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	Arise, Pandemic Profiteers by Dr. Binoy Kampmark History's annals are filled with war profiteers and hustlers for the opportunistic return. They come in the form of hoarders, arms manufacturers and wily business folk making a steal on slaughter and mayhem.
	World Re-binarized: A Brief history of the Sino-American collision course by Dr. Anis H. Bajrektarevic Americans performed three very different policies on the Peopl's Republic: From a total negation (and the Mao-time mutual annihilation assurances), to Nixon's sudden cohabitation. Finally, a Copernican-turn...
	Nigerian exceptionalism by Kola King Nigeria is a unique and vibrant country. It is regarded as the giant of Africa. It has the biggest population on the continent and it is the leading economy. Nigeria is exceptional in so many ways.

	Enduring Stain: The Guantanamo Military Prison Turns Twenty by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Anniversaries for detention centres, concentration camps and torture facilities are not the relishable calendar events in the canon of human worth. But not remembering them, when they were used, and how they continue being used...
	One Drinks Party Too Many: Boris Johnson and Breaching Lockdowns by Dr. Binoy Kampmark It might not be quite within the bounds of good taste to compare military calculations of a bridge too far - the title used in Cornelius Ryan's work on the disastrous Allied airborne operation during the Second World War...
	Julian Assange: A Thousand Days in Belmarsh by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Julian Assange has now been in the maximum-security facilities of Belmarsh prison for over 1,000 days. On the occasion of his 1,000th day of imprisonment, campaigners, supporters and kindred spirits gathered to show...
	Australia and Japan confirm their mutual defence trajectory by Murray Hunter Australian and Japan have signed a security treaty in a virtual ceremony to upgrade the two country's defence and security cooperation. This is being portrayed by both Australia and Japan as a move to enhance ties amid...
	Ukraine-Donbas-Russian Frontier: Is a Non-govermental Interposition Peace Team a Possibility? by Rene Wadlow Despite USA-Russian Federation discussions in Geneva and a full Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meeting, there seems to be no advance toward a reduction of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops on...
	Finnish MP Kimmo Kiljunen calls for an impartial international inquiry into the situation in Kazakhstan by Ovi Magazine Guest I would like to express my heartfelt concerns about the situation in Kazakhstan, a country closely familiar to me, a country that has been heralded as a beacon of stability and the most affluent country in the region.
	The Crisis Over Cattle - FG and States lock horns over open grazing by herders by Kola King There's noticeable beef in the land over cattle. This culinary delight which is the preferred choice of master chefs and aficionados has become the source of anger and anxiety in many parts of the nation.
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