INTL CONFLICTS
Information and updates on international conflicts
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Putin and the siloviki
The KGB (Komitet Gosudárstvennoy Bezopásnosti), was the name of the Intelligence Agency (equivalent to the CIA) as well as the…
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The madness of missiles, an ode to Daniel Ellsberg
The nuclear weapon missile business is contradictory, full of missteps, highly dangerous and prepared in its madness (Mutually Assured Destruction,…
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Kashmir: Strengthening and gilding the cage of occupation
By Tariq Ahmed Scholars of political resistance have argued that domination by a settler-colonial hegemon requires not only silencing the…
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South China Sea: Indonesia-Australia as potential mediators
Lunyka Adelina Pertiwi South China Sea claims dispute may be one of the nested maritime dispute in Asia-Pacific since World…
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Do Biden and Netanyahu need a new war?
Netanyahu’s return to power in coalition with several ultra-right and ultra-Orthodox parties would be a missile in the waterline of…
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The older we get the less warlike we become
Traditionally old men have sent young men to fight the wars they have started. Today, if we look at the…
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Withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan: A moment of diplomatic rivalry between Japan and China
By Arbenita Sopaj The abrupt withdrawal of the US from Afghanistan on August 20, 2021, left the world in stunned…
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Wagner Group: Putin’s attack dogs
By Antonio Graceffo “I think this is a tool for realizing national interests without the direct participation of the state,” is how…
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The United States is fighting wars on two fronts
The world is currently in a series of confrontations possibly last seen during World War II. The United States is…
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Rage against the war machine: What rage? ‘When will they ever learn?’
In his iconic 1950s anti-war hit song ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone?’, Pete Seeger posed the eternal question about…
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