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Quand De Gaulle, Giscard et Chirac étaient (bien) plus à droite que «l’extrême droite»

Si Jordan Bardella est d’extrême droite, en raison notamment des positions du RN sur l’immigration, où classer du coup le général de Gaulle et ses pâles épigones ? Les pudeurs de gazelle des dirigeants LR vis-à-vis de toute alliance électorale sont-elles vraiment justifiées ? « Les musulmans, vous êtes allés …

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Sleepwalking Toward War

In The Rise of the Anglo-German Antagonism, 1860–1914, the British historian Paul Kennedy explained how two traditionally friendly peoples ended up in a downward spiral of mutual hostility that led to World War I. Major structural forces drove the competition between Germany and Britain: economic imperatives, geography, and ideology. Germany’s …

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Russian warships reach Cuban waters ahead of military exercises in the Caribbean

A fleet of Russian warships reached Cuban waters on Wednesday ahead of planned military exercises in the Caribbean that some see as a projection of strength as tensions grow over Western support for Ukraine. The fleet, made up of a frigate, a nuclear-powered submarine, an oil tanker and a rescue …

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