Is There a Risk of a NATO vs. Russia War?
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/GettyImages-1238559942.jpgMatthew Kroenig: Hi, Emma, I hope you enjoyed the long Presidents Day holiday weekend. I took my kids on their
Focus on Namibia Following Discovery of Oil
Namibia Strikes First Oil Namibia, a nation of about 3 million people in Southern Africa, wants to start producing its own oil in four years. This news comes after Shell, a British multinational oil and gas company struck the country’s first offshore oil discovery at the Graff‑1 well. Hailed as the “final frontier” of oil exploration…
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Putin Made Fools Out of His Admirers
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PUTIN-RUSSIA-WAR-GettyImages-1238699559.png Russian President Vladimir Putin has a habit of making bitter fools of people. Whether he’s making his spy chief
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Is This the Start of World War III or Cold War II?
https://gdb.voanews.com/c4310000-0aff-0242–55c7-08d9f7dc2dc9_w800_h450.jpgwashington — In the week after the Nazis began attacking Poland, the U.S. weekly newsmagazine Time declared in its September
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World Reacts to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
https://gdb.voanews.com/c4930000-0aff-0242-ce3a-08d9f7c9ab88_cx0_cy10_cw0_w800_h450.jpgNATO is bolstering its military presence to defend allied countries in eastern Europe, if necessary, the military alliance said, hours
What can the west do about Russia invading Ukraine?
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9bae7b2ea8c4487ad6fbf0ff6947592c5c109652/0_170_3104_1862/master/3104.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=916a96ed79bc10f56b5c66cee7179030 What can the west do about Russia invading Ukraine? Analysis: Immediate options seem limited
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World Expresses Outrage, Plans Stronger Russia Sanctions
https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/62177c572500009f652b2ad0.jpeg?cache=gqts2vcdbx&ops=224_126BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders expressed a raw outrage shrouded by an impotence to immediately come to the aid of
War after the pandemic: a threat to humanity
The attack on Ukraine has begun. War in Europe in the 21st century seemed impossible. The risks of an escalation are unimaginable. Pope Francis calls us to counter the power of arms with the ‘weakness’ of prayer. Read all
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Long-awaited local elections will offer Central Africans opportunity to expand political space
Local elections in the Central African Republic (CAR), which have been pending since 1988 and are slated for September, will deepen efforts to decentralize power and expand political space, the UN envoy for the country told the Security Council on Tuesday, encouraging the new Government to “deploy all possible efforts” to calm the political climate.