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The War On Terror Is Still Hamstringing US Foreign Policy – OpEd

In 2001, after the horrific 9/11 attacks, an apoplectic George W. Bush administration ignored Congress’s narrow authorization to use military force against the perpetrators of the attacks and those who harbored them. Instead, it launched a grandiose global war on terror much broader than those wisely limited legislative instructions. Congress’s …

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Interpreting Lavrov’s Latest Insight Into Indian Geopolitics

Lavrov was directly asked to share his opinion about the observation that “India is now leaning more towards the US”, which his interlocutor provocatively added is now even an opinion among some in Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shared some detailed insight into Indian geopolitics during Wednesday’s Primakov Readings, …

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Green Peace

How the Fight Against Climate Change Can Overcome Geopolitical Discord The clean energy transition has reached adolescence. Its future direction is not yet set, and in the meantime, its internal paradoxes make for a volatile mix. Political leaders fret that ambitious steps to address climate change will aggravate geopolitical problems …

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The Futility of a Lebanon War

Israel has no military options that could achieve a better result than a negotiated solution or a return to the status quo. As tensions have risen in the border area between Lebanon and Israel, many observers are predicting that Hezbollah and the Israeli military will soon be at war. On …

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«Haïfa aux mains du Hezbollah» : l’inquiétude israélienne grandit face aux échecs sécuritaires récurrents

Les inquiétudes s’accumulent en Israël après la publication par le Hezbollah d’images de drones en gros plan documentant des sites sensibles dans le nord. Alors que les avions israéliens continuant de bombarder le sud du Liban, l’armée israélienne a déclaré que les plans de bataille pour une attaque élargie contre …

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