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European disarray looks doomed to continue
Dec 17, 2018 13:23The unrest in France against the system of government that is spreading to other parts of the continent brings under sharper focus the flawed system of liberal democracy and may not augur well for the governments of several countries.
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The Macron implosion- will it spread to other EU members?
Dec 13, 2018 07:22Over the four weekends, hundreds of thousands were in the streets, middle class people, from students to workers to outright employees and housewives. The police force increases by every new Round – and so do the demonstrators.
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A long time coming: Saudi-made famine in Yemen
Dec 11, 2018 13:47The world needs to act now because according to a new report by the World Food Program, Yemeni civilians are enduring a famine.
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International Day of Disabled Persons
Dec 03, 2018 09:29The United Nations announced in 1992 that December 3 be marked every year as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). The goal of this announcement was to promote public awareness on different aspects of the disabled people's life. Every year this day provides the ground for further attention to the problems of the disabled by relevant authorities.
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The New Cold War in Crimea
Nov 30, 2018 17:01With Tensions Mounting over Kerch Strait Incident, following Moscow’s seizure of three Ukrainian vessels that had ventured into Crimean waters, Will Ukraine Replace Syria as Focus for US’ Russia Containment Strategy?
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Status of Women in the West (22)
Nov 19, 2018 11:08John Stuart Mill was one of the first western philosophers, who paid attention to women's rights. He was opposed to the views of people like Aristotle and Rousseau. Mill believed that freedom is one of the important values and clear criteria for defence of women's rights.
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US will defeat EU army
Nov 17, 2018 20:25The testy slap-down by US President Donald Trump to the idea of a European army was telling. Any notion of the Europeans stepping away from American "protection" would be anathema to Washington.
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War and poverty at the heart of European & US migration turmoil
Nov 16, 2018 18:45Europe has certainly adopted more fortress-like controls against would-be refugees. A concomitant rise in anti-immigrant political parties has in turn fueled popular resentment towards EU institutions. But the debate requires much more than “moral appeals.”
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America’s nuclear death wish – Europe must rebel
Nov 04, 2018 13:59The Trump administration’s declared scrapping of a crucial arms control treaty is putting the world on notice of a nuclear war, sooner or later.
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The EU- Russia- China plan to avert Iran oil sanctions
Oct 29, 2018 10:20It may well be that the unilateral wrecking ball politics of the Trump administration are bringing about a result just opposite from that intended. Washington’s decision to abandon the Iran nuclear agreement and impose severe sanctions on companies trading Iran oil as of 4 November, is creating new channels of cooperation between the EU, Russia, China and Iran and potentially others.