Missing Voices is an initiative from NSI that examines the unfolding crisis of the liberal international order through voices often sidelined in mainstream debate. In this first interview of the new series, Jelena Vidojevic sits down with Sergey Karaganov to trace…
Category: 4. World
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UN assembly elects former German foreign minister as president
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly elected Germany’s former foreign minister Annalena Baerbock to be the next head of the 193-member world body in a secret-ballot vote…
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Mount Etna Erupts in Sicily, Sending Hikers Scrambling for Cover
Tourists on the Italian island of Sicily were forced to flee on Monday from the slopes of Mount Etna, one of Europe’s largest and most active volcanoes, after an eruption sent clouds of gas, rock and ash billowing into the sky.
There were no…
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Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations Hit A New Impasse Over An Old Dispute
Through nearly 20 months of war in Gaza, a changing carousel of mediators and negotiators have tried — and failed — to reach a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel. William J. Burns and Brett McGurk led the way for the Biden administration,…
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Defiant Tusk to call confidence vote to reassert his authority in Poland after election setback – POLITICO
His election victory casts doubt on whether Tusk’s government can make meaningful progress on social security reform, restoring the rule of law, or on hot-button issues like allowing same-sex partnerships or loosening Poland’s strict…
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Ukraine and Russia hold peace talks but make no breakthrough
ISTANBUL (AP) — Representatives of Russia and Ukraine met Monday for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, but aside from agreeing to swap thousands of their dead and…
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