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Blood and Iron: How Nationalist Imperialism Became Russia’s State Ideology

Summary:The nationalist-imperialist worldview that the Putin regime is imposing on Russians is intended to feed on the past and exploit historical memories and concepts to reshape and manage the mass consciousness of the Russian people. The war in Ukraine created an entirely new political reality for the Kremlin and prompted …

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Troubled by Hezbollah attacks, northern evacuees may not return

Following the October 7 Hamas attacks, residents along Israel’s northern border grow increasingly anxious over the possibility of a similar assault by Hezbollah. Gil Sagi is an Israeli dairy farmer living on a kibbutz in northern Israel. Since the beginning of Israel’s war with Hamas, his community, along with others, …

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Son of Hezbollah commander behind establishment of Iraqi militias reported killed in Israeli airstrike

Hassan Ali Daqduq, the son of senior Hezbollah commander Musa Ali Daqduq, was killed in a recent Israeli airstrike in Syria’s Quneitra governorate, according to reports. The elder Daqduq was tasked by Iran and Hezbollah to establish militias in Iraq along the lines of Lebanese Hezbollah. He was successful in …

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