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Europe In Its Energy Labyrinth – OpEd

European politicians continue to run in all directions to find a way out of their energy crisis. One of them – Simonetta Sommaruga, the Swiss Environment Minister, asked people to ‘shower together’. Others are competing to grant the business of transporting energy from the North of Africa to the continent. …

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How Europe Has Navigated Its Energy Crises

A multifaceted response from Europe has so far prevented its energy woes from creating widespread social and economic destabilization. But with winter approaching, the crisis is far from over and risks are getting worse. While European energy prices have eased slightly in recent months, stress continues to build across a …

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Ukraine’s Path to Victory

How the Country Can Take Back All Its Territory For too long, the global democratic coalition supporting Kyiv has focused on what it should not do in the invasion of Ukraine. Its main aims include not letting Ukraine lose and not letting Russian President Vladimir Putin win—but also not allowing …

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Globalization Isn’t Dead

The World Is More Fragmented, but Interdependence Still Rules After two and a half years of a pandemic that has exposed the fragility of global supply chains and eight months of war in Ukraine that has severed economic ties between Russia and the West and disrupted global food and energy …

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The Revolt In Iran Is An Ethnic Minorities-Led Uprising

Introduction The ongoing protests against the Iranian regime can be defined not only as a women-led uprising, but also an ethnic minorities-led one. In fact, for the ethnic minorities that comprise almost half of Iran’s population (e.g., Ahwazi Arabs, Kurds, and Balochis), this is a “revolution” for liberty and basic …

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A BLUFF BY ORBAN THE EU APPEARS UNWILLING TO CALL

After adopting legislation to address corruption, Hungary received two more months to prove EU funds are safe and there’s no need for financial sanctions. If Hungary succeeds, it will not be because of such cosmetic moves, but because of how EU politics work. Astrange charade is going on in Brussels: …

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