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Lessons from the general elections in Portugal

By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* The results of the 30 January general elections in Portugal, with the Socialist Party (PS) winning an absolute majority, came as a surprise. Portugal will now be the only European country ruled by a government based on the absolute parliamentary…

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Conversation with a media icon: Dr. Roberto Savio

By Mushahid Hussain *- Wall Street International Magazine The Inter Press Service co-founder is part of a vanishing breed Dr. Roberto Savio is somewhat unique as an eyewitness to history and builder of institutions, a man who turns his visions into reality We are sitting in the…

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What Russians Think About the Conflict with Ukraine

By Ekaterina Zolotova* –  Geopolitical Futures They are more worried about their day-to-day lives than the palace intrigue of Kyiv. By now, tensions between Russia and Ukraine, and therefore Russia and the West, are well documented. Russia amassed troops at the border, the…

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US Militarism Is a Cause of Tension in Eastern Europe, Not a Solution

By Khury Petersen-Smith * – Truthout The rising tensions between Ukraine, Russia, the United States and other NATO countries — and the resulting discourse in U.S. media — show that American leaders love an international crisis. In a crisis, the American public is often…

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Don’t panic: why Ukraine doesn’t like western talk of imminent attack

By Shaun Walker* – The Guardian Analysis: While Putin’s intentions remain unclear, Kyiv would rather it didn’t get classed as the next Kabul Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has again insisted that Russia does not currently have enough troops in place to mount a…