By now, the most surprising thing about Donald Trump’s policies, according to Yuval Noah Harari, is that anyone is still surprised. In a sweeping critique published in the Financial Times, the acclaimed
by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The war in Ukraine is no longer just a conflict over borders or ideology. It has turned into a bloody, high-stakes battle over control of resources that
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In a blistering series of remarks, U.S. President Donald Trump launched an unprecedented attack on Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, calling him “a modestly successful comedian” and “a dictator without elections.” Trump’s comments,
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President Donald Trump has called for Ukraine to hold elections as part of any peace agreement with Russia, signaling a shift in the US approach to resolving the ongoing conflict. Trump’s remarks,
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Since the successful conclusion of the war in mid-May 2009, despite all the naysayers, and even the likes of the then British Foreign Secretary David Milliband and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner,
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The Trump administration’s war with the deep state is not a purgative. It is not about freeing us from the tyranny of intelligence agencies, militarized police, the largest prison system in the world, predatory corporations or
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is set to significantly expand its involvement in the U.S. government’s battle against Mexican drug cartels under President Donald Trump’s administration. As outlined in a detailed report
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What emerges from the dramatic happenings of the past week is that the 3-year chronicle of US-Russia rivalry and the NATO’s proxy war in Ukraine was a crisis engineered with great deliberation
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Kiss the ring. Grovel before the Godfather. Give him tribute, a cut of the spoils. If he and his family get rich you get rich. Enter his inner circle, his “made” men
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From 1945 until the early 1990s, the global order was based on the hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was an order filled with conflict, danger and ideological
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Under Donald Trump’s leadership, the United States appears to have set its sights on exerting control over critical global trade routes, aiming to consolidate economic and strategic dominance. By seeking influence over
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