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202 - "Evil Cannot be Trusted," Zelensky Warns Potential Backsliders and Apostates
Those were among President Volodymyr Zelensky’s stirring words when he addressed the United Nations on Tuesday, following President Biden. Both were…
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201 - Halting the Enablers of Putin's Invasion
When North Korea’s Kim Jong-un comes to the aid of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and Putin smilingly gives him guided tours of military installations and…
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200 - The Mad Hatter and the Manchurian Candidate: Putin Aligns with Trump
Democracy in Peril
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199 - Musk Wields Arrogant Power: Messing with Ukraine's War Strategies
It is outrageous that Elon Musk should have unilaterally prevented Ukraine from launching marine drones against Russia’s illegally occupied Sevastopol…
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198 - How Best to Rein in Rogue Nations, Especially Those That Support Putin's Invasion
Israel and Eritrea
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197 - Are All Coups Bad? Do Militaries Provide Acceptable Alternatives to Tyranny?
Should we, occasionally, welcome a military coup by ambitious and presumably avaricious officers, soldiers, palace guard commandants, and the like? In a…
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August 2023
196 - The New Dark Ages: What Putin and Trump Together Have Created
The original “dark ages” epitomized a period of about five centuries before C.E 1000 when “civilization” vanished: the learning accumulated in Greece…
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195 - BRICS Gives Us a More Sharply Polarized World: East v West
Zimbabwe Election Result
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195 - BRICS Gives Us a More Sharply Polarized World: East v West
Zimbabwe's Election Result
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194 - Elections Can Still Represent the Will of a People, Except When They Don't
Guatemala, Ecuador, Zimbabwe, Gabon
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193 - Ukraine Battles for Control of the Skies, and the Sea: the West Needs to Act More Decisively
The Ukrainian war is all smash, harass, and flee. That is, the Russians cannot win on the ground so they are sending wave after wave of inexpensive…
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192 - Are Women Better Political Leaders Than Men? Could Women Improve Global Outcomes for Humanity?
Tanzania's Mama Samia
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