International politics

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https://phys.org/news/2016-05-climate-exodus-middle-east-north-africa.html
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Physics
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/20/chinese-journalists-to-be-tested-on-loyalty-to-xi-jinping
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The Guardian
Exam will test journalists on presidents teachings on socialism and propaganda
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/quantum-geopolitics
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Stratfor
The world of quantum physics can provide useful guidance in the forecasting of global events. Forecasting the shape the world will take in several years or decades is an audacious undertaking. There are no images to observe or precise data points to anchor us. We can only create a picture, and a fuzzy one at best. This is, after all, our basic human empirical instinct: to draw effortlessly from th
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/china-and-russia-common-interests-make-closer-security-ties-great-power-competition-us
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Stratfor
Moscow and Beijing are increasing their security ties in tandem with mounting U.S. pressure. But their partnership can only go so far before the two neighboring powers’ own interests inevitably get in the way.
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https://www.thespec.com/ts/politics/2020/04/28/no-covid-19-bailouts-for-firms-that-use-tax-havens-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-says.html
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The Hamilton Spectator
“We will continue to ensure that those who need help will get it, but those who evade or avoid tax will not receive aid,” Trudeau said Tuesday.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR7WgKnBTIE
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CaspianReport
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/globalization-sowing-seeds-its-own-undoing
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Stratfor
In a recent article in The New York Times, "Put Globalization to Work for Democracies," Dani Rodrik, a professor of economics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, argues "that unmanaged globalization is undermining democracy. . . Simply put, we have pushed economic globalization too far -- toward an impractical version that we might call 'hyperglobalization.'" Rodrik's argument echoe
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/30/drug-laws-international-study-tough-policy-use-problem
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The Guardian
Eight month study shows legalisation policies do not result in wider use, and the US should be watched with interest
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https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/bgodg0/why_the_us_is_losing_its_allies_in_the_middle_east/?depth=1
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Reddit
89 votes, 82 comments. Saudi Arabia is the few authoritarian government the US currently supports. Saudi Arabia and the US was friends thanks to …
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https://www.inverse.com/article/48236-population-control-can-help-climate-change
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Inverse
But scientists insist it's not as bad as it sounds.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/stratfor-gis-geopolitical-geopolitics-maps-trends#/entry/jsconnect?
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Stratfor
Geographic information systems (GIS) technology has many critical real-world applications. At Stratfor, our in-house creative team uses GIS to create original, illuminating graphics to highlight emerging trends in geopolitics that are defined by geography.
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https://www.stratfor.com/image/how-migration-affects-european-politics?login=1
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Stratfor
The migration of large populations has often stirred political controversy on the Continent.
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https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2018/11/14/artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-geopolitics/
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Brookings
John Villasenor argues that innovation in artificial intelligence is becoming a geopolitical competition with many countries vying for leadership.
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https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2018/04/17/drought-returns-to-huge-swaths-of-us-fueling-fears-of-a-thirsty-future
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Pew
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_K0sis46To
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VisualPolitik EN
European Union does not want to follow the Iran sanctions passed by America. Nonetheless, Donald Trump wants to force European companies to cut their relatio...
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The ongoing space race between the United States and China is on for space supremacy.
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https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/russias-relationship-china-grows-slowly
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Stratfor
Major deals between the countries are moving at a glacial pace, in part because of changing economic conditions.
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Countries are forming new economic and geopolitical allies to navigate an increasingly conflict-filled environment.
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/20/business/economy/immigration-economic-impact.html?smid=re-share
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New York Times
Immigrants have often delivered economic benefits to the countries taking them in, but they have also upended the politics of the industrialized world — where the native-born often exaggerate their numbers and their needs.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/david-frum-how-much-immigration-is-too-much/583252/
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The Atlantic
We need to make hard decisions now about what will truly benefit current and future Americans.