August Hanning, the former president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), has been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected treasonous espionage, the disclosure of state secrets and attempted treason, placing
Germany’s postwar democratic stability is often attributed to a constitution designed to prevent another Weimar collapse. But Weimar already had powerful tools to defend democracy, which political institutions often failed to use
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Why people become politically engaged when the personal costs can be real and the right course of action is rarely certain. Drawing on Albert Camus, Václav Havel and Jan Patočka, it presents
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Singapore’s success was built on a compact city-state, a strategic port, concentrated population, state-controlled housing, tightly coordinated institutions and deliberate social engineering. Sri Lanka, with its rural economy, agricultural regions, established ethnic
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The Dutch transformation of Sri Lanka was not based solely on military power or direct colonial administration. According to the source, its deeper impact lay in the creation of systems through which
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The investigation into a dilapidated duplex in North Philadelphia has uncovered evidence involving 58 women who authorities say appear to have been sexually exploited, while investigators examine more than a million photographs
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The United States and Russia worked to weaken proposed international safeguards for lethal autonomous weapons during United Nations negotiations in Geneva this month, removing provisions that would have required greater reliability, ethical
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For travellers making connecting flights, an airport’s size and number of destinations can matter less than how quickly passengers can move between gates. A data study of the 50 largest US airports
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The planned withdrawal of nearly all remaining US troops from Iraq by the end of September is leaving Washington’s Kurdish allies facing what the prime minister of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region describes
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Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly embedded in military operations around the world, with experts warning that the technology could accelerate decisions in war, influence human commanders and, in extreme scenarios, contribute to
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Millions of people across Britain are struggling to afford food as the cost of essentials continues to rise, with a new poll finding that three-quarters of people have worried about food prices
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Apple has been ordered by a US federal jury to pay more than $5.7 billion to San Diego-based Taction Technology for infringing patents covering technology used to produce haptic feedback in electronic
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Iran on Sunday insisted that diplomacy was the only way to resolve its conflict with the United States and Israel after US President Donald Trump said he had rejected an Iranian proposal
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The United States “very much” understands Taiwan’s defence needs and the severe military threat it faces from China, a senior Taiwanese diplomat said on Sunday, following a summit between US President Donald
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End Times Fascism argues that the real danger is not simply the return of twentieth-century fascism, but the emergence of a politics that treats planetary crisis as inevitable, profitable and even desirable.
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The international system is undergoing a period of structural change in which technology, geopolitical competition and the shifting economic centre of gravity are interacting to weaken established patterns of Western dominance, according
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