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Jun 01 2024 
The Afghans Who Came in from the Cold
The whole Russia-Taliban love affair involves a humongous package – encompassing oil, gas, minerals and loads of rail connectivity.
By Pepe Escobar at the Strategic Culture Foundation.
Russia, SCO, BRICS: The normalization of Afghanistan
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Jun 01 2024 
Here Comes China!
It has been a while since we’ve done one of these. As always, thank-you to Godfree Roberts who does the heavy lifting around a raft of statistics.
The tone of this newsletter is the tone of the world today. It is…
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Jun 01 2024 
Official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the People’s Republic of China Wu Qian
The Shangri-La Dialogue:
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with his Chinese counterpart behind closed doors for more than an hour Friday, as the two countries seek to repair lines of communication between their militaries that could be critical as tensions…
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Jun 01 2024 
Only The One-State Solution Is Viable
We explore the practicality of the one-state solution for the Palestine and Israel conflict with Mahmoud Owda
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May 31 2024 
Elections: Mexico, South Africa and heating up for Venezuela
It is a pleasure to receive a Mexican Election Update Report from Mexico City from Ramin Mazaheri. But the content is probably not so pleasurable. The election is on Sunday, June 2nd.
They’re killing one another something fierce this election season.…
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May 31 2024 
Free Speech and Solidarity with Gaza: Democracy at Risk
The Israeli attack on Rafah that killed 45 Palestinian civilians has ignited global outrage. In France, often hailed as the “Cradle of Human Rights,” the temporary expulsion of a left-wing MP for waving the Palestinian flag in the National Assembly…
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May 31 2024 
Western Irrationality Keeps Ramping Up
‘Everyone with a brain knows deep attacks inside Russia is a way to nuclear confrontation’
https://t.me/rtnews/63823
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May 31 2024 
Israel has proposed a “comprehensive new proposal” (aka we’ve won!)
(May I start with asking a question. Why is Biden the mouthpiece for this? Aaah, I know, there is an election coming up)
US President says Israel has proposed a “comprehensive new proposal” and urges Hamas and Israel to take it.
The…
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May 31 2024 
Medvedev, Zakharova, Lavrov: on the use of extended-range weapons on Russian territory
Medvedev
Western countries that allegedly “approved the use” of their extended-range weapons on Russian territory (regardless of whether we are talking about old or new parts of our country) must clearly understand the following:
1. All their military equipment and specialists fighting…
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May 30 2024 
US to send migrants to Europe – CBS
https://www.rt.com/news/598511-us-migrants-italy-greece/
Given an experience that I had recently, coming very close to the actual working of this migrant caravan from the most Southern point in the Americas (Brazil) through to Mexico and all points in between, and seeing (no, I did…
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May 30 2024 
Dmitry Suslov: It’s time for Russia to think about a ‘demonstrative’ nuclear test
This was first published in Russian on Profile.ru, and then translated and edited by the RT team.
The US-led bloc has lost its fear of the mushroom cloud, but seeing one would perhaps focus some minds
By Dmitry Suslov, member of the…
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May 30 2024 
The brink of dissolution: Neurosis in the West as the levee breaks
The discourse of military escalation is in fashion in Europe, but both in the Middle East and Ukraine, western policy is in deep trouble.
By Alastair Crooke on Strategic Culture
The paradox is that Team Biden – wholly inadvertently – is midwifing…
