Agreed. Even if Iran enters the war, it will be to stop a genocide. I don't understand why the US is so keen to tie themselves to Netanyahu's government.
Religious conflict has only taken hold in the Middle East because SOME PEOPLE overthrew all of the (more) secular left-wing governments and replaced them with right-wing theocratic regimes.
There's probably sampling bias going on because of who McKinsey has access to.
McKinsey's offices in Turkey, India, and China tend to be in big tech/finance hubs (Beijing, Shanghai, Istanbul, Bengaluru, Mumbai) and, because of the scale of these countries, McKinsey rarely has to leave those contexts. I can absolutely believe that overall quality of life and satisfaction is better in those cities than in the West in aggregate. Beijing alone has a larger population than Sweden and Norway combined.
Additionally, messages exchanged between Nasriddinov and Goltsev show the former wishing Goltsev a happy Defender of the Fatherland Day, with Goltsev responding, “We’re defending it as best we can.”
The definition of subsidy isn't just "government investment," and it's concretely defined by the WTO. It's also only valid to current subsidies, not historical ones.
Hate to break it to you, but I could build that with $5 and a coffee.