INTL CONFLICTS
Information and updates on international conflicts
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Message to the US and Russia: don’t think about nuclear war
War over Ukraine? It mustn’t be. Some of us believed that at the end of the Cold War in 1991…
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The Ukraine crisis – the other side
By Raphael Lapin “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery…
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The US risks losing its influence in the Horn of Africa. Here’s how to get it back
By Gabriel Negatu Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his freshly resigned Sudanese counterpart, Abdalla Hamdok, are arguably the most…
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US-Israel agreement to attack Iran?
The successive Jewish military offensives against Gaza and the West Bank have always been protected by the “spiral of silence”…
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Geopolitics: Russia extending its sphere of influence in Africa’s Sahel
By Kester Kenn Klomegah With renewed and full-fledged interest to uproot French domination, Russia has ultimately begun making inroads into…
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ISIS Mozambique: Why United States Africa Command needs to shift its priorities
By Emma Sameth Mass graves. Child soldiers. Executions. Beheadings. Massacres. These are just some of the disturbing realities currently plaguing…
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Cold War warriors are on the ascendancy again
Oh, to be a Cold War warrior again! I always felt a bit sorry for those politicians, academics, soldiers and…
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Going to war with Russia over Ukraine
“European Union and Nato allies have swung behind the Biden administration’s assessment that Russia may be poised to invade Ukraine…
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Ending the fight in Ukraine
As Russia/Nato passions are stirring once again, we should wind the clock back to seven years ago when the Ukraine…
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Somali elections imperiled by regional crises
By Dr Abdinasir Abdille Mohamed “The time to plan and act is now. Somalia must not become a pariah state…
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