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Opinion | More Factories, More Deals: How China Plans To Trump Trump
China is gearing up for the future. It's now developing new industrial capabilities and opening new manufacturing units to boost its exports. This poses a threat to manufacturing in the United States.
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Opinion | Turkey: History Comes Back To Bite Erdogan
In 1998, while still mayor of Istanbul, Erdogan was arrested on charges of inciting racial hatred and spent four months in jail. His arrest only made him more popular and brought him to the national stage.
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Opinion | Israel May Be Planning To Occupy Gaza Indefinitely
If one looks at Katz's statement along with reports in the Israeli media, the Netanyahu government's plan for Gaza appears to emerge.
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Opinion | Ukraine May Be Staring At A 'Frozen' Conflict
Zelensky can't afford to sign a deal where he allows Putin to keep large parts of Ukraine. So, an immediate ceasefire followed by an armistice is fine, but not a peace deal.
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Opinion | Is China Driving Trump Towards Putin?
Trump is keen to pull Russia from Xi Jinping's lap, just as Nixon had delinked China from the Soviet Union in the 1970s'.
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Opinion | Has Trump Abandoned Ukraine In Favour Of Russia?
As a former businessman, Trump sees things from the perspective of profitable deals. Sanctions have hit Russia, but American companies have also suffered business losses running into billions of dollars as a result.
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Opinion | Will Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Really Lead To Peace?
A successful ceasefire may bring an immediate end to the sufferings of Gazas population, and the end of the current war may achieve a little more. But that does not mean the end of the wider conflict between Palestinians and Israel.
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Opinion | How Seriously Should We Take Trump's Dreams Of A 'Bigger' America?
If Trump does put through his expansionist threats, it will be easier for other powers to do the same, altogether putting at risk the current global order.
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Opinion | Emmanuel Macron's Problems Have Just Begun
The results have thrown France into unchartered territory. The RN may have been pushed into the third place, but no group has a majority and no clear figure has emerged as a possible future Prime Minister.
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Opinion | UK Elections: Conservatives Will Recover. Sunak, Probably Not
Sunak has already promised to stay in parliament despite reports that he may return to the US to take a lucrative job in the corporate world. The election of a new leader will show where the party intends to head.
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Opinion | Why Is India's Lok Sabha Election Being Watched By The World?
By addressing two major global conflicts even while being deeply engaged in a general election campaign, Modi has signalled that the world takes him seriously and that under his leadership, India is a significant global player.
