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The Western constitutional model is driving instability in the world

Walt Garlington The written, democratic constitution continues to be the norm lionized by the so-called ‘civilized nations’ of the West, upheld as the best way to organize society that mankind has come up with. For that reason, a little more analysis of them is in order. Two main …

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The resurgence of Conventional Threats and the Future of the New START Treaty

Nimrah Javed Russia declined to conduct a technical meeting with the US on the New START Treaty. According to the US, Russia unilaterally withdrew from the meeting, while Russia inculpated the US toxic deportment reason behind the rescindment of the meeting. According to this treaty, each side will …

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Prospects for Expanding Russia’s Economic Interaction With African Countries

Kiril Babaev Russia’s return to Africa has been discussed in the media and at various levels of power for two decades. However, the impetus given to Russian expansion to the African continent by the first Russia-Africa Summit in October 2019 made it the breakthrough event that made it …

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U.S. Congress Prepares to Declare War Against Russia

Eric Zeusse  The Hill newspaper headlined on December 21st “Congress aims to label Russia ‘Aggressor State’ instead of state sponsor of terrorism”, and reported that Congressional leadership is working to quickly introduce a bill condemning Russia as an “Aggressor State” amid plans for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to …

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Assessing China Amidst Global Power Shifts

Azhar Shaikh The world is moving towards a global power shift. It is not necessary whether we accept or not. History never ends, nations and civilisations rise and fall, and no era can last forever. We are witnessing a Multipolar world. As Samuel P Huntington pointed out, “The …

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Data Fabric: An Emerging Trend in Data Management Tool for Digital Transformation

Sonika Jha Big data and its management have only grown in compounding terms as far as data integrity and data preservation is concerned. This highlights the power that vests with data as information curation, organization and dissemination is critical to business focused solutions and strategies. Any entity needs …

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A BRICS Reserve Currency: Exploring the Pathways

The issue of the creation of a BRICS reserve currency has taken on particular significance in recent months after President Putin declared that the creation of such a currency was in the process of discussion. This was followed by a series of statements coming from Russia’s legislative branch …

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US vs China – “semiconductor arms race” in microelectronics

n a recent article, Foreign Affairs – a New York-based journal of international relations, predicted the inevitability of an “economic arms race” between the US and China. This might primarily affect the production of microelectronics, and Washington has already shown its strong desire to use any means available, …

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