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 By Henry Srebrnik, [Saint John, N.B.] Telegraph-Journal The outbreak of war in Sudan illustrates the perilous trajectories facing “hybrid” regimes around the world. Just a… Read More

The Afghan Taliban have reportedly integrated suicide battalions into their conventional military. Pakistan needs to seriously ponder the security ramifications of a neighboring state deploy… Read More

How will AI impact our immediate and near future? Can the technology be controlled, and does it have agency? Watch DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman and Yuval Noah Harari debate these que… Read More

Saturday will probably be remembered as one of the crucial devastating days in Israel’s historical past. The occasions had been all too paying homage to the assaults 50 years in th… Read More

A graphic showing the Democratic Socialists of America logo (left) compared to the flag of the Soviet Union (right), via the European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS)  In 2015, a Uni… Read More

Recommendation The violent regimes of autocrats like Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot may be over, but tyranny itself is not yet a thing of the past. In this accessible version of some of their mo… Read More

Helsing, a “Defense AI” startup backed by Spotify founder Daniel Ek which had previously raised €102.5 million, has today pulled in another €209 million ($223 million)… Read More

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Indictments. Convictions. Sentencings. Headline stories abound with ongoing full-frontal assaults on the fabric of the USA’s constitutional order, nee “disorder.” Constitut… Read More

  Carl Schmitt was one of the most controversial political theorists of the 20th century. We will explore his biography, along with the relationship between Schmitt and the Nazis. Is i… Read More

On Wednesday, August 30th, 2023, Gabon, whose Presidential envoy was in Abuja two weeks ago on solidarity visit to President Tinubu who is the ECOWAS Chairman over the Niger coup debacle, be… Read More

Sydney Morning Herald: Why haven’t we regulated social media yet?. “Seven years after the Donald Trump campaign exploited social media to upend liberal democracy and unleash a ne… Read More

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A country spends millions, sometimes billions, to deliver a major international sports event to the world. That money buys a chance to project strength at h… Read More

The media have many roles; it is the media’s job to inform us, entertain us and to amuse us. But the mass media have an additional vital task: the promotion of shared social values and… Read More

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.David KarpfA story in four parts, about predictions and wh… Read More

Yoon Suk-Yeol, the president of South Korea, paid a surprise visit to Ukraine to show his support for that nation in its conflict with Russia. Korea is to extend its support to Ukraine by $1… Read More

History has shown that liberal democracies tend to be the most dangerous in wars, using weapons that others hesitate from deploying. It was the United States that first used nuclear weapon… Read More

                      IT'S A DOLL'S LIFE  Geo-politics is played on a world chessboard often by sad oldies in sober… Read More

Hong Kong riot police, 7 September 2019. taken in front of the Tung Chung MTR station during the 7 September airport protest. photo and context by: Tauno Tõhk. Photo under licence via… Read More

Author: Chiranjib Sen, Azim Premji University The January 2023 Hindenburg Research report accused the Adani Group — one of India’s largest conglomerates — of share price ir… Read More

Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole maintains the party will have to moderate if it wants to win a majority government in the next general election, and he “disagrees&rd… Read More