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for Its Foreign PolicyBRASIL WIREBolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup TrialTHE INDEPENDENTMighty Casey he is not: Vivek Ramaswamy deletes video that led to internet mocking his baseball swingBRASIL WIREGenerals Convicted: Inside Brazil’s Historic Bolsonaro Coup Trial VerdictLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEThe search for an alternative to the dollar is onTHE GUARDIANWeather tracker: Typhoon Saudel causes mass evacuations in south-east ChinaTHE GUARDIANSecret son revelation ignites bitter succession dispute in Ugandan kingdomTHE DIPLOMATEast Asia’s Quiet Race to Find the Universe’s Missing MassTHE DIPLOMATAl-Qaida: 25 Years After 9/11MAIL & GUARDIANEditorial: Kenya risks igniting xenophobiaBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUESomaliland in the Great GameTHE INDEPENDENTTrump gives nonsensical answer when quizzed about delay for his $5,000 ‘dividends’THE INDEPENDENTTrump bemoans not being able to give himself the Medal of HonorMAIL & GUARDIANUnpacking Mkhwanazi's many bail applicationsBRASIL WIREAnalysis: NYT’s bizarre coverage and omissions of Bolsonaro’s murderous coup plotTHE INDEPENDENTSam Altman pitched AI to run utility company security amid warnings about robot takeoverTHE DIPLOMATWhy Have Indians Become a Regular Target of Hate in Singapore?MAIL & GUARDIANThe ANC politics of moneyMAIL & GUARDIANPotholes become Joburg election battleground for upcoming pollsTHE GUARDIANHijacking pirates exploit regional chaos to return to seas off SomaliaTHE INDEPENDENTGoFundMe accused of deceptively adding ‘tips’ to donations that go to company and not helping othersLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEMacron, worst ever president?LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUESomaliland at the centre of regional geopoliticsBRASIL WIREBolsoMaster: Bolsonaro Ties to Brazil’s Biggest Banking Fraud in History ExposedMAIL & GUARDIANDeadly cost of Sasol's Secunda pollutionTHE GUARDIANBabies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study findsTHE GUARDIANUganda to withdraw from Invictus Games ‘out of respect for King Charles’, says military chiefLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEDonald Trump's red scareTHE DIPLOMATWhy Is China Less Active in the 2026 Ebola Epidemic?THE DIPLOMATWhat Kazakhstan’s New Unicameral Parliament Means for Its Foreign PolicyBRASIL WIREBolsonaro Takes Stand in Coup TrialTHE INDEPENDENTMighty Casey he is not: Vivek Ramaswamy deletes video that led to internet mocking his baseball swingBRASIL WIREGenerals Convicted: Inside Brazil’s Historic Bolsonaro Coup Trial VerdictLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEThe search for an alternative to the dollar is onTHE GUARDIANWeather tracker: Typhoon Saudel causes mass evacuations in south-east ChinaTHE GUARDIANSecret son revelation ignites bitter succession dispute in Ugandan kingdomTHE DIPLOMATEast Asia’s Quiet Race to Find the Universe’s Missing MassTHE DIPLOMATAl-Qaida: 25 Years After 9/11MAIL & GUARDIANEditorial: Kenya risks igniting xenophobiaBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUESomaliland in the Great Game

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J. Michael Springmann
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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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