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	Progress toward Ukraine, Donbas, Russia Conflict Resolution: Serious Negotiations still needed by Rene Wadlow Although some media attention on the conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may overshadow all else that is happening in Ukraine, more important is the step on the path of progress...
	Me, myself and I first and let the Kurds die! by Thanos Kalamidas So, this is it. Trump betrays the Kurds in Syria and the rest of us quietly follow. After letting them do the job, we remind them that after all it is ...their country they fight for and off we go.
	The Politics of Funding: Cash Crisis at the United Nations by Dr. Binoy Kampmark It remains one of the more unusual arrangements in terms of funding. Like a club filled with members of erratic disposition, the United Nations can never count on all dues to come in on time.

	Cynical Enterprises: The Kurds Await Their Fate by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Big powers, as with the greatest of gangsters, have always had a certain, indulgent luxury; their prerogative is to make promises they can choose to abide by or ignore. A vision is assured, guarantees made.
	UMNO-PAS will win the next general election - Pakatan Harapan is a one term government by Murray Hunter The national unity charter signed last month by long-time political adversaries Parti Islam se-Malaysia (PAS) and the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) to uphold the interests of Malays...
	Internal Dissolution: Brexit and the Disunited Kingdom by Dr. Binoy Kampmark While the European family seems to be having its internal spats - populist sparks within threatening to light the powder keg - the marshals and deputies, for the most part, are attempting to contain the British contagion.
	The Han Supremacists of China by Dr. Habib Siddiqui Sinicization is defined as bringing people who are not of Chinese descent under the influence of Chinese culture. Truly speaking, it is a process where societies that are traditionally non-Chinese are put under...
	Colin Powell's Trump Problem by Dr. Binoy Kampmark When the compromised speak of judgment, the voice of credibility vanishes. In its place, a certain niggling sense of hypocrisy and weakness prevails. Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell is...
	Turning 70: Xi Jinping's People's Republic of China by Dr. Binoy Kampmark During the era of Sovietology, experts would pour over images of the gathered politburo in Red Square, gazing with grey monolithic interest upon the military hardware moving across the forum.
	Impeachment Inquiry Exposes Nation's Priorities by George Cassidy Payne As reported by the Washington Post, a new Quinnipiac University poll released shows that support for impeaching Trump and removing him from office has grown from 37% of registered voters to 47% in the latest survey.
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