attacked Monday in a parking lot near his home in Biała Podlaska, close to the Belarus border
Russia launched 611 long-range drones and 70 missiles during the attack
For more than 50 years, both Russia and the United States have complied with that agreement
This idea reflects the labor theory of value as expressed by Karl Marx. Workers, in justice, claim the entire value of production, according to Marx.
The case of legal expropriation without compensation shows the importance of Friedrich Hayek’s rejection of “mere legality”—in Hayek’s theory of the rule of law, it is not enough that a rule be duly enacted into law.
Of course, the actual goals that politicians and their sponsors really have in mind often diverge radically from what they tell the public.
To form a definition, it is helpful to go back, if possible, to when the subject of investigation emerged.
