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Analyzing Ukraine’s Attempted Drone Strike On TurkStream’s Russian Infrastructure

Here are five observations about Kiev’s latest provocation in terms of the bigger picture. Russia accused Ukraine of attempting a drone strike against one of TurkStream’s gas compressor stations, which Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described as “energy terrorism” while Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that the US greenlighted it in order to obtain an […]

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Pope Does Not Attend Notre-Dame Reopening Ceremony

On December 7th, the newly rebuilt Notre-Dame Cathedral was unveiled to the public. The ceremony has been a profoundly moving and multi-faceted event, blending religious solemnity with national pride and international significance. World leaders, religious dignitaries, and representatives from various countries that contributed to the reconstruction efforts were in attendance, […]

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Venezuela Crisis 2.0: Maduro Forever? (III)

Part II There are obvious external similarities between the two political crises in the Bolivarian Republic. Both were caused by disagreement with the official results of the presidential election among some Venezuelan citizens, who, in conditions of a poorly developed political culture and social polarization, prefer to express disagreement by […]

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AUKUS: Flawed And Sinking

A stillborn agreement treated as thrivingly alive; an understanding celebrated as consensual and equal.  The AUKUS security arrangement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, envisaging the transfer and building of nuclear-powered submarines to the Royal Australian Navy, continues operating in haphazard fashion.  So far, the stream has […]