by Aseem Gupta | Jun 28, 2025 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Western governments responded with one of the most ambitious sanctions campaigns ever imposed on a major economy. Russian banks were isolated, foreign reserves were frozen, technology exports were restricted, and Europe...
by Aseem Gupta | Jun 16, 2025 | Economics, Markets & Money
On December 5, 2014, a Korean Air flight preparing to leave New York for Seoul returned to the gate because an executive was angry about a packet of macadamia nuts. Cho Hyun-ah, then a Korean Air vice-president and the daughter of the airline group’s chairman, had...
