By Alfred W. McCoy While the world looks on with trepidation at regional wars in Israel and Ukraine, a far more dangerous global crisis is...

I am always leery of hubris. It may be true that all people of good now want 'the fall' of Israel, after a century of lies, deceit, killing and more...

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Georgia is at the center of a political and geopolitical confrontation, with allegations of electoral fraud fueled by suspicions of pro-Russian...

British researcher, lecturer, linguist, historian, a spectacular author specialising in modern Eastern Europe, particularly Russia under Vladimir...

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Emergency services are searching the water and land for an 11-year-old boy who was pulled into the ocean while trying to cross a channel with his...