Politics
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Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuclear site
The construction comes as the US nears election day in a campaign pitting President Donald Trump, whose maximum pressure campaign…
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Japan’s Suga crawls but needs to sprint
TOKYO – Japan needed a bang. What it got was a whimper. Case in point? Yoshihide Suga. William Pesek Asia…
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Turkey Doesn’t Have the Economic Bite to Back Up Erdogan’s Bark
Turkey doesn’t have the latter David Rosenberg Haaretz In the midst of one of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s frequent…
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The U.S. Presidential Election: Managing the Risks of Violence
It is conceivable that violence could erupt during voting or protracted ballot counts. ICG Officials should take extra precautions; media…
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Johnson’s Brexit Bill set to be blocked by House of Lords
British prime minister’s Boris Johnson’s plan to flout international law over Brexit is set to be blocked by the House of…
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Erdogan and Khan are hypocritical about Macron’s France
It feels strange to hear Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan talk about secular values…
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Global coronavirus report: Italian police use tear gas to disperse anti-lockdown rally
Police in Italy have fired tear gas to disperse angry crowds in the northern cities of Turin and Milan after protests against…
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What Americans Can Learn From Their Isolationist Past
Kupchan seeks to do just that in his new book. We present here two timely excerpts. Charles A. Kupchan The…
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Cuba Responds to Pandemic, Blockade and New Economic Troubles
Government leaders recently outlined remedial steps leading to what they call a “new normal.” W.T. Whitney Jr. CounterPunch The UN’s…
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Belarus opposition prepares mass strikes after Alexander Lukashenko ignores deadline to quit
Eleven weeks after a disputed presidential election, the crisis in the former Soviet republic entered a new phase with the…
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By sea and land, Turkey raises tensions with EU
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s provocations — including saying Emmanuel Macron needs “mental treatment” — have angered the EU and… David M.…
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Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to Supreme Court by GOP senators
No Democratic senator supported Barrett’s confirmation — the first time since the mid-1800s that a Supreme Court nominee has not…
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Israel, Lebanon to Start Maritime Border Talks
Technically in a state of war and with no diplomatic relations, both countries claim some 860 square kilometer of the…
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Celebrations as Chile votes by huge majority to scrap Pinochet-era constitution
Chile has voted overwhelmingly in favor of rewriting the the country’s constitution to replace guiding principles imposed four decades ago…
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Georgia and Russia: Why and How to Save Normalisation
But whoever wins at the polls should not abandon dialogue, but rather build on it to frankly discuss these problems.…
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George Bizos & his Odyssey to Freedom – Online Symposium (6)
With: Dr. Jennifer Webb, Melbourne, Australia – Mr. George Ph Georgiou, S. Africa / W. Australia – Dr. Luli Callinicos,…
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