European countries have revamped their approaches to vetting foreign investments in recent years to protect sensitive industries and critical infrastructure. But the regulatory changes have focused primarily on the threat of…
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How would Trump and Harris handle the Russia-Ukraine war?
Ukraine and its war with Russia have become a central and controversial topic in the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign. The brutal conflict, in which a million people have been killed or severely injured, shows no signs of ending. Kamala…
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The Abandonment of Ukraine – The Atlantic
On a recent trip to Ukraine, we walked through the rubble of a children’s hospital in Kyiv targeted by the Russians, toured an apartment building in Kharkiv where floor after floor had been destroyed by Russian missiles, and visited the front…
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The Country’s Propagandists Target the West—but Mislead the Kremlin, Too
In early September, the infamous Russian disinformation project known as Doppelganger hit the news again. Doppelganger—a scheme to disseminate fake articles, videos, and polls about polarizing political and cultural issues in the United States,…
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Europe’s fertility crisis: Which countries are having the most and fewest babies?
ADVERTISEMENTIn 2022, the number of live births in the European Union reached its lowest level since 1960, according to the latest available data.
That year, only 3.88 million babies were born in the EU, marking the first time the figure fell…
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Is a “Shadow Fleet” of Oil Tankers Really Circumventing the Russian Price Cap?
At the end of 2022, Ukraine’s allies established a price cap regime for Russian crude exports, aimed at limiting and controlling Russian revenues. The enforcement mechanism for this regime is designed to ensure that Russia should not be able to…
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These 3 European Countries Have The World’s Most Popular Souvenirs, Per New Research
The three countries with the most popular souvenirs are all European, with one earning more than $1.6 billion in sales of the item.
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Buying souvenirs is a classic vacation activity. Memorabilia can range from a cheap magnet tossed in a…
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How Russia’s RT went from cable news clone to covert operator : NPR
A file photo from June 8, 2018 shows a control room at RT’s Moscow studios. The state media organization has been accused…
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Right of Reply to the Russian Federation on the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia
EU monitors in the village of Zegduleti, some 40 km (25 miles) west of Tbilisi, Georgia. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov) As delivered by Political/Economic Counselor Erin Webster-Main
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Russia’s Top-Down Capture of Georgia
Since initiating the war in Ukraine, Russia has become a political pariah in the West but has managed to solidify alliances with Iran and North Korea. Russia’s influence has also strengthened in Central Asia, where fears of Russian…
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