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Bitcoin drops below $20,000 as crypto selloff quickens

Bitcoin fell below the psychologically important threshold of $20,000 on Saturday for the first time since late 2020, in a fresh sign that the selloff in cryptocurrencies is deepening. The price of the most popular cryptocurrency had plunged as much as 9.7% to less than $18,600 by late afternoon on …

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Lessons from Japan’s Last Civil War for Taiwan

While attending the recent Shangri-La Dialogue on Security in Singapore, Japan’s Prime Minister Kishida Fumio stressed the need to oppose unilateral changes to the status quo by force, no matter where they occur. “I myself have a strong sense that Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow,” he warned. Needless …

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A War That Could Change the World

Shaped over the past seven decades, that is to say after the Second World War, what is known as the international order has been based on three principles which, although not always observed, have helped keep the edifice intact. The first principle was what is known as international law, built …

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France: Dangerous for Jews

[T]he attitude of the French judiciary to [Hadjadj’s] murder is similar to how it has regarded all murders of Jews in France, for decades. First, the authorities always say, as quickly as possible, that the murder of the Jew was not at all motivated by antisemitism. When evidence to the …

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OIC Roundtable Discussion

Roundtable Discussion with Members of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation The UN Security Council: Assessing Twenty Years of CounterterrorismRoundtable Discussion with Members of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation Event SummaryJune 7, 2022 Overview The Securing the Future Initiative (SFI) roundtable discussion on 7 June 2022, co-hosted withthe Permanent Mission of …

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