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Xi Jinping’s Quest for Order

Security at Home, Influence Abroad In April 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech on foreign policy at the Boao Forum for Asia, an annual conference of business executives and world leaders in Hainan Province. In it, he proposed what he called Quanqiu Anquan Changyi, or the Global Security …

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Germany Repatriates 12 Citizens From Syrian Jihadist Camp

Germany on Wednesday said it had resolved “almost all known cases” of its citizens stuck in Syrian jihadist camps, after announcing the repatriation of 12 people. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock released a statement announcing that seven children and four women returned to Germany on Wednesday night from the Roj camp …

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Burkina Faso : les nouvelles autorités accusent la France

La junte menée par le capitaine Ibrahim Traoré accuse le chef de la junte démis Paul Damiba de “planifier une contre-offensive” depuis une base française. Le lieu où se trouve Paul-Henri Damiba reste encore inconnu, de même que son sort. Mais les nouvelles autorités l’accusent ce samedi (01.10.22) de faire …

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State Department Of Nepotism – OpEd

The State Department has a new appointee. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has: “Designated Monica P. Medina as the United States’ Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources, signaling the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to resolving the world’s intertwined biodiversity and water crises. Monica Medina is the Assistant Secretary of State …

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What Is Putin Thinking? – OpEd

Despite Vladimir Putin having explained in a 7,000-word manifesto a year ago what was on his mind, pundits continue to try predicting his next move. And that is precisely the problem. Putin plays the tune, and NATO and the US begin the waltz, always a couple of dance steps late. …

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Why The Russian Population Supported Authoritarian Power – OpEd

One of my areas of research in institutional economics is the social behavior of people under different political regimes, what Thomas Schelling called micromotives and macrobehavior. Of course, this topic is directly related to many disciplines, from behavioral economics and political theory to the neurobiology of decision-making and the theory …

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