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Indebted to China

China has become the largest source of development finance globally. What are the facts?

By The Globalist

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Erdogan’s Golden Opportunity

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Remembering the Dead: We Must Do More

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India: The Biggest Elections In Human History Using Risky AI Tools

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Questions and Answers: The U.S. Decision to Provide Ukraine With ATACMS

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Post Doom Scrolling Trauma (“PDST”)

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Deportations From Pakistan: The Political Dimension

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The Battle Over Taiwan

By John West

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Putin, the Stalinist

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Germany: Increasingly Mimicking Italy‘s Economy? Or Eventually Turkey’s?

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Switzerland To Act Against Dirty Cash?

By Frank Vogl

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Ukraine: The Case for Restricted Geozones

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German Self-Righteousness and the European Battle Over Energy Policy

By Rainer Ohler and Stephan Richter

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Debt and Migration: Does Germany Need a New Consensus?

By Holger Schmieding

Global Autocracy

Putin, the Stalinist

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NATO and the “Orban-Exit”

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Regretting Brexit: Has the UK Seen the Error of Its Ways?

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France: Europe’s First Fascist-Lite President?

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Erdogan: Repositioning at Home and Abroad

By James M. Dorsey

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Italy: Why Meloni Keeps Her Mussolini Heritage Locked Up

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Britain’s Domestic Raw Deal and Its Consequences

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Who is Rishi Sunak?

By Denis MacShane

Rethinking America

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The “Untied” States of America: No Longer Just a Typo

By Stephan Richter

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How Ron DeSantis Makes the Case for Bidenomics

By Robert J. Shapiro

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The U.S. Faces Its Greatest Peril Since the Civil War

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US Default?

By Arthur E. Appleton

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Trump: The Big Lie and the Big Rip-Off

By Frank Vogl

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Global Democracy

Is Trump Above the Law?

By Frank Vogl

Global Democracy

Democracy In America Is On the Line

By Frank Vogl

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Donovan Carillo’s Story of Courage and Persistence

By Laura Daverio

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Global Democracy

Canada’s “Trucker’s Convoy”: What It Means for the Western World

By George Haynal

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Global Democracy

Beyond Canada: What Fuels the “Trucker’s Convoy”?

By George Haynal

Rethinking Asia

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2027: The Year World War III Begins?

By Denis MacShane

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Global Autocracy

Xi Jinping’s Contradictory Choices for China’s Future

By Subbiah Lakshmanan

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China’s Changing Tides

By Stephan Richter and Subbiah Lakshmanan

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Korea’s Anti-Feminist Angry Young Men

By Young-Im Lee

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The Snow Leopard: Back from the Brink

By Geetika Jain

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The Manmade Glaciers and Other Ingenious Ideas of Sonam Wangchuk

By Geetika Jain

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Global Economy, Global Women

India’s Single Women

By Shaili Chopra

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Global Autocracy

Will Putin Put Down the Kazakh Spring?

By Stephan Richter and Alexei Bayer

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Sayonara to Iran’s Arab militias?

By James M. Dorsey

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Dismantling Global Hindutava

By James M. Dorsey

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Global Pairings

A Sordid Centennial: Hitler’s Trial in 1924 and Trump’s Trials Today

By Peter Ross Range

Global Pairings

Putin’s Russia and Trump’s U.S.: Converging in Resentment?

By Alexei Bayer

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Wars of Conquest: Mexico 1846 and Ukraine 2022 Compared

By Brent Ranalli

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Germany’s “China Connection“ Revisited

By Stephan Richter

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EU: Trade War or Systemic Competition With the US?

By Stephan Richter

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Nine Acres in Athens: Democracy’s Rise (and Fall)

By Dan Morgan

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Deepening Transatlantic Cooperation

By Bruce Stokes

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Mélenchon as Putin’s Useful Idiot

By Thomas Hanke

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That Cold January 20, 2025

By Andrés Ortega

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Bennett Is Siding With Putin, the Ruthless Killer

By Alon Ben-Meir

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Global Cuisine

Food As “Entertainment”

By Julia Watson

Global Cuisine

Brother, Can You Spare Some Food?

By Julia Watson

Global Cuisine

Eggscuse Me, Mr. Putin, We Need Them to Cook

By Julia Watson

Global Cuisine

In Defense of Carrots

By Julia Watson

Global Cuisine

Feeding Jupiter and His Harem of Chickens

By Martin Walker

Global Cuisine

Gelato Vs. Ice Cream? No Contest

By Julia Watson

Global Cuisine

Is AI Creating Your Food and Drink?

By Julia Watson

Global Cuisine

Your Last Meal On Earth? I Would Be Happy With This

By Julia Watson

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Global Cuisine

Bottled Water: How Pure Is It?

By Julia Watson

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Global Cuisine

Big Food Biz Vs. the Amazon Rain Forest

By Julia Watson