Peter Young

Peter Young was formerly Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute and is the author of “Opening a second western front against Putin: Russia’s Latin American Proxies,” published by the Henry Jackson Society.

Articles

Ukraine

Russia is recruiting hundreds of Cubans as cannon fodder for its war on Ukraine

Cuba is sending significant numbers of soldiers to Russia to fight in its war against Ukraine. Information on Cuba’s intervention has emerged from multiple sources, most notably Ukrainian ‘hacktivists’ who handed intelligence obtained from the official responsible for contract military personnel in the Russian city of Tula, Major Anton Valentinovich Perevozchikov, to InformNapalm. This provides full […]

Ukraine

The West must crack down on Russia’s Latin American proxy states

In all the coverage of Russia’s nefarious activities in Ukraine and beyond, one aspect of its foreign policy has gone largely under the radar – the role of its Latin American allies. It is no co-incidence that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently visited Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua for urgent discussions, as did State Security […]

Economics

A ‘Britcoin’ digital currency is an accident waiting to happen

The introduction of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Britain ‘is more likely than not’, says the Bank of England’s Deputy Governor, Sir Jon Cunliffe. A CBDC, for those unfamiliar with the concept, is a central bank liability, like cash but in a digital form, programmed and managed centrally. According to Sir Jon, the […]

Taxation

The UK is braced for a poisonous cocktail of tax rises

Newspaper readers have over the past couple of weeks been subject to a bizarre series of government leaks revealing apparent planned tax rises. It is difficult to understand the rationale for this operation. Perhaps the powers that be think portentous leaking will make the tax rises they do enact seem less harsh. There’s a risk, […]

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