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Jul 03 2024 
Conflict or Harmony? Russia’s Global Leadership Is Key to 21st Century World Development Through Two New Powers
A question that was explored at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF): Can global and national development occur without conflict and violence?
Connie Rahakundini Bakrie at the Valdai Club has a technical/social methodology
This planet on which we rely for our…
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Jul 03 2024 
Elvira Nabiullina: Transformation of Russian economy is marathon with barriers — Central Bank chief
Ed Note: It is still surprising that Nabiullina was accused of being an Atlanticist who worked hand in hand with the US Central Bank. Now we look back and she was and is an excellent economist and throughout the sanctions,…
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Jul 03 2024 
War on China, under the radar
The Exceptionals remain intent on Full Spectrum Dominance. They’re active and shape three theatres. With the Ukraine delegated to Europe, West Asia to Zion, China is a direct priority for the US Armed Forces.
The U.S. military is on high alert…
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Jul 03 2024 
Language use as a measure of Arab battlefield success in Palestine
Ed Note: This explainer has been posted on so many channels that I do not know what the source is. Nevertheless, some of the language has perplexed me as well, so, this should help all of us.
✍️Written by Hikaru Kitabayashi✍️Hamas…
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Jul 02 2024 
Iran’s election runoff: two candidates, two worldviews
It is good to know what the differences are between the two run-off candidates in Iran.
From the Cradle
The hastily arranged Iranian presidential election to succeed Ebrahim Raisi saw a record low turnout, forcing a 5 July runoff between reformist…
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Jul 02 2024 
Collective West Stepping up Air/Sea Drills in China’s Backyard?
Carl Zha is a Chinese historian and an independent journalist and a very energetic and apt geopolitical analyst. He runs the Silk and Steel podcast. That is where I first became aware of his work, years ago and learned a…
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Jul 02 2024 
The question: Does the US understand Russia?
Judge Napolitano as we all know asks similar questions to those that he interviews in order to compare answers. This is good and one cannot critique that method.
The one question that comes up time and time again, is if the…
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Jul 02 2024 
Hamas from a leftist perspective
In this piece, Abdaljawad Omar responds to criticisms of the Palestinian resistance from the left. Omar argues that the Western left must confront the reality that true solidarity with Palestine cannot dismiss or exclude Hamas, despite its complex socio-political dynamics.…
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Jul 02 2024
Daily Chronicles – Previous
A reminder, Daily Chronicles sifts out the most important and sometimes interesting in our world today. It is not meant to be an overview of ‘the daily news’, as the selection is toward those issues that have the potential to…
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Jul 01 2024 
What Really Happened to the USSR
There are two themes here.
First, a historical note on how fast Superpowers can collapse:
In early 1991, Soviet citizens voted on the New Union Treaty which proposed to reform-rather than dissolve-the USSR. 76% of Soviet voters ultimately supported maintaining the federal…
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Jul 01 2024 
The Gaza Death Toll Undercount
From Chris Hedges on his X Account
The Gaza Health Ministry has so far recorded some 38,000 deaths and 85,000 injuries. This is a vast undercount. The Health Ministry only counts the names of deceased recorded by hospitals and morgues.
Given…
