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Why the war against Russian aggression matters
News, Viktor Semenov, Published on 26/02/2025
» Feb 24, 2025, marks the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine -- an unprovoked, horrific assault on a peaceful nation. For three years, Ukrainians have stood against overwhelming odds, fighting to protect their homes, their families, and their fundamental right to freedom. What Russia hoped would be a swift conquest has instead become a protracted battle of resilience, courage, and determination.
War 'no obstacle' to ramping up relations
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 19/11/2024
» The war between Ukraine and Russia officially enters its 1,000th day on Tuesday, but despite the ongoing conflict, Kyiv remains committed to strengthening ties with countries in Southeast Asia to create new partnerships for mutual growth and secure additional assistance to end the war and get justice for its citizens.
Nato meet faces shadow of Trump, Ukraine divisions
News, Peter Apps, Published on 03/07/2024
» As Nato officials prepared in June for the alliance's July 9-12 summit in Washington, outgoing Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg embarked on the traditional pre-meeting shuttle diplomacy aimed at avoiding unexpected disruptions.
What Modi has figured out that Trump never has
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 21/03/2024
» Excitement and uncertainty used to accompany general elections in India. Polls swung back and forth, coalitions formed and reformed, analysts dissected policy platforms and assessed the prospects of hundreds of individual candidates. As India embarked on its 18th general election campaign on Tuesday, there is no electricity in the air. It is hard to find anyone who believes Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lose his bid for a third term in office.
Reflecting on a century of Fascism
News, Jason Stanley, Published on 07/11/2022
» When Fascist Blackshirts marched through the streets of Rome at the end of October 1922, their leader, Benito Mussolini, had just been installed as prime minister.
Israel heads to yet another poll in just 3.5 years
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 31/10/2022
» Israeli voters are indefatigable. The election on Nov 1 will be the fifth in just three-and-a-half years, and yet the turnout is still likely to be around 70%. That's especially remarkable because all five elections have really been about the same question: should Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu go to jail, or should he be prime minister?
The impact of Russia's latest war atrocities
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/04/2022
» Four years after the Soviet Army fought its way into Berlin in 1945, Moscow built a huge memorial in Treptower Park to the 80,000 Russian and other Soviet soldiers who died taking the city. (5,000 of them are actually buried in the park.) And Berliners instantly took to calling it the "Tomb of the Unknown Rapist".
Toxic tea will not stamp out critics
News, Editorial, Published on 23/08/2020
» Early Thursday morning, a routine flight from Siberia to the Russian capital Moscow made an emergency landing in Omsk after a passenger, Alexei Navalny, a fierce anti-corruption campaigner and Kremlin critic, fell violently ill after drinking a cup of tea.
Covid Catch-22: Saving lives or rights?
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 07/04/2020
» Faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, several countries have given special powers to their leaders, regardless of the political system in place, to ensure that they can manage and fight the virus efficiently and in a timely manner. There is a high level of anxiety and fear, however, that these special powers, once granted, will be misused in the name of fighting the pandemic. Worse still, in certain countries there is a strong possibility that the special powers might continue and subsequently become a permanent feature in the months and years to come.
Brexit doesn't mean the European project is dead
News, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Published on 11/02/2020
» Brexit is a disaster for the United Kingdom. Given the risk that it will now lose Scotland and Northern Ireland to secession, the country seems to have accepted the idea of Great Britain turning back into "Little England". Britain is that rare lion that chooses to become as small as a mouse.