April 20, 2019
Analysis, NEWS, OPINION
Duncan Whitmore As most readers will have heard, the famed Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most splendid examples of French gothic architecture and an icon of European cultural heritage, was severely damaged by fire on Monday of this week. Such was the dominance of the building that …
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April 20, 2019
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Giancarlo Elia Valori Khalifa Haftar’s military advance – started in Jufra on April 4 last – passed from the South, namely Fezzan, and partly from Central Libya, starting from the Westernmost point of the area of influence already gained by Haftar in the last military advances. The support …
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April 12, 2019
NEWS
Giancarlo Elia Valori Rumours are rife in world diplomacy circles that the United States wanted to force the hand in the recent talks with North Korea held in Hanoi last March. The US side, in particular, tried to achieve a broader definition of “denuclearization”, a criterion capable of …
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April 12, 2019
Analysis, Geopolitics, Interviews, Middle East, Military & Security, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION, Terrorism & Extremism
By Shehab Al Makahleh The most prominent historical epochs the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) of Jordan has undergone since its establishment in 1945 had been when the then then Jordanian King Abdullah I welcome the movement. On the inauguration ceremony of the Muslim Brotherhood of Jordan, the then king …
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April 7, 2019
Analysis, NEWS, OPINION
Phil Uman For the second time in recent years, a great power has been putting forward an ultimatum to the President of Turkey. This time, he is asked to choose between NATO and Russia. But if last time Erdogan could fulfill foreign requirements without losing his face, now …
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April 4, 2019
Analysis, NEWS, OPINION
Giancarlo Elia Valori Over the past two years, the development of Artificial Intelligence and the new techniques for using Big Data has become both faster and more widespread. According to the old definition, by Artificial Intelligence we mean teaching a machine to think like a man, while Big …
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April 1, 2019
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Eric Zeusse On March 27th, U.S. President Donald Trump said that “Russia has to get out” of Venezuela, and that “All options are on the table” if Russia refuses to withdraw from Venezuela the protection it has recently provided to Venezuela’s elected Government, which Trump is attempting to overthrow, by …
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April 1, 2019
Analysis, NEWS, Op-ed, OPINION
Giancarlo Elia Valori Despite some initial strategic and political doubts, the United States has kept on maintaining and strengthening its military presence in Syria, especially in the Eastern part of the country, as well as in Western Iraq. There are now over 400 US military soldiers already stationed …
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March 29, 2019
Analysis, NEWS, OPINION
Stacy Little The US Congress approved a bill that hinders the supply of Russian oil and gas to Eastern and Central Europe. “To Save Europe From Russian Intimidation” The bill, the full text of which you can find on the Congress website, has a long title, and Russia …
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