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Khashoggi revealed, the many whys of a Saudi crime
US-SAUDI ARABIA

Khashoggi revealed, the many whys of a Saudi crime

World 03_03_2021 Souad Sbai

By declassifying a CIA report more than two years later, the new US president is reopening the Khashoggi case. The journalist, who was murdered in Istanbul in 2018 in the Saudi consulate, was linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. He promoted its agenda in the Washington Post.

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UK will reopen before the EU it exited from
COVID

UK will reopen before the EU it exited from

The reopening roadmap announced by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks like a dream when seen from EU countries. Yet, in spite of those who predicted post-Brexit catastrophes, at least in terms of managing the Covid war, the fact is the United Kingdom has proven itself much better prepared than the EU from which it recently exited.

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U.S. and France rethink strategies to fight jihadism
SCENARIES

U.S. and France rethink strategies to fight jihadism

Both the new Biden administration in the United States and Macron's in France are currently questioning their long-standing wars against jihadist terrorism. The U.S. is unable to end its lengthy conflict in Afghanistan. Furthermore, by pulling out, it knows that the Taliban will take over. It is the same situation for the French in the Sahel campaign against Isis and Al Qaeda.

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Biden changes policy in the Gulf, a pro-Iran turnaround
MIDDLE EAST

Biden changes policy in the Gulf, a pro-Iran turnaround

Although it’s not yet clear whether we are facing a real turnaround, or only propaganda tactics, the Biden administration immediately makes it clear which side it is on in the Gulf: a stop to military aid to the Saudis and Emiratis in their war in Yemen, the rehabilitation of the Houthi (Shiites, pro-Iran), and new nuclear agreements with Tehran.

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Time reveals the plot to "save democracy" from Trump
US ELECTIONS

Time reveals the plot to "save democracy" from Trump

Judging by the solid alignment of media, big business and social movements against Trump, you'd think there had been a plot to ensure he lost the presidential election. Ironically, it turns out there really was one and its key players are bragging about it in Time magazine, believing they were acting in defence of democracy.


The real Chinese model is Taiwan. But nobody is interested
HEALTH AND POLITICS

The real Chinese model is Taiwan. But nobody is interested

While China emerges as the global winner of the pandemic challenge and related economic crisis, it is often forgotten that there is another China that is a far more attractive model for the free world. It is the China of Taiwan. It has a lower mortality and higher growth rate. Yet for all international organisations, Taiwan ‘doesn’t exist’.


Somalia, thirty years of war: the failure of a nation
ANNIVERSARY

Somalia, thirty years of war: the failure of a nation

World 02_02_2021 Anna Bono

The deposition of dictator Siad Barre in January 1991 should have opened a new era of freedom and development: instead, a war between clans broke out, which still endures today and has encouraged the growth of Islamist terrorist group al-Shabaab. Not to mention the billions of dollars in international aid that have ended up in the pockets of the ‘warlords’.

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Vaccinating Africans? Local health care is the problem
COVID-19

Vaccinating Africans? Local health care is the problem

World 22_01_2021 Anna Bono

At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Africa was projected to be the hardest hit continent. The projection proved to be incorrect. Now international organizations are making it a priority to vaccinate Africa. The problem is not supply. Even African nations are purchasing doses in huge quantities. The problem is local organization.

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Opioid deaths, the hidden epidemic obscured by Covid
US DATA

Opioid deaths, the hidden epidemic obscured by Covid

Opioid deaths increased in the first three months of 2020 in the United States. From 1999 to 2017, opioid overdose deaths totalled nearly 400,000. The extremely potent fentanyl and others are ranked 5th in causes of preventable deaths. And there is the suspicion that existing users may step up their use if they test positive for Covid.

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Trump: Democracy’s anarchist put the system in lockdown
US

Trump: Democracy’s anarchist put the system in lockdown

Before Trump’s own eyes, America’s system of power went into lockdown, proving it was no longer a democracy because now it is a given that freedom can be bought. When John Paul II and Benedict XVI spoke of democracy as a potential totalitarian system, this is what they were referring to. Instead, Trump while doing so in unfashionable style, made arguments that lay the foundation for freedom and which make it unable to be bought by the system: arguments about life, God, the nation as a natural community, faith, and natural law. He was a rebel. An anarchist of democracy.


Threats, alliances, elections: 2021 in the Middle East
UNCERTAIN FUTURE

Threats, alliances, elections: 2021 in the Middle East

The only thing that is certain about the next early elections in Israel, the fourth in two years, is the date: March 23rd. Otherwise, 2021 already looks like a year full of uncertainties. First and foremost: will Iran follow up on its threats against the US?

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Development: UN cares about the planet, not people
UNDP REPORT

Development: UN cares about the planet, not people

World 31_12_2020 Anna Bono

The new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Report adds environmental parameters to the Human Development Index. An ideological change that leads to a new conception of development, which requires sacrificing humanity.

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