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Weaponizing Antisemitism

All of us—and we are legion across the world must keep our eyes on the genocide in Gaza, as well as on the vicious pogroms underway in the West Bank. A recent statement by James Elder of UNICEF reports that in Rafah, “The European hospital is crammed with severely injured …

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President Xi In Europe: European Union-China Catch 22 For US?

In 2021, the talk of “Strategic Autonomy” was buzzing in Europe’s corridors of power towards greater European independence primarily from dependence on the US led by French President Emmanuel Macron. Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine reshaped Europe’s economic strategy to “De-Risking” to reduce economic dependence on China following Washington’s dictates’ …

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Robert Reich: Antisemitism? – OpEd

My father, Ed Reich, was haunted by antisemitism his entire life. He grew up in New York City in the 1910s and 1920s. He was often taunted for being Jewish. The colleges he applied to had quotas on Jewish applicants. He and many in his generation witnessed or experienced the …

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Moscow’s Plan For Splitting Up Kazakhstan Is Most Probably Already Working, But Very Few People Notice – OpEd

Dr. Stephen Blank, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program, in his piece entitled “Is Kazakhstan Russia’s Next Target?” and published by Real Clear Defense, raises the question in the following way: “Is Kazakhstan, rather than another European state, Russia’s next target?”. Further, he explains what …

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Iran Update, May 11, 2024

Key Takeaways: Northern Gaza Strip: The IDF issued evacuation orders for civilians around Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, due to Hamas reconstituting militarily there.Southern Gaza Strip: The IDF issued expanded its evacuation orders for civilians around Rafah, extending the evacuation zone to two refugee camps and nearby neighborhoods.West Bank: CTP-ISW did …

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Iran Update, May 10, 2024

Palestinian militias conducted at least 17 attacks targeting the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Zaytoun on May 10, suggesting that Hamas was able either to preserve or reconstitute military capability in Zaytoun despite IDF operations there.[i] The IDF launched a re-clearing operation into Zaytoun neighborhood, southern Gaza City, on May …

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Quel avenir pour l’Europe dans la multipolarité ?

Dans son dernier essai, La Défaite de l’Occident, Emmanuel Todd remet en question «l’axiome» de l’État-nation qui règle les relations internationales depuis le XVIIIe siècle jusqu’à aujourd’hui (axiome fondateur des «Nations unies»). Il propose «une interpréta­tion pour ainsi dire post-euclidienne de la géopolitique mondiale», qui ne repose pas sur l’État-nation, …

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