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Nato is dead: long live Nato 2.0
Every year at this time the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato), the world’s most powerful alliance for the past 77 years, holds a conference in Munich to examine its state of health.
World View
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Surviving the population crash as the global birthrate plunges
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Surviving the population crash as the global birthrate plunges
To them that hath shall (more) be given is generally a reliable guide, but it doesn’t work if the beneficiaries are too stupid to take advantage of the gift.
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Where have all the generals gone?
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Where have all the generals gone?
Armies can be used against both foreigners abroad and citizens at home, but the two roles require quite different equipment and tactics.
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Iran may be pretending about nukes
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Iran may be pretending about nukes
The Iranian regime is brutal, fanatical and corrupt.
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We might have crested ‘peak Trump’
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We might have crested ‘peak Trump’
It is too early to be sure, but it seems likely that we have just seen "peak Trump".
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Blood spilled and everything will be back up in the air again
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Blood spilled and everything will be back up in the air again
In 1910, Henry Wilson, the British army officer charged with planning for a possible war with Germany, visited the French officer doing the same job in Paris, Ferdinand Foch.
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Greenland: Trump versus Nato
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Greenland: Trump versus Nato
After the Danish and Greenland foreign ministers came out of a meeting in Washington on January 14 convinced Donald Trump really intended to seize Greenland, things moved very fast.
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Pretending to help Donald Trump
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Pretending to help Donald Trump
The alarming events of the past couple of weeks have made it clear that not one but several crises are likely to occur in the relatively near future.
Uncertainty hangs over Venezuela
Uncertainty hangs over Venezuela
Here's what’s probably happening in Venezuela today.
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Is Rubio leading the US towards a forever war?
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Is Rubio leading the US towards a forever war?
US President Donald Trump has ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all "sanctioned" oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela ports, which is technically an act of war.
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Geoengineering for grown-ups
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Geoengineering for grown-ups
A few days ago the European Union’s Earth Observation programme, Copernicus, made a special announcement at the end of its monthly report on the state of the climate.
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Venezuela: performative murder
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Venezuela: performative murder
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week "if you’re on a boat full of cocaine or fentanyl or whatever, headed to the United States, you’re an immediate threat to the United States".
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Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon
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Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon
Israel's prime minister, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to "fully pardon" him of all three charges
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The good old days of keeping everything that you conquered
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The good old days of keeping everything that you conquered
Russia's "big concession is they stop fighting and they don’t take any more land", US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday
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Ukraine: once more around the loop
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Ukraine: once more around the loop
If the Ukrainians feel the time has come to surrender to the Russians, they don’t need Donald Trump’s help.
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It’s all quiet on the East Asia front
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It’s all quiet on the East Asia front
Russia has its endless war in Ukraine, Africa has the Sudanese civil war, the United States is on the brink of invading Venezuela
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Marking time as Cop30 begins
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Marking time as Cop30 begins
Populist parties are already in power in some developed countries and waiting just outside the door in many more.
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Another day means another massacre somewhere
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Another day means another massacre somewhere
The ceasefire in Gaza, however shaky, is freeing up some bandwidth for the world’s media to fret about other ongoing massacres
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Time to look for what made you look
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Time to look for what made you look
Made You Look is a children’s game where a child points to something that doesn’t exist just to get another child to look in that direction.
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Invade Venezuela first Canadians plead
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Invade Venezuela first Canadians plead
Q: Why do some Canadians want Trump to invade Venezuela?