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The Future of the Illicit Captagon Drug Trade

Abstract: The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria in December 2024 may have disrupted large-scale production of the illicit drug captagon, but the trade has, by no means, disappeared from the black market. Instead, a new, post-Assad Syria marks a shift in this illicit trade, from state monopoly over production …

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The Bering Strait Tunnel Will Likely Remain A Pipe Dream

Russia might still fund some less ambitious infrastructure projects in its Far East-Arctic region to keep the economy hot after the war ends, help veterans find work, and encourage settlement there. Trump reacted positively to the proposal by Kirill Dmitriev, chief of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and envoy in …

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Qui commande (réellement) en Europe?

Qui commande en Europe ? En Allemagne, BlackRock détient des participations, directement ou par l’intermédiaire de fonds qu’il possède, comprises entre 3% et 10% dans Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Continental, Adidas, Bayer, Lufthansa, Sofran, Daimler, AG, Basf, Allianz, Siemens, Thyssen Krupp, Münchener Re, Rheinmetall, Hensholdt. À cet ensemble de participations s’ajoute …

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Turkish President Erdoğan, His Senior Officials, And His Controlled Media Are Talking About Attacking Israel

During his 22-year reign, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expanded Turkey’s power militarily in hot wars in Libya and Nagorno-Karabagh. Most recently, decades of methodical planning and quiet preparation culminated in forces that President Trump openly acknowledged were “[Erdoğan’s] surrogates”[1] sweeping into Damascus in December 2024, capturing the government …

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The Cracks in Russia’s War Economy

How America and Europe Can Exploit Moscow’s Vulnerabilities To sustain its war against Ukraine, Russia militarized its economy. Although—contrary to popular belief abroad—the Russian economy is not on a full wartime footing, the Kremlin has both splurged on weapons factories and begun trading more with China to evade Western sanctions. …

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