The Daily Populous

A strategy of institutional realpolitik would also recognize that for all their coordination, China and Russia are very different types of revisionists.

That, not lofty plans to change China and Russia or a wholesale abandonment of institutions, should help keep the revisionists in check.

These policymakers believed that membership in liberal institutions would make China and Russia more liberal themselves and thus less inclined to buck the existing international order. »

Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves Manhattan federal court after a hearing on his fraud settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in New York City, U.S. April 4, 2019.

Musk said he felt forced to settle with the SEC because banks threatened to cease providing capital if he did not do so, which would have made Tesla bankrupt immediately.

A related consent decree also required Musk to obtain pre-clearance from Tesla lawyers for tweets and other public statements that could be material to Tesla. »

Some Nestlé employees in Ukraine quit over the company's business in Russia, Reuters reported.

This includes some Nestlé employees in Ukraine who quit over the Swiss food company's decision to keep trading in Russia, the publication reported, citing an internal email to executives by Marco Settembri, the head of Nestlé's European business.

The spokesperson said Nestlé had around 5,800 employees in Ukraine at the start of the war, but that many had since left the country. »

Return to Monkey Island, the sixth installment in the genre-defining franchise that Ron conceived at Lucasfilm Games, will be out later this year, with Ron Gilbert and his Secret of Monkey Island and LeChuck’s Revenge collaborator Dave Grossman at the helm.

I chatted with Ron and Dave in their first interview since Return to Monkey Island was revealed.

Dave, you had worked on Monkey Island more recently than Ron had, on Tales of Monkey Island. »