Oct 16, 2023 09:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
During the 20 years I have been involved in research with Palestinians in the occupied territories, accounts of despair and frustration, and at times resignation and hopelessness, have been a constant theme. As other...
시진핑, 푸틴 회담: 그들의 현재 및 미래 관계에 대한 의미
Oct 16, 2023 08:58 am UTC| Politics
20개월 만에 소련 해외를 방문할 것으로 예상되는 블라디미르 푸틴은 10월 17일 중국의 시진핑과 만날 것으로 예상됩니다. 이 방문이 이루어진다면, 이는 러시아가 유럽과 미국에서 영향력을 확고히하기 위한 중국의 전략의 중요한 부분이...
Estonia-Finland pipeline explosion: what's the evidence that the damage was deliberate?
Oct 16, 2023 06:42 am UTC| Economy
Finlands president, Sauli Niinist, has alluded to outside activity and said sabotage is likely to be the cause of damage to an important gas pipeline that links it to Estonia. The pipeline suffered a leak in Finnish...
Oct 16, 2023 06:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
President Vladimir Putins invasion of Ukraine has come at huge economic costs. By conservative estimates, the Russian economy has taken a US$67 billion annual hit as a result of war expenses and the effects of economic...
Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system works well – here's how Hamas got around it
Oct 16, 2023 06:34 am UTC| Technology
Because of its unique national security challenges, Israel has a long history of developing highly effective, state-of-the-art defense technologies and capabilities. A prime example of Israeli military strength is the Iron...
Xi-Putin meeting: here's what it says about their current, and future, relationship
Oct 15, 2023 04:13 am UTC| Insights & Views
Vladimir Putin is expected to travel outside the borders of the former Soviet Union for the first time in 20 months to meet Chinas Xi Jinping on October 17. The visit, if it happens, is likely to entrench a relationship in...
Hamas: what you need to know about the group that attacked Israel
Oct 15, 2023 04:09 am UTC| Insights & Views
The group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, crossing into the country from Gaza killing hundreds of civilians and taking dozens of hostages. Military confrontations between Hamas and Israel are not unusual....
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
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Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight