Turkey’s lira falls 20% against US dollar in 4 days to historic low — so President Erdoğan changes headline by threatening 10 ambassadors with expulsion.
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15-minute discussion on UK problems — & Government cynical negligence — from spiking Coronavirus cases to Brexit supply chain & Northern Ireland problems
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Misreading Joe Biden’s latest statement, as US seeks containment of China and Beijing looks for primacy in an alternative economic and political system
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How English culture, and Johnson Government exploitation of it, is leading UK not to the glory of Henry V but to beavers and Winter of Our Discontent
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Bombing of an Afghanistan community: “We’re living in fear. After Kandahar, it is evident that the Hazaras and Shias are an easy target for the terrorists.”
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How does populism exploit insecurity for hostility towards “elites” and the “enemy”? An answer through Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in France
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On the UK Government’s possible negligence over Coronavirus deaths of 10,000s in care homes, & issues of transparency, accountability, and necessary action
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As senior US official Robert Malley visits Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, a look at the issues from Iran nuclear deal to Iran-Russia relations to Syria.
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Why would the UK, with almost 70 million people and world’s 6th-largest economy, take the damaging path of Brexit? The answer lies in “England” and emotion.
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Analysis of security for UK MPs after killing of David Amess, and of Boris Johnson’s vacation excess while Britons suffer supply shortages & Brexit damage
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Verbal clashes between Iran and Azerbaijan resume, only 3 days after Foreign Ministers’ call supposedly eased tensions, with allegations of drug trafficking.
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Discussing humanitarian aid amid crisis for millions of Afghanistan’s civilians: is it possible to help while seeking good governance & rights from Taliban?
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“For supporters, Muqtada al-Sadr champion is the champion of the poor. For his critics, he is manipulator more interested in his personal ascent to power.”
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Evaluating first US talks with the Taliban since the Islamist group took control of Afghanistan in August, beginning with Taliban’s claim of limited US aid.
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Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is leading the Taliban delegation in talks with US...
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Navigating headlines of a China-US military confrontation, over Taiwan by pointing to Joe Biden and Xi Jinping drawing lines against that showdown.
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Embracing rapprochement with the Taliban after its takeover of Afghanistan, Iran has declared “trade agreements” as it pursues economic opportunities.
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Scott Lucas evaluates the state of the US-France relationship after Washington’s snub of Paris in last month’s Australia-UK-US nuclear submarines deal
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Fear, Chaos, & Killings: Government official describes his final days in Kabul before he & his family were evacuated from Afghanistan after Taliban takeover
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Discussions, amid meeting between India’s Prime Minister Modi and President Biden and Modi’s UN speech, about complexities of India-US relationship
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1st-hand from bulldozing of Benin’s fishing villages: “They came and demolished our houses. We have no place to go. My children are sleeping on the beach.”
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“We weren’t treated like humans”: horse-riding Border Patrol agents crack down on 15,000 Haitian migrants who moved from Central and South America to Texas.
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35-minute discussion of developments in the Asia-Pacific region, including this week’s meeting of the leaders of “The Quad” — US, India, Japan, Australia
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Amid no US-UK trade deal, Brexit, and dispute over Northern Ireland, Boris Johnson is “following an agenda increasingly set in Washington”.
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Boris Johnson’s deception collapses amid reality of no US-UK trade deal and of all-too-real Brexit, with serious political and economic situation for the UK.
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“Johnson’s bluster, falsehoods, & bluffs have been called. He & his Ministers have no more chips. The Northern Ireland-Great Britain customs line remains.”
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A deep dive 25-minute analysis of the Australia-UK-US nuclear submarines deal and its political and military consequences, from Asia-Pacific to Europe
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Discussing US killing of Afghanistan civilians, amid “War on Terror” & US withdrawal from the country; “over the horizon” operations; & UN General Assembly
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France recalls ambassadors from both US and Australia and cancels defense summit with UK in protest over manner of Australia-UK-US defense deal.
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As Taliban take over in Afghanistan, Zarlasht Wali persists for education: “If girls can’t go to school, we will go to them and hold classes in their homes”
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