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South China Sea: 5 Things To Watch In 2025
The South China Sea has become one of the world’s most perilous geopolitical hot spots in recent years, with China stepping up the reinforcement of its expansive claims and countries from outside the...
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Biden Blocks Japan’s Nippon Steel From Buying US Steel
By Patsy Widakuswara President Joe Biden has made good on his months of public opposition to the proposed purchase of American company U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, announcing Friday he is...
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Venezuela Puts A Price On The Head Of Exiled Opposition Candidate
(EurActiv) -- Venezuelan authorities announced Thursday (2 December) they are offering $100,000 for information leading to the capture of exiled opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who...
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Robert Reich: The Only Real Firewall Against The Trump Regime – OpEd
As a practical matter, where will we find a firewall against the excesses of the Trump regime? The federal courts. You might say it doesn’t matter because the Supreme Court will rubber-stamp whatever...
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Best Bet For 2025: Stronger Trade Ties Between Europe And China – OpEd
One development for 2025 that can be seen clearly in the crystal ball is improving trade ties between China and Europe. The reason this is a virtual certainty is Donald Trump is doing everything he...
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Kyiv Plays Games With Russian Gas Transit – OpEd
The dataset by the Brussels-based think tank Brugel aggregating the data on European natural gas import flows and storage levels puts in perspective Ukraine’s decision to halt the transit of Russian...
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The New Hysteria: The Regime Pivots From Russians To Immigrants – OpEd
By Ryan McMaken The debate over immigration is working out perfectly for the deep state. Donald Trump is calling on the CIA and the FBI to “get involved” in domestic policing. At he same time, MAGA...
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Georgia At The Crossroads – Analysis
By Luke Coffey For more than two months, mass demonstrations have dominated Georgia, a small, yet strategically vital, country in the South Caucasus. These protests initially erupted in response to...
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African Union Developing A Ten-Year Comprehensive Agriculture Program...
For three working days, 9th –11th January 2025, in the Speke Resort Conference Centre in Uganda's capital, Kampala, the African Union Commission (AUC) will host the Extraordinary Summit on the...
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Frail Egos And Sandpit Colonialism: Australia, The United States And Invading...
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in the news again. The release of Australian cabinet documents from 2004 – a supposed treat for historians of Australian history each new year – has...
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The Limits Of Transactionalism – OpEd
“We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” -- C.S. Lewis “Men Without Chests” I recently returned from...
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Bangladesh: Can Sheikh Hasina, Awami League Make A Political Comeback? –...
By Sharifuzzaman Pintu The once formidable Awami League has faded from the limelight in Bangladesh, leading some political analysts to question the party’s future amid uncertainty about whether it...
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Drone Production In South And North Korea – Analysis
By Dr. Ranjit Kumar Dhawan The Korean Peninsula is one of the highly militarised regions in the world. In the milieu of the ongoing Russia–Ukraine war since 2022, which has seen extensive use of...
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Chinese Companies Expanding Abroad Must Strike A Balance Between ‘Growth’ And...
By Chen Li Chinese companies are riding a new wave of "going global,"driven by a strong enthusiasm to expand into overseas markets, targeting regions like Africa, South America, and North America....
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Cold War: Moldova’s Breakaway Transnistria Freezes Amid Russian Gas Cut-Off –...
This week's cut-off of Russian gas supplies could create a humanitarian crisis in the breakaway Transnistria region, sparking public discontent and that might threaten Moldova's path towards the EU,...
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Key Strategic Forces Takeaways From The 2024 China Military Power Report –...
By Rebeccah L. Heinrichs China’s Nuclear Buildup The Department of Defense has released its annual report to Congress on Chinese military developments. The report confirms that China is accelerating...
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The Destruction Of Early Republican Architecture In Ankara – OpEd
Unbelievable things are happening in Ankara. Many valuable buildings from the early Republican period, which witnessed the founding years of the Turkish Republic, are sadly being demolished one by...
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UNIFIL Accuses Israeli Army Of Deliberately Destroying Property In Southern...
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Saturday accused the Israeli army of deliberately destroying its property and critical infrastructure in southern Lebanon, marking a serious...
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China’s ‘Monster’ Ship Arrives At Scarborough Shoal
The world’s largest coast guard vessel, a Chinese ship known as “The Monster,” has arrived at the disputed Scarborough Shoal inside the Philippine exclusive economic zone to boost Beijing’s control...
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2024 In Review: Was It The Year Of Democracy? – OpEd
The world bid farewell to 2024 which forged a phase marked by its democratic struggles, political reforms, and major shifts in power. From the streets of Dhaka to the battlefields of Myanmar, from...
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