On the eve of a parade in Beijing celebrating 80 years since the end of World War II, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that short-stay entry requirements for Russian citizens would be lifted unilaterally, effective Sept. 15….
Category: 8. Opinion
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Putin Can’t Hide Russia’s Gasoline Crisis
Gasoline in Russia is being rationed from its western Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad to Vladivostok in the Far East.
The nation that parades as an energy superpower cannot keep its own drivers on the…
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Russia’s Billionaires Are Losing the Global Wealth Race
However abstract market capitalization may be, and however far it may diverge from companies’ real assets, stock market trends still shape the fortunes of the world’s wealthiest people.
In recent…
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Secret ABC Recordings – Kimmel Is Back, Baby!
EXCLUSIVE! – By crawling, nude and well-oiled, across the internal air ducts of the Headquarters of ABC News your Intrepid Correspondent was able to surreptitiously obtain audio recording of negotiations to return comedian Jimmy…
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Trump’s UN Address and the Politics of Reckless Certainty
Donald Trump stood before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday and, for nearly an hour, spoke as if he were not merely defending a policy agenda but auditioning to be the planet’s iron-willed janitor — sweeping away…
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Can Russia’s Militarized Economy Ever Return to a Civilian Model?
Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has lasted almost as long as the Soviet involvement in World War II and seems endless. But it must end sooner or later. Then Russia will face the task of…
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The Quiet Exit of Putin’s Iron Chancellor
In the quarter-century that Vladimir Putin has been in power, Kremlinologists have come to know his political and bureaucratic style down to the smallest details. There is no intrigue left in any of…
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Resolution 181 and the Mirage of “Recognition”
By Ricardo Mohrez Muvdi*
On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly approved Resolution 181, known as the “Partition Plan for Palestine.” This document proposed dividing the historic Palestinian territory into two…Continue Reading
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The Rapprochement Between Russia and Syria Is a Temporary Necessity
Clashes between Syria’s new Islamist authorities and the Druze minority in the southern Sweida province, coupled with Israeli strikes against Syrian government forces, have forced Damascus to…
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Final Reflections on the Charlie Kirk Ridicularity
Let’s put a pin in that…as the Hollywood Execs mutter when they want you to leave their office.
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