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Iran Update, August 2, 2024

Iran and its Axis of Resistance may target US forces in Syria as part of a retaliatory strike for Israel killing several Axis of Resistance leaders, including Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh. Euphrates Post reported that Iranian-backed Iraqi militias Kataib Hezbollah, Sayyida al Shuhada, and Harakat Ansar Allah al …

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Africa File Special Edition: Russia’s Deadly Blunder in Mali

Key Takeaway: Tuareg insurgents with likely ties to the Tuareg separatist rebel coalition and al Qaeda’s Sahelian affiliate repelled a Malian-Russian offensive in northern Mali in the deadliest engagement for Russian forces since they arrived in Mali in 2021. The heavy casualties likely have prompted Malian and Russian forces to …

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Europe’s Recipe for Disaster: The Von der Leyen Program

[T]his reduction [of greenhouse gas emissions] structures and determines the whole of the Commission’s program, because all human activity — industrial, commercial and private — emits greenhouse gases. In fact, in a program document published by the Commission in February 2024, already under the aegis of von der Leyen, are …

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Democracy Digest: Polish-Hungarian Relations Plumb New Depths

Elsewhere, Hungary angers allies by easing entry for Russian citizens; leader of Slovak National Party says he’ll visit Moscow; protests against Azov Brigade presence in Prague; and inflation in Poland on the rise again. Bilateral relations between Poland and Hungary nosedived after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine – Poland is …

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Putin’s “Son”

The story of one of Russia’s most secretive officials – the chief personnel officer of the Russian regime There is a special position in the Kremlin hierarchy. “This is a caste of chosen people,” said Alexey Dyumin, recently Secretary of the State Council, and before that, Putin’s long-time bodyguard. Dyumin …

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The Global Backlash Against Globalization

A mushroom-shaped cloud and water column from the underwater Baker nuclear explosion off the Marshall Islands, July 25, 1946. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) They were all buddy-buddy for the cameras, going for a joy ride in a deluxe limo and toasting each other at a gala …

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