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Thousands stage flower protest in Belarus, EU weighs sanctions
Security forces have clashed with protesters for three consecutive nights after Lukashenko claimed a landslide re-election victory in a vote…
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Moscow and Ankara will continue uneasy cooperation
Moscow also touts possible space cooperation with Turkey amidst tensions with the US on this issue. Anna Borshchevskaya Middle East…
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Turkish Aggression Is NATO’s ‘Elephant in the Room’
BRUSSELS — The warships were escorting a vessel suspected of smuggling weapons into Libya, violating a United Nations arms embargo.…
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Peace in Ukraine (II): A New Approach to Disengagement
If this facilitates peacemaking, so much the better. ICG What’s new? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to power in 2019…
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In Belarus, Lukashenko faces a female challenge
MINSK – There’s little doubt that Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko will win a sixth term in elections on August 9…
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The Kurdish Role in Russia’s Middle East Power Play
Earlier this month, Russia renewed its push to include Kurds from north and east Syria in negotiations with Bashar al-Assad’s…
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Turkey and the Future of the Eastern Mediterranean
In parallel with the civil wars in Syria and Libya, the power play between the US and Russia, the Israeli-Palestinian…
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What the West can learn from Ukraine’s treatment of Soviet monuments
KYIV — Before Ukraine declared independence in 1991, statues of Vladimir Lenin were an inescapable part of the landscape. Veronika…
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Averting an Egyptian Military Intervention in Libya
Following Turkey’s intervention on the Tripoli government’s behalf, Egypt’s involvement could escalate the war dramatically. ICG All parties should seek…
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Britain will respond to space threat from Russia and China – minister
Britain will boost its ability to handle threats posed by Russia and China in space as part of a foreign,…
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Preventing a Bloody Harvest on the Armenia-Azerbaijan State Border
The incidents underscored how quickly and unexpectedly this front can erupt. ICG The two countries should take better advantage of…
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Syria Is Tempting, But Will China Bite?
China’s economic interests in Syria On the eve of the Syrian Civil War, Muhammad Jarah’s and Ahmad Bustati’s warehouse in…
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Siberia heatwave was ‘almost impossible’ without climate change, scientists say
A recent heatwave in Siberia that saw temperature records tumble as the region sweltered in 38-Celsius highs was “almost impossible”…
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Kastellorizo Is The Key To Turkish & Greek Ambitions In The Eastern Mediterranean
How would Greece, neighboring states, and the U.S. respond? Jack Dulgarian Global Security Review “Greece can live inside the dream…
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Did Putin Get the Origins of World War II Right?
On the seventy-fifth anniversary of the start of World War II, Russian president Vladimir Putin published a major article in…
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Our past silence has cost Hong Kong everything
The passage of the new ‘Hong Kong National Security Law on June 30 by the Chinese Communist Party apparatus has…
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