Tag: geopolitics
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Listen: https://ift.tt/Da4g65k China is building the largest power plant the world has ever seen, in a very remote corner of Tibet. But the $167 billion hydropower dam has environmentalists and… more ›
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Sunday’s deal is the almost inevitable outcome of a declining great power placing its faith in an economically https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/opinion/the-brief-how-trumps-triumph-ursulas-shame-europes-nightmare/?utm_source=euractiv&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=intro&utm_term=0-0&utm_campaign=THE_BRIEF more ›
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Russia is a Near Eastern country now subordinated to East Asia, but historically it has prospered most when tied closely to Europe. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/where-is-russias-place-in-the-world/ more ›
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With Russia’s key partner in the Middle East on the ropes, the Kremlin runs the risk of being drawn into a broader conflict it cannot afford. So far, Putin has… more ›
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Growing up in Brazil, neuroscientist Danielle Beckman always dreamed of moving to the US for work. So, in 2017, when Beckman got the opportunity to work at the California National… more ›
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“A few years ago, no one would have imagined that one of the biggest democracies in the world would cancel research programs under the pretext that the word… https://countercurrents.org/2025/05/americas-great-brain-drain/?utm_source=perplexity more ›
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Over the first half of 2025, the USA has cut science as never before. This disaster for American science is a gift to the rest of the world. Throughout the… more ›
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The European Union is launching a drive to attract scientists and researchers with offers of grants and new policy plans. It comes after the Trump administration froze U.S. government funding… more ›
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Forcing the region to choose sides risks pushing it toward China. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-trumps-coercion-could-backfire-asia more ›