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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDigital media and public opinion in Brazil after Trump 2016
The Republican Trump 2016 platform forever marked the history of campaigns in the United States, and consequently in...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUS and Iran both need a new deal
Breaking the current impasse requires an interim gesture by the US which provides Iran with the incentive it needs...
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Published in: Home: OpinionAmerica 2020: an interim report from the slough of anxiety
A detailed briefing that gives pessimists and optimists alike a lot to think about.
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Published in: openIndia: OpinionA fine day out in Houston with Trump and Modi
Self-interest multiplied by mutual admiration made for a triumphal rally when the US president and India’s prime...
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Published in: HomeA college that accepted slavery now exalts plutocracy
Blackstone boss Schwarzman wants Yale’s historic Commons to carry his name; and the university erases a second...
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Published in: HomeToday’s Christian-Jewish Zionist alliance imperils American Jewry
Jews’ long-standing security in the United States has relied on a hard-won consensus now being undermined by an...
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Published in: HomeThe shadow war on terror is making its enemies stronger
Few in the west know about the war fought on their behalf in Syria and Iraq. But they may come to know the rage that...
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Published in: HomeWhy Iran has a speedboat swarm that’s punching above its weight
In the 1980s Iran learned its frigates were no match for the US Navy. But its many small, nimble attack craft can...
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Published in: HomeA winnable nuclear war: Trump revives his generals’ dreams
Republican presidents always want ‘small’ nukes for use, not deterrence. What’s worrying is that US military chiefs...
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Published in: HomeNorth Korea’s new missile can reach the US – just what Trump said he’d stop
Kim Jong-un has the bombs to put on it too – but lately it’s all smiles from Donald Trump. Is this a lesson for Iran?
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Published in: HomeWhy Trump welcomed Iran’s good neighbour Qatar – and we should be glad of it
Saudi Arabia and other US allies are blockading Qatar, saying it supports terrorism. So why was its emir guest of...
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Published in: HomeIt will take more than Donald Trump to make Iran submit
The Revolutionary Guards are “Iran’s military-industrial complex”, and Trump’s provocations only make them stronger.
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Published in: HomeUS and the two Koreas prepare for another round of nuclear confrontation
North Korea is rebuilding its ability to launch missiles and the US has got a spy plane in place to watch them – and...
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Published in: HomeNorth Korea is selling arms and breaking sanctions – does anyone care?
Arming Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Libya, and making huge fuel transfers on the high seas – it embarrasses Trump, but...
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Published in: 50.50Revealed: US anti-LGBT 'hate group' dramatically increases UK spending
Big spending Christian right ‘legal army’, whose influence has soared in America under Trump, is now linked to...
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Published in: 50.50Religious and market fundamentalisms threaten gender equality at UN summit
As the US fosters a backlash at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, states from Lebanon to Namibia are taking...
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Published in: HomeStalemate for Trump and Kim, as India and Pakistan risk nuclear war over Kashmir
Through aggressive rhetoric and miscalculations nuclear war can happen by accident. As the Trump-Kim circus...
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Published in: HomeWhat does Brexit mean? ‘Majority judgment’ can solve the puzzle
Something is going badly wrong in elections and referenda across the world. The culprit is an age-old voting system...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaJuan Tokatlian: "We are a region adrift in global affairs".
The crisis in Venezuela and Jair Bolsonaro's access to power coincide with Latin America's slide towards gradual...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Fearless Cities municipalism: experiments in autogestion
For growing numbers of municipalists, new politics means fundamentally reshaping the bundle of relationships that...