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August, 2023

  • 3 August

    Democracy Digest: Orban’s Speech Riles the Neighbours

    Elsewhere, Poland continues to talk tough over preventing Ukrainian grain from flooding its market; radicalised Czech pensioners rise up, again; Slovak paediatricians to no longer take on shifts in children’s emergency rooms from next week. Hungarian PM Viktor Orban did not make the international headlines with this year’s speech in …

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  • 3 August

    As Kosovo Honours Its Guerrillas, Civilian War Victims Are Often Overlooked

    A dispute about engraving civilians’ names on a monument to deceased fighters in a small Kosovo town highlighted a wider problem: although most people killed in the 1998-99 war were civilians, most war memorials commemorate guerrillas. For more than 20 years, the name of Adem Ahmetaj’s nephew Jeton could be …

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  • 3 August

    WITNESSING UKRAINIAN ACTION IN ACTION

    One of many crowdfunded initiatives that have sprouted up to help Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian Action has just delivered its 200th vehicle filled with humanitarian supplies.The conflict in Ukraine has come to be known as the “crowdfunded war”, as volunteers from around the world use social media to raise …

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  • 3 August

    In Belgian-Serbian Arms Deals, Costly ‘Anomalies’ and a Whiff of Fraud

    Auditors have flagged “anomalies” worth almost 14 million euros in deals between a Serbian arms factory and a Belgian machinery manufacturer, BIRN can report. In 2017, in the southwestern Serbian town of Pozega, President Aleksandar Vucic cut the ribbon on a factory built to produce ammunition. “Out of nothing, out …

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  • 3 August

    Macron conduit la France dans l’impasse en Afrique

    Est-ce que le président français actuel est un bon stratège politique ? À l’aune de la déroute de la France au Niger, au Sahel et plus largement sur le continent africain tant sur le point humain, militaire, et géopolitique, la question se pose. Une alliance de pays africains contre la …

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  • 3 August

    The Profiteers Of Armageddon – OpEd

    Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you’re undoubtedly aware that award-winning director Christopher Nolan has released a new film about Robert Oppenheimer, known as the “father of the atomic bomb” for leading the group of scientists who created that deadly weapon as part of …

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  • 3 August

    The New Silk Road: A Project For China’s Global Hegemony – Analysis

    China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”, or as it is called in China, “One Belt, One Road”, is much better known under the name “New Silk Road”. It’s one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects of all time. The initiative was launched in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, and includes …

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  • 3 August

    Niger Is the Fourth Country in the Sahel to Experience an Anti-Western Coup

    At 3 a.m. on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country’s borders and declared a curfew. The coup d’état was immediately condemned by the Economic Community of West African States, by …

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  • 3 August

    China’s Control Over AI Apps: Emerging Dynamics In The Field Of Artificial Intelligence – Analysis

    China is actively fostering and encouraging innovation in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) via a multitude of approaches. With the order from the Chinese government, Apple has removed over 100 artificial intelligence applications from the Chinese App Store. These apps have broken enacted governmental regulations that seek to curb …

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  • 3 August

    Niger is the Fourth Country in the Sahel to Experience an Anti-Western Coup

    At 3 a.m. on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country’s borders and declared a curfew. The coup d’état was immediately condemned by the Economic Community of West African States, by …

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