The Drake Framework The grounding of aircraft across the United States on 13 November 2026 provides an important occasion to examine the vulnerability of international civil aviation through an application of Frank
“Fear should not arise from the possible harm itself, but from the likelihood of that harm, for reason allows us to assess risks logically.” ~ Rene Descartes The Threat As citizens of
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In a G-Zero world, where no one country or group of countries is willing and able to provide global leadership, the law of the jungle prevails. And the law of the jungle says the
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In July 2024 Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for the development of a next-generation ‘supersonic strike missile’, as part of a collaborative project between
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The apocalyptic wildfires that have erupted in the boreal forest in Siberia, the Russian Far East and Canada, climate scientists repeatedly warned, would inevitably move southwards as rising global temperatures created hotter, more fire-prone landscapes. Now they
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Ever since the people of the world learned the need for homogeneity—be it cultural, linguistic, religious, tribal, or for the necessity to band together—and felt the need to acknowledge the existence of
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If you are hoping to turn a Russian pharmacy into a Ukrainian one, it’s not enough just to clip the letter “я” off the end of the word “гомеопатическая” on its signboard.
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Very few humans have had the good fortune to descend into the depths of the world’s oceans. The deepest such place – 11 kilometres below sea level at its deepest point –
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Why are major governments, corporations, think tanks and the Davos WEF all promoting a Zero Carbon global agenda to eliminate use of oil, gas, coal? They know that the turn to solar
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Joe Biden’s parting gift of $8 billion in weapons sales to the apartheid state of Israel acknowledges the gruesome reality of the genocide in Gaza. This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the
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The merit I gain from sewing back together the north, south, east, and west of the country that had remained fractured for three long decades makes me a man who can die
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“It takes nine months to complete the drug procurement process, thus there is no immediate solution to address various glitches in the system. In order to address the importance of tackling the
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Jimmy Carter, out of office, had the courage to call out the “abominable oppression and persecution” and “strict segregation” of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza in his 2006 book “Palestine: Peace Not
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, stood apart as a leader driven by ideals, unyielding in his commitment to moral principles. His presidency, from
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This, sadly, is yet another holiday season marked by war and death throughout the Middle East, Ukraine, and especially in Gaza. And so I thought, in keeping with the glum spirit of
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My acquaintance with Mansoor Hekmat began in 2004, during a time of turbulence, both in the world and in my own search for meaning. It was in Sanandaj, center city of Kurdistan
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