Asia
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A sham sentence after a secret trial for Aung San Suu Kyi’s Australian economic adviser
This week a puppet court sentenced him to three years in prison, alongside Suu Kyi, who has already been sentenced to…
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Why I Love the “Vietnam Syndrome” of the People
The Vietnam Syndrome was a term deployed after the U.S. defeat in the Vietnam War to explain and complain about…
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A Moment of Truth for Yemen’s Truce
The UN and external powers should redouble their efforts to forge agreement on an expanded deal. ICG If those look…
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Erdogan Threatens Greece
“We have only one sentence for Greece: Do not forget Izmir [the city of Smyrna]. Your occupying the [Aegean] islands…
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3 ways these latest Iran demonstrations are different to past protests
The latest protests, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police, follow several other protests that…
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Turkish Foreign Policy: Geopolitical Adventurism at a Crossroads
Perhaps no question concerning the Middle East and Europe today has been more loudly voiced than “What is Turkey doing?”…
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Iranian Leaders Should Call Off Their Campaign of Repression
The death of Mahsa Amini has outraged citizens throughout Iran, setting off a protest wave. IGC If it wishes for…
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Gorbachev’s Other Legacy: Normalizing Sino-Soviet Ties
Mikhail Gorbachev’s death last month unleashed numerous commentaries and evaluations of his legacy. Ivan Lidarev The National Interest Predictably, many…
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After ‘slow start’, US companies embrace refugees
When Abdul Nasir Rahimi started his job hunt in the US, employers didn’t quite know what to make of him:…
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Chinese FM tells American representatives five certainties about China
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday met with representatives from…
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Why are Turkey and Azerbaijan targeting Armenia and Greece?
Denial of the Genocidal Past Perpetuates Future Threats Uzay Bulut * On September 13, starting at 00:05, the Armenian people…
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Zim students stuck in Turkey
CYPRUS has said students lured to the country on dubious scholarship programmes are held in prisons in the Northern region…
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Smyrna : Death of a Metaphor
“A world ends when its metaphor has died. An age becomes an age, all else beside, When sensuous poets in…
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Afghanistan: Taliban torture and execute Hazaras in targeted attack – new investigation
Six people killed during a night raid on a family home in Ghor province, including a 12-year-old girl Ongoing Taliban killings…
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“Land of Aeolia”
Land of Aeolia by Ilias Venezis is inspired by the author’s happy childhood memories from his summers spent at his grandparents’…
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Turkey: Hundreds of churches and monasteries waiting to be ‘saved’
A hundred years after the 1913-23 genocide of Christians by Ottoman Turkey, the last remnants of the cultural and religious…
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