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How Russia and Right-Wing Americans Converged on War in Ukraine

24 March 2022by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sheera Frenkel & Stuart A. Thompson The New York Times After President Vladimir Putin of Russia claimed that action against Ukraine was taken in self-defense, Fox News host Tucker […]

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A New Germany: How Putin’s Aggression is Changing Berlin

2 March 2022by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sudha David-Wilp & Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff Foreign Affairs Within a week, Germany has undergone a dramatic transformation, shedding its reluctant and dovish foreign policy and committing itself to drastically increase […]

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Balancing China at the United Nations

8 December 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Henrik B.L. Larsen War on the Rocks If the COVID-19 pandemic is to have any positive geopolitical impact whatsoever, it should be drawing full attention to China’s attempt to […]

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Energy Deals are Creating a Powerful Alliance Between China and Russia

15 October 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Vanand Meliksetian Oil Price The Chinese economic growth miracle is disrupting the global balance of power. President Trump’s trade war with China was the latest manifestation of Washington’s effort […]

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Arctic Science Cannot Afford a New Cold War

2 October 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

Editorial Nature Records are being broken in the Arctic, but not the kinds to celebrate. Last summer, Greenland lost more than twice as much ice as the yearly average since […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

How Viruses Evolve

21 July 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Bob Holmes Knowable Magazine The unusual cases of pneumonia began to appear in midwinter, in China. The cause, researchers would later learn, was a coronavirus new to science. By […]

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China and Its Arctic Trajectories

25 June 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sanna Kopra The Arctic Institute China’s Arctic engagement has increased considerably during the past decade, which has not only offered plentiful economic opportunities but also created new risks and […]

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Closing in on the New Coronavirus

5 April 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Tim Vernimmen Knowable Magazine It is new, but not entirely. The coronavirus upending the world right now is so similar to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus of […]

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The Tragedy of Two Failing Superpowers

2 April 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Martin Wolf Financial Times History accelerates in crises. This pandemic may not itself transform the world, but it can accelerate changes already under way. One ongoing change has been […]

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Finland is a Capitalist Paradise

9 December 2019by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Anu Partanen & Trevor Corson The New York Times Two years ago we were living in a pleasant neighborhood in Brooklyn. We were experienced professionals, enjoying a privileged life. […]

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