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Stop making the Donbas territory a zero-sum confrontation

By Almut Rochowanski on Dec 01, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image Among the 28 clauses contained in the initial American peace proposal, point 21 — obliging Ukraine to cede as-yet unoccupied territory in the Donbas to de facto Russian control, where it would be a “neutral demilitarised buffer zone” — has generated the most resistance and indignation.
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In pardon of narco trafficker, Trump destroys his own case for war

By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos on Nov 29, 2025 10:06 pm
Featured Image The Trump administration has literally killed more than 80 suspected drug smugglers by blowing their small boats out of the water since September, but this week the president has reportedly decided to pardon one of the biggest cocaine traffickers of them all.
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Left-right backlash against war with Venezuela is growing

By Jack Hunter on Nov 28, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image President Donald Trump declared in his second inaugural address, “We will measure our success not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars we end, and perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into.”
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Takaichi 101: How to torpedo relations with China in a month

By Mike Mochizuki on Nov 26, 2025 12:05 am
Featured Image On November 7, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that a Chinese attack on Taiwan could undoubtedly be “a situation that threatens Japan’s survival,” thereby implying that Tokyo could respond by dispatching Self-Defense Forces.
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