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The War Party Wants A New Cold War, And The Money That Comes With It

In perhaps the most predictable column of the year, the Wall Street Journal this week featured a column by Walter Russell Mead declaring it’s “Time to Increase Defense Spending.” Using the Beijing Olympics and the potential Ukraine War to push for funneling ever more taxpayer dollars into military spending, Mead …

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Dbeibah Trying To Take Libya By Force: What Will Happen Next?

Libya’s political jostling is intensifying as the parliament prepares to announce a new Prime Minister. Despite the incumbent Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh’s refusal to step down has pushed ahead with plans to again extend a transitional period and delay any elections. In addition, the maneuvering comes after December’s collapse of a …

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NATO Secretary General Praises Transatlantic Unity To Protect Black Sea Region

On Friday (11 February), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited the Mihail Kogălniceanu Military Base (MK) in Romania to greet Allied deployments to the security of Romania and the Black Sea Region. In a joint press conference with the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, the Secretary General thanked Romania for …

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