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Why North Korea won’t give up its nukes
Philippe Pons
, May 2017
There has been an increase in tension in the Korean peninsula, following the North Korean regime’s lavish military parade last month to mark the birthday of the nation’s founder, Kim Il-sung (1912-94) and the anniversary of the foundation of its army, which coincided with the US’s announcement that it had sent an (...)
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Israel loses its grip on democracy
Charles Enderlin
, March 2016
Will the Israeli government use the digital revolution to silence public broadcasters? Already it has interrupted the programmes of several radio and tv channels on grounds of mismanagement. Some (...)
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The Kurds’ changing alliances
Allan Kaval
, November 2014
Ahead of its offensive on Raqqa, the US administration announced on 8 May that the Pentagon would arm Arab and Kurdish forces, including the People’s Protection Units (YPG) which have acquired combat (...)
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Sinai’s undeclared war
Ismail Alexandrani
, September 2014
In the Sinai, attacks by groups affiliated with ISIS against Christians and Egyptian security forces continue. Poorly trained in counterinsurgency, the Egyptian army is struggling to prevent fighters from (...)
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Tunisia makes a pact with remembering its past
Thierry Brésillon
, May 2017
Saudi Arabia: radical Islam or reform?
Alain Gresh
, June 2003
Donald Trump chose Saudi Arabia as the first stop on his first official foreign trip of his presidency. In his much-awaited speech, he softened his tone, saying ‘This is not a (...)
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Who judges the EU laws?
Anne-Cécile Robert
, May 2017
The EU believes the rule of law is the foundation of the union. But on what basis does its own law supersede and even countermand national legislation?
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The world as seen by Donald Trump
M. T K.
, January 2017
In Trump’s worldview, America comes first and everyone else is an asset or a hindrance. Europe deserves less attention than Russia, with which relations should briefly improve, and China, which will be (...)
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Trump the hawk
Michael T Klare
, May 2017
Syria, North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia: Donald Trump is prepared to take military action in, and against, them all. It thrills him, and pleases his supporters. It is (...)
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Europe’s refugee crisis
May 2017
‘Life After’, Bruce Clarke, 2013 Bruce Clarke · ADAGP The conflicts ravaging the Middle East have now driven millions into exile. Though neighbouring countries have taken in the most refugees, many have reached EU (...)
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A surfeit of votes
Simon Jones
, May 2017
The UK’s June election will put politics in Northern Ireland in indefinite suspension, despite all the changes Brexit will make to its position.
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France’s Chinese citizens stand up for their rights
Zhang Zhulin
, May 2017
There are over half a million people of Chinese origin in France, and they run 35,000 small businesses. The younger generation are so French that they’ve taken to protest.
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Boycott Trump
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Mattea Kramer
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TomDispatch, 24 May 2017
In normal times, Dee from New York would have ordered her copy of The Handmaid’s Tale from Amazon, but these are not normal times. Amazon is on the Grab Your Wallet list, a campaign to boycott retailers that sell Trump family products, which began as a response to the video revealing our now-president’s penchant for grabbing women “by the pussy.” Dee bought her book from a smaller retailer instead. Since Donald Trump’s election in November, and especially since his January inauguration, (...)
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The deep state
Serge Halimi
, May 2017
When a head of state who behaves impulsively, and shows little interest in filling in the gaps in his knowledge, becomes commander in chief of the world’s most powerful army, there need to be plenty of (...)
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Big hopes, smaller changes
Shervin Ahmadi
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Philippe Descamps
, May 2016
In re-electing the moderate president Hassan Rohani, Iranians are backing the country’s opening to the world. That includes popular support for the nuclear deal, despite a changed vision from the White (...)
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Make solidarity global
Julien Lauprêtre
, May 2017
Most people in France are familiar with the domestic food distribution work done by Secours Populaire Français (SPF, French Popular Relief), which hands out 180m meals each year. They also know its major (...)
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Keeping Donetsk going
Loïc Ramirez
, May 2017
Russia channels funds to the breakaway republics via a South Ossetian bank. Donbass coal may reach Ukraine via Russia; profits from requisitioned shops may fund state pensions. It’s all improvised.
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Out now :
May 2017
May
2017
...
France
, the creation of Emmanuel Macron, the FN’s double dealing, liberty and security;
US
, Trump the warrier;
North Korea
, holding tight to its nukes;
Syria
, will the UN say who used sarin?
Northern Ireland
, May consigns politics to the deepfreeze;
EU
judges member states’ laws;
Denmark
fights decline at the fringes;
Donetsk
tries to avoid collapse;
Tunisia
remembers its past;
France’s
little China;
Europe’s refugee crises
, supplement Secours Populaire.
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Why North Korea won’t give up its nukes
Ph. P.
, 4 May 2017
North Korea had sound reasons to want nuclear weapons, and it will retain and test them despite US and (half-hearted) Chinese sanctions. There has been an increase in tension in (...)
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Tunisia makes a pact with remembering its past
Th. B.
, 4 May 2017
The Truth and Dignity Commission is supposed to shed light on Tunisia’s human rights violations over nearly sixty years. But there’s already a desire to compromise. Tunisia’s Truth (...)
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Limited chances to vote
Jean-Louis Rocca
, 3 March 2017
Elections play only a marginal role in China’s political system. Power rests with the general secretary of the central committee of China’s Communist Party (CPC), who is (...)
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Asian collision course
Philip S Golub
, 3 March 2017
Donald Trump challenged the One China policy, but soon backed off. He wants concessions from China on trade and security, and he might even attempt to impede China’s global ascent. (...)
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World’s major 24-hour news channels
Cécile Marin, March 2017
Turkey’s relations with the world
Cécile Marin, March 2017
Montreal global city
Cécile Marin, March 2017
Who contributes to UN peacekeeping
Cécile Marin, March 2017
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Iran elections: presidential debates or reality TV show?
Camelia Entekhabifard
, 15 May 2017
The third and final round of the presidential debates took place on May 12, a week before Iranians head to the polls to cast their votes on May 19. The debate was supposed to focus (...)
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Rivalries threaten in post-ISIS Mosul
Matthew Schweitzer
, 5 May 2017
The highway into Mosul bears the scars of battle to dislodge ISIS from Ninewa. Deep craters, ruined buildings and the distant sound of airstrikes mark the steady advance of Iraqi (...)
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Through the bars
Elle Kurancid
, 13 April 2017
‘A cage is more than bars,’ reflects Egyptian photojournalist and documentary photographer Hamada Elrasam. ‘It is something to be lived in, to create freedom in.’ Holding up a print (...)
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The SNP’s big gamble
S. J.
, 15 March 2017
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, has announced in Edinburgh that she would ask the Scottish parliament for permission to hold a second referendum on independence, she (...)
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Boycott Trump
M. K.
• FROM
TomDispatch, 24 May 2017
In normal times, Dee from New York would have ordered her copy of The Handmaid’s Tale from Amazon, but these are not normal times. Amazon is on the Grab Your Wallet list, a campaign (...)
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Whistleblowers, moral injury, and endless war
Peter Van Buren
• FROM
TomDispatch, 18 May 2017
“My guilt will never go away,” former Marine Matthew Hoh explained to me. “There is a significant portion of me that doesn’t believe it should be allowed to go away, that this pain is (...)
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Forty-five blows against democracy
David Vine
• FROM
TomDispatch, 17 May 2017
Much outrage has been expressed in recent weeks over President Donald Trump’s invitation for a White House visit to Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, whose “war on (...)
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Memory loss in the garden of violence
John W. Dower
• FROM
TomDispatch, 4 May 2017
Some years ago, a newspaper article credited a European visitor with the wry observation that Americans are charming because they have such short memories. When it comes to the (...)
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