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The ruinous reign of Vladimir the Terrible
The Hill· 11 hours agoHeaven help us all if Russian Patriarch Kirill has his way. Just after Vladimir Putin’s inauguration on May 7 as self-elected president, the godly church head expressed the wish that Putin’s ...
The D Brief: Iran’s president dies; ICC warrant for Bibi, Hamas leaders; Global spending, up; A...
Defense One· 11 hours agoDeveloping: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash Sunday in a mountainous region northwest of the country, near the border with Azerbaijan. Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian ...
As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again
Midland Reporter-Telegram· 2 days agoA powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state...
The UK has surged to become one of the biggest exporters in the world – but this isn’t all good news
The Conversation· 4 days agoAccording to new data, the UK overtook major economies like France, the Netherlands and Japan, and sat behind only China, the US and Germany in 2022 with US$1.02 trillion ...
Markets Keep Rising Despite Inflation Concerns
New York Times· 5 days agoStocks on both sides of the Atlantic set records as investors foresee interest rates moving in one direction: down. Stocks in Asia and parts of Europe...
African Countries Are Failing to Make a Dent in Washington’s Diplomatic Scene
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFew members of Congress care about African issues. And that’s even with U.S. concern about China and Russia’s influence on the continent. Johnson’s office assured me the decision ...
Desperate Biden must debate to win — but there are risks
The Hill· 3 days agoKudos to Team Biden for successfully landing the first punch in the presidential free-for-all (aka,...
Armor: The Mali Collection Highlights
Strategy Page· 5 days agoDecember 24, 2021: In the landlocked central African nation of Mali there is still a large amount of Islamic terrorism and violent tribal feuds. The May 2021 coup was not ...
Mali: Incorrigibly Corrupt
Strategy Page· 2 days agoNovember 5, 2021: The current military government is the third one in the last decade and like the others is considered temporary and the current one is supposed to be replaced by elections ...
The new rules of geopolitics in Africa
Defense One· 2 days agoPublished in coordination with the 2024 Global Security Forum, of which Defense One is a media partner. The forced closing of two U.S. military bases in...
