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17 votes
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Gaza and the future of information warfare
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Israel-Hamas War Megathread, November 27 to December 7
It seemed about time to roll it over. Here's the previous topic.
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 30
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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The Philipines and China, fishing boats and naval ships, and artificial outposts in the contested South China Sea
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US thwarts plot to kill Sikh separatist, issues warning to India
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Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and Nobel winner, dead at 100
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 23
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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In Cold War II, the US risks playing the Soviet role
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Israel-Hamas War Megathread, November 16 to November 26
I was going to post these every week but I forgot, so let's just say they're occasional. Here is the previous topic.
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Nuclear modernisation - Rearmament, ageing stockpiles and why Russia's nukes work (probably)
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Russia's war in Ukraine and destabilising "hybrid warfare" actions on the eastern border put foreign and security policy top of the agenda in Finland's presidential election
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 16
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 9
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
17 votes -
Israel-Hamas War Megathread, November 6 to November 15
Thought I’d start a new topic since it’s been a while and there’s more to discuss. Here is the previous topic.
20 votes -
Under strained circumstances, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping scheduled to talk trade
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - November 2
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
20 votes -
Ukraine is ready to start process of joining European Union, European Commission says
33 votes -
How Greenland’s mineral wealth made it a geopolitical battleground
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Denmark is preparing to make a significant pledge toward a new climate disaster fund, breaking ranks with other developed countries
12 votes -
Israel-Hamas War Megathread, October 27 to November 5
This is a place to post links to news and analysis of the conflict when you’d prefer not to post them top-level.
51 votes -
Vladimir Putin signs bill revoking Russia’s ratification of a global nuclear test ban treaty
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Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied EU to pressure Egypt into accepting Gaza refugees
15 votes -
US opened its northernmost diplomatic station in Tromsø, Norway on Friday – highlights increased importance of the Arctic region for Washington
21 votes -
Trade tops the agenda as Germany’s Olaf Scholz meets Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu on West Africa trip
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US asks Qatar to ‘turn down the volume’ of Al Jazeera news coverage
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - October 26
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
14 votes -
What Israel should do now: Israel’s current approach is clearly wrong. Here’s a better way to fight Hamas — and win.
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - October 19
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Finland faces growing Russian online threat, Finnish security services say – espionage attempts have increased since Ukraine invasion
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How China’s Belt and Road Initiative is changing after a decade of big projects and big debts
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - October 12
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
16 votes -
Lockheed revenue rises on sustained weapons demand amid geopolitical tensions
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Antony Blinken warned lawmakers Azerbaijan may invade Armenia in coming weeks
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expected in Moscow, Russian media reports
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - October 5
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
23 votes -
We can’t wait thirty more years for another breakthrough in the Middle East
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Analysts have expressed concerns that relations between Serbia and Kosovo could tip into an armed conflict
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - September 28
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This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
10 votes -
The scrambled spectrum of US foreign policy thinking
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UN Secretary-General: A worrisome new nuclear arms race is brewing. Any use of a nuclear weapon — anytime, anywhere and in any context — would unleash a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions.
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - September 21
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This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
19 votes -
Witnesses and security camera footage viewed by The Washington Post reveal a more complex operation to kill Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canadian Sikh leader, than authorities have previously described
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Long in Russian orbit, Georgia tilts West
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Fun fact: Taiwan claims exclusive sovereignty over mainland China and Mongolia as well as parts of Russia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Japan
Decided not to post a single link as there are tons of different articles about different aspects of it on Wikipedia. It's a whole thing! Exclusive mandate - Republic of China (Taiwan) and...
Decided not to post a single link as there are tons of different articles about different aspects of it on Wikipedia. It's a whole thing!
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Exclusive mandate - Republic of China (Taiwan) and People's Republic of China
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1992 consensus which established semi-official dialogue between ROC and PRC
It seems like this is a leftover from the Chinese civil war and/or Chiang Kai-shek's authoritarian and murderous rule because one of the above articles does mention that these territorial hopes haven't been worked towards for many years:
Originally placing high priority on reclaiming the Chinese mainland through Project National Glory, the KMT now favors a closer relation with the PRC and seeks to maintain Taiwan's status quo under the Constitution of the Republic of China. The party also accepts the 1992 Consensus, which defines both sides of the Taiwan Strait as "one China" but maintains its ambiguity to different interpretations.
It goes further back than that though, probably to 1966 when Project National Glory was abandoned:
[invasion of mainland China] as the initial stage of reunification was effectively abandoned after 1966, although the Guoguang planning organization was not abolished until 1972. The ROC did not abandon the policy of using force for reunification until 1990.
Thought this was all quite interesting, so I wanted to share! It is not exactly light reading though so I also wanted to ask for documentary recommendations about this, and of the Chinese civil war in general, if anybody knows of any good ones?
Don't mind me, just finding myself going into a lot of Wikipedia rabbit holes lately 😊
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China exports of gallium and germanium, used in manufacture of semiconductors, fell to zero in August
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Europe talks to itself in many languages. That’s why English is vital to its democracy
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Checkmate in Nagorno-Karabakh? How Azerbaijan got Armenia to back down.
8 votes -
India suspends visa services for Canadians amid heightened tensions
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - September 14
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This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
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13 votes