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Is Myanmar close to finding a negotiated return to democracy
Myanmar is complicated, it is really a number of states in a state. It is also a geopolitical hotspot where the big game is played for the wealth and strategic alliances that can be made by small and large nations. Groups are fighting a war to return the country to civilian rule, but it is…
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The green argument in Europe
Nothing will change much in Europe after the election of Ursula Von de Leyen as the leader of the European Union, but there will be a larger Conservative majority in the EPP. The socialists are up in arms, especially in Spain, where the government have found themselves being out manoeuvred by a Europe that has…
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Russia – Part two
Russia is moving from the argument of a Special Police operation towards a state that imposes broad security measures against its citizens. Though there is support for the war in Ukraine, opinion polls show that the majority of Russian’s not only support the war but also Putin and the government. Reactionary elements of the state…
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The Libyan problem
Twelve years since the fall of the autocratic regime of Ghaddafi, Libya a country of over seven million is split between two factions: The Government of National Accord (GNA), based in Tripoli, dominates the political landscape of the west, and the Libyan National Army, dominates the east of Libya. Despite the calm over the last…
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Lost voices, blank sheets of paper and umbrellas.
Symbolism has taken the voice away from writers and artists, each and every demonstration in Hong Kong and China has been challenged by security laws, but voices such as Ai Weiwei, or writers such as Zu Zhiyong are either in exile or prison. Symbols have become so important, the blank sheet of paper or the…
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Germany’s new beginning
Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz argues that to avoid a new cold war in a multi-polar era, will be dependent on a policy of rebuilding Germany’s armed forces and taking a multilateral approach towards the world. But the resounding argument is determined by resources fed into concerns of whether Germany can take a lead in Europe,…
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COP 27
This article explores the concerns, events and questions that should be on the agenda at COP 27
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Decolinasation in Algeria, Angola and India
International factors determined key aspects of decolonisation in India, Algeria and Angola. World events, philosophical beliefs, ideologies, national identity, political and commercial pressures defined the peripheries resolve for independence and an end to the domination of arguments found in the metropole. The perceived identity developed by the metropole defined how the periphery became determined nationally,…
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