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France’s Forgotten Suburbs Could Hold The Key To Melenchon’s Presidential Dream

As France moves closer to its 2027 presidential election, much of the political conversation has focused on the rivalry between the country’s traditional center and the increasingly powerful far right. Yet in the working-class suburbs surrounding Paris, a different political force is gaining momentum. The hard-left movement led by Jean-Luc […]

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The U.S. Empire’s Motivations In The Ukraine War

Ukrainians were lured into wanting EU membership in 2013, and this goal led to the EuroMaidan demonstrations in Kiev that produced the overthrow of Ukraine’s democratically elected President Viktor Yanukovych and his forced replacement by a new and rabidly anti-Russian government that has the closest of all borders to Moscow, only a five-minute missile […]

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Five Reasons Why Counterinsurgency Remains Such A Challenge For Mali

The solutions are difficult to implement during the crisis, however, but hopefully that’ll happen after (if?) it passes. Saturday’s coordinated attacks across Mali by terrorist-designated Tuareg rebels in the rural north and Islamic terrorists in the urban areas, which were described as “unprecedented” by Al Jazeera and Le Monde, caught the government by surprise. This […]

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Corruption Crisis And Political Upheaval: How The US, UK, And Europe Face A Democratic Reckoning

The decline in global corruption perception scores is more than a statistical trend; it is a clear signal that the political systems of some of the world’s most powerful democracies are under strain. The latest Corruption Perceptions Index compiled by Transparency International reveals that countries long considered models of clean […]

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Red Lines Crossed: European Drone Production For Ukraine Risks Unthinkable Catastrophe

In a startling revelation that has sent shockwaves through international diplomatic circles, the Russian Ministry of Defence has publicly disclosed a list of European factories allegedly producing drones for Ukraine. Dubbed “Ukrainian subsidiaries in Europe,” this list includes sites in Italy, Germany, the UK, Poland, and other countries. The disclosures […]