Tag: current affairs – international

Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine

NB: This is the last chance for any segment of Western establishments to avoid being cast forever as irredeemably racist. DS Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor More than 100 French and British former diplomats have said Palestine is being erased in front of the world’s eyes and called for urgent action including trade and arms sales bans to press… Read More Former British and French diplomats urge action over Israel’s ‘erasure’ of Palestine

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Lessons from the Ultimate China Watcher: Fr László Ladány (2023)

Nicholas Welch This article was written by Anthony Edwards, a 2023 graduate of the Hopkins-Nanjing Center. NB: The appraisal of Fr Ladany is well written and very necessary. He was agreat scholar. But the article is written from the standpoint of the US-China relationship. At a time when the US polity is imploding and as it… Read More Lessons from the Ultimate China Watcher: Fr László Ladány (2023)

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Pravin Sawhney: India Is No Longer Useful For America Geopolitically, Strategically & Militarily (June 18, 2026)

Pravin Sawhney on the collapse of Indian diplomacy NB: Many of us still don’t understand that this is an RSS government (the Sangh has many faces); and that it has no politics except (1) the rectification of history (i.e. defeating the Mughal Empire three centuries after its demise); and (2) grabbing control of public funds… Read More Pravin Sawhney: India Is No Longer Useful For America Geopolitically, Strategically & Militarily (June 18, 2026)

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Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Mental Health Crisis Deepens

Two Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide in the Past Two Days Full text of the letter “We Refuse!”  Colonel (Ret) Ann Wright, Popular Resistance Israeli High School Seniors Continue to Go to Prison Instead of Into the Israeli Military. According to a July 29, 2026 article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, two women Israeli soldiers have died… Read More Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Mental Health Crisis Deepens

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A shrinking weapons stockpile is testing the Pentagon’s sweeping new strategy

By Pranshu Verma In a late-June meeting with more than a dozen of the nation’s top defense technology firms, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an urgent message: The Pentagon needed their help to rapidly replenish America’s weapons arsenal. Outside the room, the United States was mired in a conflict with Iran that was rapidly depleting U.S.… Read More A shrinking weapons stockpile is testing the Pentagon’s sweeping new strategy

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