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- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to engage in social engineering to close off Turkey’s population “to values and norms associated with the West,” according to The Dispatch.
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- The article discusses the potential political conditions that could establish lasting peace in Gaza as Israel's ground war looms.
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- Ukraine is rejuvenating its arms industry, focusing on long-range weapons development, with the goal of strengthening its defense and deterring future Russian aggression, aided by NATO support.
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- Kevin D. Williamson criticizes the Republicans in the first debate of the GOP primary season for their incoherence, arguing that this is a result of the party abandoning its values.
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- Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death gives the Russian government an opportunity to wield more power and influence in Africa, writes The Dispatch's Charlotte Lawson.
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- A second term for Donald Trump could have devastating consequences for Ukraine and potentially lead to the end of NATO, as Trump has been critical of American support for Ukraine's war effort.
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- U.S. President Joe Biden hosted a historic summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Camp David last week, marking the first stand-alone meeting of its kind between the three nations. The leaders set aside historical differences to address new geopolitical threats.
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- The U.S. has released over $6 billion in frozen funds to Iran in exchange for the release of several wrongfully detained American-Iranian dual nationals. The funds are supposedly restricted to humanitarian uses, but there are concerns that they may be used to finance terrorism and fuel repression within Iran.
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- The EU's climate agenda is a policy trilemma. Europeans want stringent environmental standards, strategic autonomy, and rising economic prosperity, but all three cannot be pursued simultaneously. The Dispatch's Dalibor Rohac argues that this should serve as a warning to the US, where similar policies are being considered.
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- Italy plans to withdraw from China's Belt and Road Initiative, marking a significant setback for the multi-continent infrastructure project. The decision reflects the European Union's broader shift away from Beijing and the U.S.'s search for partners to counter China's global influence.
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- Last weekend, a deadline set by a group of West African countries for a junta to end its takeover of Niger passed without military action. But concern is growing that the latest regime to come to power in Africa’s “coup belt” will hurl the region into wider conflict and fuel jihadist violence.
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- The article argues that the climate debate is often dominated by extreme views, either exaggerating or diminishing the risk of climate change, rather than focusing on evidence-based discussions.
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- Russia has withdrawn from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, a deal that lifted Russia's wartime blockade on Ukrainian agricultural exports from three Black Sea ports. The deal played a crucial role in alleviating global food shortages.
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- Washington’s interest costs have doubled since 2015, from 1.2 to 2.5 percent of the economy, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). At $663 billion, this year’s interest costs are up 40 percent over last year, writes Brian Riedl.
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- The Pacific island nation of Palau, which has a close relationship with the US, could play a crucial role in defending Taiwan from a potential Chinese invasion due to its proximity to Taipei. The US is currently building radar installations across Palau to detect and deter Chinese aircraft.
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- The Biden administration's secret talks with Iran, aimed at preventing the country from enriching uranium to weapons-grade levels, are under threat due to the suspension of a top envoy and a growing congressional backlash.
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- Judge Aileen Cannon was assigned to preside over the new federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump, leading to calls for her recusal due to perceived partiality.
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- The mystery of the exploding Ukrainian dam appears to be relatively easy to solve, Nick Catoggio writes in The Dispatch.
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- The Kremlin has weaponized what it calls "traditional spiritual and moral values" to secure regime control and promote Russian influence abroad.
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- The most likely scenario for the U.S. presidential election is a repeat of the previous one, with similar results, the Dispatch writes.
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