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Economy

How Much Is Greenland Really Worth? Fixing The Price On Trump’s Expansionist Dream

President Donald Trump has expressed several times his desire to make Greenland a part of the U.S. by purchasing it from Denmark. What determines the price of a country?

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Geopolitics

Greenland: Why Trump Wants It, In 14 Stunning Photos

Its scenery is breathtaking, but there are also more strategic reasons that incoming President Donald Trump is pushing to force Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States.

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This Happened

This Happened — September 30: The Signing Of The Munich Agreement

Updated September 30, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. On this day in 1938, the Munich Agreement, (also known as the Treaty of Munich) was signed by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain. What was the Treaty of Munich? The Treaty of Munich, also known as the Munich Agreement, was an agreement signed on […]

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Ideas Russia-Ukraine War

Servant Of The People: Why Zelensky Will Concede Nothing To Russia

Those calling for Kyiv to negotiate away part of its territory, understand neither history nor the current reality of Ukrainian democracy.

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Geopolitics Society

Fall Of The Empire? Ethnic Separatism On The Rise In Russia

Far from being a unified state, Russia is full of federal subjects — many of which have spawned separatist movements. Moscow, far from Siberia or the Caucasus and focused on Ukraine, is finding it harder to contain them.

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Geopolitics Ideas

Argentina Is Giving Away The Farm On The Falklands

The Argentine government has bent over backwards to please the UK while getting nothing in return.

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In The News

Armenia And Azerbaijan, A Fragile Truce After 25 Years

May marked the 25th anniversary of the ceasefire that ended Armenia and Azerbaijan’s war for the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. It wouldn’t take much to reignite fighting.

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In The News

A New, More Realistic Strategy Against Venezuela’s Dogged Regime?

The Western-aligned Lima Group is now seeking help from the more neutral International Contact Group, and even Cuba, to resolve the political deadlock in Venezuela.

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Geopolitics Trump And The World

From Fortress Europe To Family Separation, Borders Get Ugly

It’s not just Donald Trump’s wall. Around the world, people are erecting new and increasingly strict lines of division.

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In The News

Hard Living In Gaza: Squeezed Between Israel And Internal Discord

Basic health care services are hard to come by.

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Geopolitics

On Edge In Kashmir, Where Neither War Nor Peace Reigns

SRINAGAR – An eagle boldly splits the air, to and fro, between disputed territories. On the ground, an electrified fence hurtles down the jagged flank of the mountain, bumps into the river, then resumes its straight race up heights. In the Uri district, in Silikot, the fence sharply cuts an odd borderline: dividing the Muslim […]

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