The Global Agora
By Andrej Matisak
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This is the podcast about foreign policy, international relations, politics, security, defense... My name is Andrej Matišák. I'm a journalist, deputy head of foreign desk in Slovak daily Pravda. So far this is mostly a small side project. Maybe it will grow. I'll see. Anyway, I hope that you will like it and you will support it by listening, sharing and subscribing. Of course, there are gazillions of projects like this but I think that this is the only one from Slovakia. :-)
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Ukraine's expert: The dilemma is whether we are saving territory or personnel
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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How close or far is the US from a civil war?
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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What's next for the Middle East after Iran attacks Israel?
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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My conversation with Maria Avdeeva from Kharkiv: Her city is constantly attacked. Will Russia also try the ground offensive?
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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NATO is a success story, but as Alliance turns 75 can it also face demise?
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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Is counterterrorism cooperation with Russia possible?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Should the West try to turn China and India against Russia?
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Autocratic tendencies, pro-Russian rhetoric and presidential elections. What's going on in Slovakia?
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Will Ursula von der Leyen be President of the European Commission again?
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Ukraine: What happened in two years of invasion, what might be next and will Western troops help Kyiv?
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Death has already knocked on almost every door in Ukraine. My conversation with Oleksandra Matviichuk
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Feb 24, 2024 |
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How can Europe react to Trump's threats to NATO?
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Are we inching towards a big regional war in the Middle East?
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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About films, actors, Indiana Jones, Richard Nixon and revenge: My conversation with Oscar director Bille August
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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What will Sweden bring to NATO and how can the Alliance and the EU prepare for a potential war with Russia?
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Jan 27, 2024 |
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Does Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán want to take over the European Council?
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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US presidential primaries: Is Trump going to win the nomination and what if Biden says I'm not running?
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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What are the main military options Ukraine and Russia can still exploit?
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Japan's admiral explains how his country would react to China's attack against Taiwan and how to prevent it
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Taylor Swift for American President? Unlikely, but...
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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What to expect from the Republican primaries? Will it be Trump or can DeSantis or Haley still hope?
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Dec 16, 2023 |
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Will Meloni compete with Orbán? And will her support for Ukraine continue?
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Is Putin's regime too resilient and Trump too dangerous? My conversation with former US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Is there a case for suspending Russia from the UN? And what can the UN do about Putin's war and the Gaza conflict?
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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What can a war do to the artist? Ukrainian director talks about fighting Russians and making movies
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Nov 18, 2023 |
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About Zaluzhnyi's dose of reality (and stalemate), Ukraine's counteroffensive, and what we got wrong about Russia. My conversation with General (Ret.) Mick Ryan
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Could Kadyrov replace Putin and would it lead to the break up of Russia?
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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What are Russian ships in the Black Sea hiding and how to stop them?
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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What if Trump wins elections in 2024 but Vice President Harris says no? How would Trumpists react?
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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Haiti: What can the UN-backed Kenya's security mission do about the power of the gangs?
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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If PiS wins the elections in Poland, could it lead to the creation of an illiberal front in the EU?
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Does Chancellor Scholz regret that he started to talk about Zeitenwende?
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Can Slovakia become the next Hungary and the Trojan horse of Russia in EU and NATO?
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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NATO vs. Russia in Romania? What can/should the Alliance do in the Black Sea region?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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Is the coup in Niger a pro-Russian coup?
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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What is behind Republicans' rhetoric about sending military to Mexico?
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Did Putin specifically order the killing of Prigozhin?
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Is Cambodia's Hun Sen's dictatorship somehow unique?
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Why is Saudi Arabia buying footballers like crazy?
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Oppenheimer is based on his book. I talked to Kai Bird, co-author of American Prometheus
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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What is happening on the battlefield? I talked to Franz-Stefan Gady about Ukraine's offensive and Russia's defense
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Spanish elections: How would the far-right Vox in government change Spain?
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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What if the AfD ruled Germany? And how is it connected with the Russian war?
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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What are Ukrainians trying to achieve and what are Russians doing? Ben Hodges explains
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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How far would Russia go to help Iran and vice versa?
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Does Putin have skills to be hired by CIA? John Sipher explains
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Does Putin's regime resemble the late era of Stalin?
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Ex-defense secretary Mark Esper: Trump would try to pull the US out of NATO and South Korea
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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What happens in Belarus if Lukashenko dies? Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya talks about plan
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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As Ukraine is getting ready for counterattack, what can Russia do about this?
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May 26, 2023 |
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E. Jean Carroll v. Donald Trump: Are the Republicans the anti-women party?
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May 16, 2023 |
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If Putin falls, will people like Prigozhin or Kadyrov survive?
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May 12, 2023 |
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Is Charles III a caretaker king? And what about William and Kate and Harry and Meghan?
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May 04, 2023 |
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Is French President Emmanuel Macron naive?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Putin is waging war on Ukraine. Should the NHL suspend his fan, Alex Ovechkin?
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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From Troubles to the Good Friday Agreement. And what's next for Northern Ireland amid Brexit?
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Apr 15, 2023 |
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Finland is in NATO. Let's talk about the pros. And what about the cons?
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Ukraine: Who are they and how do foreign fighters contribute to the fight with Russia?
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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He can call his book about Iraq: They all died. Fred Wellman talks about the war and its aftermath
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Former UN inspector in Iraq: CIA lied. The story about wrong intelligence does not withstand scrutiny
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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As Finland and Sweden are joining NATO, what is the biggest concern of Norway regarding Russia?
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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The Russian war one year on: What is the meaning of Germany's Zeitenwende?
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Russia has to withdraw, beg for forgiveness and pay for the crimes
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Could Russia try to stage a coup in Moldova? And how probable is it?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Are Ukraine and Russia getting ready for offensives? Rob Lee explains
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Finland and Sweden NATO's bid: Is Turkey just moving the goalposts and is Russia happy about it?
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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China, North Korea, Russia... What are the main security concerns of Japan?
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Would Kazakhstan be next, if Russia had been successful in Ukraine?
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Babiš, Nerudová or Pavel? What to expect from the presidential election in Czechia?
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Is Putin the biggest loser of 2022? Tom Nichols weighs in
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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How to bake "Russian warship, go fuck yourself" gingerbread? I talked to Maria Avdeeva from Kharkiv
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Would Xi Jinping attack Ukraine if he would rule Russia?
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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My conversation with Anne Applebaum: What if Putin disappears? How would it affect the war?
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Is Ukraine hitting Russia where it hurts the most?
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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What is the biggest problem Xi Jinping is facing going forward?
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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What to criticize about Qatar's World Cup? And what's next for protests in Iran?
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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The midterms' result? American democracy held. But what's next?
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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Rich and powerful. Should we be afraid of Elon Musk's intentions?
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Can American democracy properly function when millions believe in an alternate reality?
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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Facing and being Russia in a wargame: Did the players blow off the world?
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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Ukraine war: About drones and other military systems and how to use them
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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China: It's another (at least) five years for Xi Jinping. What does it mean?
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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North Korea: What can we expect from Kim Jong-un and from his sister Kim Yo-jong?
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Is Giorgia Meloni an ideological heiress of Benito Mussolini?
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Sweden: The far-right Sweden Democrats are the second-strongest party. How did it happen?
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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What is NATO doing six months into Russia's war against Ukraine?
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Is PM Liz Truss up to the job? Is Boris Johnson already plotting a comeback?
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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How important was Mikhail Gorbachev? And what about his successes and failures?
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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A party girl? Is Finland's PM Sanna Marin facing double standards from critics?
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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The Taliban took over Afghanistan one year ago. How are they running it?
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Does Russia have diplomacy or is it mostly trolling?
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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Will Italy turn to Russia after the early election?
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Arnold Schwarzenegger turns 75. Would he beat Trump? And can he predict the future?
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Jul 30, 2022 |
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Complex or complicated? What is the legacy of murdered Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe?
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Are Sri Lanka's protests a prelude to similar events around the world?
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Peter the Great, Hitler, Stalin? To whom can we compare Putin?
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Jul 09, 2022 |
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Should the West tell Russia it will support Ukraine forever?
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Will America become a religious tyranny?
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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Should NATO have a fundamental debate on how to proceed with Turkey?
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Jun 18, 2022 |
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Does Putin only need to survive until Trump will be (perhaps) back in the White House?
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Does Russia create some nuclear weapons exclusively for the TV?
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Does President Biden want to have Taiwan's cake but also eat it?
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May 28, 2022 |
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Is the far-right ecosystem hiding in plain sight in the US?
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May 21, 2022 |
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Does Putin talk about Ukraine in genocidal terms?
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May 12, 2022 |
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Maria Avdeeva from Kharkiv: Russia will never get the city under control
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May 07, 2022 |
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Does Macron want to be the leader of the EU and what's his vision for the next five years?
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Does Putin think everything is fine and how delusional is he?
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Is Russia's war against Ukraine also Germany's fault and what can Berlin do about it?
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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What if the only limit Hungary's PM Orban has after the election is his own imagination?
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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Is Putin on his own crusade in Ukraine and what about the peace negotiations?
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Ukraine war: Did Russia get anything right about the invasion?
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Bitter peace, nukes, and miracles: What are (might be) Ukraine war scenarios?
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Who might join in and what to expect from Ukraine's Foreign Legion?
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Maria Avdeeva from Kharkiv: I want to tell the world about Putin's war against Ukraine
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Mark Galeotti: The best what can Russia hope for in Ukraine is the Afghanistan scenario
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Did Russia's President Putin give us a road map of his intentions?
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Ukrainian expert from Kharkiv: Russia won't be able to control us
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Disaster researcher: Climate change or pandemic worries me much more than the Yellowstone eruption
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Will Finland apply for NATO membership and how would it work?
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Russia crisis and European security: A view from France
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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Will Djokovic's case affect Australia's immigration system and politics?
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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How to approach negotiations with Putin's Russia?
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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1/6 anniversary: Is the GOP Trump's party? Polarization, divisions and radicalization in America
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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What's next for China's foreign policy in 2022?
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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What is the role of NATO battalions on the Eastern Flank? To die heroically?
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Black woman, star, spy, activist: What do we know about Josephine Baker?
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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At the end Angela Merkel just wanted a nap. Are we living in Olaf Scholz’s world now?
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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After COP26: Is humanity still on a self-destructive path?
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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27 dead: Will a (preventable) tragedy in the Channel change anything?
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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Will elections in Libya discredit the concept of democracy?
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Belarus border crisis: How to help people in need and how to stop Lukashenko
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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COP26: Is humanity on a self-destructive path?
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The meaning of James Bond. 007's past, present and future, Part 2
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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The meaning of James Bond. 007's past, present and future, Part 1
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Murder of David Amess: Should we expect more attacks against politicians?
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Are we facing a looming strategic crisis in the Taiwan Strait?
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Are Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer basically in the wrong jobs?
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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German election: Would Angela Merkel be a good President of Europe?
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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German election. What is happening with CDU/CSU is cataclysmic. But does Merkel care?
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Nordic world is the world of Social Democrats. But is it really?
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Conservatives vs. progressives? Of course there is a fight in the Vatican
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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9/11 attacks: How the world underestimated Al-Qaeda and then overreacted to it
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Is America a mini power after withdrawal from Afghanistan?
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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What can be done to help the Afghans that want to leave the country?
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Ukraine at 30: What should be Kyiv's focus?
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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How have reforms, wars and modernization changed Russian Armed Forces?
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Do Iranians have any expectations for President Raisi?
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Foreign troops arrive. How will jihadists in Cabo Delgado react?
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Olympics in the age of COVID-19: What does it mean for politics in Japan?
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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Hungarian journalist about Pegasus spyware: Now I know I wasn't paranoid
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Jul 24, 2021 |
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What is the horrible legacy of Anders Breivik?
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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How much does the US dominance in cyberspace provoke a challenge?
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Donald Tusk returned to Polish politics. Does he know what he is doing?
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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CCP at 100: What's next for Chinese Communist Party?
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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What would Catalonia's independence referendum solve?
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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NATO says the global balance of power is shifting. How will the Alliance react?
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Is Boko Haram's Abubakar Shekau dead? And what about Ayman al-Zawahiri?
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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Biden-Putin summit: Not expecting much could be a good thing
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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What would be a successful NATO summit according to former SecGen Anders Fogh Rasmussen?
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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What can Iron Dome do and what it cannot do?
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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The One Where We Talk About Friends
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Should the EU strengthen security cooperation with its eastern partners?
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May 30, 2021 |
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Belarus: What can be done about Lukashenko's regime?
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May 26, 2021 |
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Is Myanmar heading towards a large scale civil war?
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May 23, 2021 |
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Who is bolder in fighting the coronacrisis? The EU or the US? And why?
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May 18, 2021 |
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More dangerous coronavirus variants may emerge. Will the vaccines be able to catch up?
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May 15, 2021 |
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Will Colonial Pipeline cyberattack be copied?
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May 12, 2021 |
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Is Kim Jong-un totally in control? And what will Biden do about North Korea?
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May 10, 2021 |
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Elections in the UK: Johnson is strong, Starmer was weakened and Scotland moved towards a crisis
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May 07, 2021 |
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What might be next for Afghanistan and Taliban after the withdrawal of foreign troops?
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May 02, 2021 |
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My conversation with David Frum about 100 days of Biden's Presidency
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Germany: Who will succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel?
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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When will US President Joe Biden visit Central Europe?
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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After the revealed attack in Czechia, how should the West react to Russia's GRU wet job unit?: My conversation with Mark Galeotti
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Apr 18, 2021 |