Tag: global affairs
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The US wants rights to DR Congo’s minerals, but one vital mine is still in rebel hands. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvj986l615o more ›
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Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur, joins Naomi to discuss calls for her removal and her latest report documenting the ‘corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project.’ https://zeteo.com/p/israels-tech-boom-and-the-economy?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=2325511&post_id=167856162&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=cfk9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email 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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“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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Private security work can be a brutal world of short-term contracts, exploitation, and under-regulation, where the imperative of profit is expected to trump collective notions of military brotherhood. Why then… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/2rw1NyJ U.S. President Donald Trump's decision this week to pause military funding for Ukraine and to align his government with Russia further widens the cleavage between the United States… more ›
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As the great powers battle it out over the shape of the world order, visionary leaders of small nations are pragmatically positioning themselves as best they can for whatever comes… more ›
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The human egg is a precious resource, exchanged in markets open, gray or black. https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-fertility-egg-trade/ more ›