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BRASIL WIREUS election interference: Public Ministry investigates MetaMAIL & GUARDIANOur children are connected but are they really present?MAIL & GUARDIANMadlanga calls for corruption to carry a higher priceLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHistorical responsibility for CO2 emissionsTHE GUARDIANLewis Hamilton aims to extend career till early 2030s so he can race in African Grand PrixMAIL & GUARDIANIS FOOD LOVER'S MARKET INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY CONNECTION?LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEBrazil has not given up yetTHE INDEPENDENTA 29-year-old sex offender is accused of pretending to be a teen girl to enroll in high schoolTHE INDEPENDENTA new state on the way? 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More Illinois counties could vote to leave Chicago behindBRASIL WIREUK Members of Parliament issue statement against US interference in Brazil’s electionTHE DIPLOMATXi Jinping May Have His Own Reasons to Avert a China-Russia-US SummitTHE INDEPENDENTBrazilian election: Lula da Silva wins historic fourth term in dramatic comebackTHE DIPLOMATWith Strict Agendas and Silent Corridors Kazakhstan’s Kurultai Is Muzzling the PressTHE GUARDIANControversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns haltedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEDonald Trump tampers with Brazil's democracyTHE GUARDIANNigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western AfricaTHE DIPLOMATSouth Korea’s Ruling Democratic Party Is Tumbling in the PollsMAIL & GUARDIANFrom motor oil to the runway: Engen reimagines waste through Xtreme KoutureMAIL & GUARDIANRand Water to restrict water supply to Johannesburg and TshwaneBRASIL WIREBrazilians go to the polls under the greatest foreign interference since 1964BRASIL WIREIn Defence of the FutureTHE GUARDIANSeverely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates sayTHE GUARDIANMystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virusTHE INDEPENDENTAleksandar Vucic defeated in Serbia election as student protest movement claims historic winTHE INDEPENDENTTrump focuses on Nicki Minaj’s ‘beautiful’ rear, AOC and owning Greenland in marathon rally speechLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOceania: a place of water and windsLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOctober: the longer viewTHE DIPLOMATSouth China Sea Code of Conduct: A Deal Is Not EnoughBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyTHE DIPLOMATThe China-Taiwan Diplomatic War Is More About Politics Than EconomicsBRASIL WIREUS election interference: Public Ministry investigates MetaMAIL & GUARDIANOur children are connected but are they really present?MAIL & GUARDIANMadlanga calls for corruption to carry a higher priceLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHistorical responsibility for CO2 emissionsTHE GUARDIANLewis Hamilton aims to extend career till early 2030s so he can race in African Grand PrixMAIL & GUARDIANIS FOOD LOVER'S MARKET INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY CONNECTION?LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEBrazil has not given up yetTHE INDEPENDENTA 29-year-old sex offender is accused of pretending to be a teen girl to enroll in high schoolTHE INDEPENDENTA new state on the way? More Illinois counties could vote to leave Chicago behindBRASIL WIREUK Members of Parliament issue statement against US interference in Brazil’s electionTHE DIPLOMATXi Jinping May Have His Own Reasons to Avert a China-Russia-US SummitTHE INDEPENDENTBrazilian election: Lula da Silva wins historic fourth term in dramatic comebackTHE DIPLOMATWith Strict Agendas and Silent Corridors Kazakhstan’s Kurultai Is Muzzling the PressTHE GUARDIANControversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns haltedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEDonald Trump tampers with Brazil's democracyTHE GUARDIANNigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western AfricaTHE DIPLOMATSouth Korea’s Ruling Democratic Party Is Tumbling in the PollsMAIL & GUARDIANFrom motor oil to the runway: Engen reimagines waste through Xtreme KoutureMAIL & GUARDIANRand Water to restrict water supply to Johannesburg and TshwaneBRASIL WIREBrazilians go to the polls under the greatest foreign interference since 1964BRASIL WIREIn Defence of the FutureTHE GUARDIANSeverely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates sayTHE GUARDIANMystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virusTHE INDEPENDENTAleksandar Vucic defeated in Serbia election as student protest movement claims historic winTHE INDEPENDENTTrump focuses on Nicki Minaj’s ‘beautiful’ rear, AOC and owning Greenland in marathon rally speechLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOceania: a place of water and windsLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOctober: the longer viewTHE DIPLOMATSouth China Sea Code of Conduct: A Deal Is Not EnoughBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyTHE DIPLOMATThe China-Taiwan Diplomatic War Is More About Politics Than EconomicsBRASIL WIREUS election interference: Public Ministry investigates MetaMAIL & GUARDIANOur children are connected but are they really present?MAIL & GUARDIANMadlanga calls for corruption to carry a higher priceLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHistorical responsibility for CO2 emissionsTHE GUARDIANLewis Hamilton aims to extend career till early 2030s so he can race in African Grand PrixMAIL & GUARDIANIS FOOD LOVER'S MARKET INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ELECTRICITY CONNECTION?LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEBrazil has not given up yetTHE INDEPENDENTA 29-year-old sex offender is accused of pretending to be a teen girl to enroll in high schoolTHE INDEPENDENTA new state on the way? More Illinois counties could vote to leave Chicago behindBRASIL WIREUK Members of Parliament issue statement against US interference in Brazil’s electionTHE DIPLOMATXi Jinping May Have His Own Reasons to Avert a China-Russia-US SummitTHE INDEPENDENTBrazilian election: Lula da Silva wins historic fourth term in dramatic comebackTHE DIPLOMATWith Strict Agendas and Silent Corridors Kazakhstan’s Kurultai Is Muzzling the PressTHE GUARDIANControversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns haltedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEDonald Trump tampers with Brazil's democracyTHE GUARDIANNigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western AfricaTHE DIPLOMATSouth Korea’s Ruling Democratic Party Is Tumbling in the PollsMAIL & GUARDIANFrom motor oil to the runway: Engen reimagines waste through Xtreme KoutureMAIL & GUARDIANRand Water to restrict water supply to Johannesburg and TshwaneBRASIL WIREBrazilians go to the polls under the greatest foreign interference since 1964BRASIL WIREIn Defence of the FutureTHE GUARDIANSeverely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates sayTHE GUARDIANMystery over source of Ebola infection in Nigeria fuels concern about spread of virusTHE INDEPENDENTAleksandar Vucic defeated in Serbia election as student protest movement claims historic winTHE INDEPENDENTTrump focuses on Nicki Minaj’s ‘beautiful’ rear, AOC and owning Greenland in marathon rally speechLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOceania: a place of water and windsLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOctober: the longer viewTHE DIPLOMATSouth China Sea Code of Conduct: A Deal Is Not EnoughBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyTHE DIPLOMATThe China-Taiwan Diplomatic War Is More About Politics Than Economics
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    J. Michael Springmann served in the United States government at the Commerce Department and as a diplomat with the State Department's Foreign Service, with postings in Germany, India, and Saudi Arabia. His last assignment was with the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.

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    Russian Political Philosopher & Geopolitical Theorist

    Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin is a Russian political philosopher, geopolitical theorist, and one of the most influential ideological figures in post-Soviet Russia. Born in Moscow in 1962, Dugin became the founding architect of Russia's neo-Eurasianist intellectual movement. He is the founder of the International Eurasian Movement and has authored more than sixty books spanning political theory, philosophy, sociology, and geopolitics.

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