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The Long Arm of the Strongman

How China and Russia Use Sharp Power to Threaten Democracies Democracies have struggled and autocracies have grown in strength in the past decade and a half. During this period, dictatorships have intensified and modernized their systems of repression. Governments in virtually every region, many ostensible democracies among them, have become …

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Inventing Crisis in Moldova: All Geopolitics Is Local

Summary: Despite relaxed relations between Moldova and Transdniestria, Russia has recently raised the alarm the frozen conflict might turn hot. Is it a serious threat or just a manufactured crisis? The U.S. politician Tip O’Neill is credited with the phrase “all politics is local.” UK prime minister Neville Chamberlain, too, …

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Israel says 160 terrorists killed in Gaza since beginning of operation

A total of 65 launchers, which can fire between four-nine rockets within seconds, have been destroyed in the past three days. The IDF has killed at least 160 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists since the beginning of Operation Guardian of the Walls began last week, the military said on Tuesday. …

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