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North Africa Demurs on Normalization With Israel

On the third anniversary of the Abraham Accords, an already fractured region is divided further over the prospects of peace. As the United States celebrates the third anniversary of the Abraham Accords, which seeks normalization and shared economic and political relations between Israel and the Arab world, three of the …

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Capitalism is dead: long live Technofeudalism

We have all been turned into cloud-serfs I once heard an elderly Friedrich von Hayek begin a tirade against socialist planning with a charming personal tale. “The other day,” he said playfully, “I went into a shop. I left with an item that, previously, I had no idea I wanted!” …

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The Left is losing the climate class war

Punishing the workers won’t save the planet Britain’s cosy climate consensus has been broken. No longer is “net zero” some airy target that can waft freely in the intellectual blue sky of speeches and policy papers — it is an ambition that has finally drifted onto the frontline of politics. …

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Russia Calls Pashinian’s Criticism Of Moscow Over Situation In Nagorno-Karabakh ‘Unacceptable’

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and many Armenians blame Russia for failing to use its peacekeeping force to protect ethnic Armenians in Azerbaijan’s mostly Armenian-populated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia’s Foreign Ministry on September 25 slammed remarks by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian that were critical of Moscow, saying they …

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A Reluctant Magnet: Navigating the EU’s Absorption Capacity

Summary:The prospect of further enlargement presents the EU with multiple institutional, policy, and financial dilemmas. The successful integration of Ukraine and other candidate countries will require pragmatism, reforms, and transitional arrangements. The EU’s 2022 decision to grant candidate country status to Moldova and Ukraine suddenly revived the debate on the …

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