Exploring Global US Foreign Military Sales Since 2008: A Comprehensive Dataset Analysis
The article presents a new set of data on US Foreign Military Sales since 2008, analyzing global trends in volumes and types of equipment, highlighting purchasing countries, specific equipment, financial values, associated contractors, and additional services. The FMS program is explored as the primary instrument for transferring military equipment abroad. Military sales in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Americas, and Africa are examined, detailing the sale of high-value equipment.
The Olive Tree War in the West Bank
In the West Bank, Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians during olive harvests have reached record levels, with over 260 incidents in a month and 1,500 in a year. The UN denounces the impunity of the aggressors, criticizing the Israeli army and warning about Palestinian stability and economy.
The Real Barrier to EU Capital Market Integration: Unreformed Pension Systems
The integration of the EU’s capital markets is hindered by unreformed pension systems, which face unfunded high debts. Reforming these systems is crucial for the long-term fiscal solvency of EU countries. The lack of harmonization in pension systems prevents the integration of capital markets and highlights the importance of pension funds in the development of financial markets.
**Saturated Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Work**.
Artificial intelligence poses economic growth and labor saturation. Automation impacts salaries in a non-linear way. An integrated model predicts the impacts of AI on economy and computer science.
Future-Proof Workers: Green Skills for Tomorrow
Germany faces challenges in its transition to sustainable value chains and carbon-neutral economic growth, exacerbated by labor and skills shortages. The immigration of qualified workers, even from outside Europe, can address these shortages. Training and recruiting workers with green skills from climate-vulnerable countries can create synergies between economic policy and development cooperation. The need for qualified green workers is crucial to ensure economic competitiveness and transition to a climate-sustainably future.