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Might is right. That's the American description of China's behavior on the international stage.But who fits the description better? USA, China, or Russia?Who has the might that makes right?The fact Is that the world today is rapidly descending into a serious state of instability and insecurity because might is right.This worldwide spread of public anger and distress is sure to boil over in terrible ways.This is a matter of concern for all humankind.This...
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Durante las últimas décadas han proliferado en el mundo una gran red de mecanismos para la promoción y fomento del comercio e inversión con base en los principios de la liberalización económica, los signatarios de los mismos, sea de tipo bilateral o regional, acuerdan una serie de acciones para permitir el flujo de mercancías y capital. Esto ha redefmido, en mucho, las formas tradicionales donde se sustentaban los procesos del diseño y gestión...
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Jerico Matias Cruz, the author and speaker of the book of poems entitled "On Politics of 21st Century First Edition," writes about the exciting and exhilarating highlights and extraordinary phenomenon of American Politics from circa 2000 to 2025. The author and speaker writes poetic verses of each phenomenal event, utilizing his personal, professional and academic background knowledge in military, economics, history, international relations, science,...
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MAJOR THEMES EXPANDED IN THIS BOOK:
★ The human race cannot survive without moral principles.
★ Humans have for millennia rested their moral principles on the doctrines of their innumerable religions.
★ The religious foundation of morals in the United States has crumbled with nothing rational in its place. In consequence, our nation flounders in a great moral crisis.
★ Crumbled especially but not only by science, the religious foundation of...
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200 Betrachtungen – über Corona-Pandemie, Klimaproblematik und Ukraine-Krise.
Nach dem ersten Buch des Autors, geschrieben in und über den Zeitraum von Anfang 2020 bis Anfang 2021, geprägt durch das neuartige Corona-Virus, ist dieses Buch mehr und mehr durch den Krieg in der Ukraine beeinflusst. Es ist eine spannende dialektische Dokumentation über die Zeit von Ende November 2021 bis Ende März 2023 entstanden. Corona überwunden, möglicherweise...
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¿Qué caracteriza a los imperios? ¿Qué peligros esconde un orden imperial? ¿Qué oportunidades ofrece? De pronto estas preguntas dejaron de tener un interés puramente histórico. Estados Unidos ocupa entretanto una supremacía que muchos juzgan amenazadora. ¿Los políticos en Washington determinan las reglas que deben regir en el resto del mundo? ¿O existe una lógica del dominio mundial ante la que deben doblegarse? Herfried Münkler muestra...
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The crisis of the world capitalist system and that of the Philippine ruling system have become worse than in any period after World War II. The US-instigated policies of neoliberal globalization, state terrorism and aggressive war have wrought havoc on the lives of the people and continue to escalate oppression and exploitation. The Filipino people cannot tolerate their suffering and they are fighting back against imperialism and all reaction. The...
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A wide-ranging and incisive collection of interviews with Noam Chomsky, addressing the urgent questions of this tumultuous moment.
In these informative interviews, conducted for Truthout by C.J. Polychroniou, Noam Chomsky addresses the rapid deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions globally. He examines the crumbling social fabric and fractures of the Biden era, including the halting steps toward a Green New Deal; the illegitimate...
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In the sphere of future global politics, no region will be as hotly contested as the Asia-Pacific, where great power interests collide amid the mistrust of unresolved conflicts and disputed territory. This is where authoritarian China is trying to rewrite international law and challenge the democratic values of the United States and its allies. The lightning rods of conflict are remote reefs and islands from which China has created military bases...
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An urgent analysis of the battle between Russia and the West and an exposé of Putin's Russia, by a former Kremlin insider.
"I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get wound up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my head. The announcement didn't quite say 'dead or alive'. But it came close..." -Mikhail Khodorkovsky, March 2021
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Presents advice on traveling to different countries of the world as a way of increasing our understanding of different cultures and political systems, and appreciating the interconnectedness within the global community. In his third edition, the author considers the new political reality of Brexit, Refugees, Erdoğan, and Trump, as well as populism, nativism, terrorism, and climate change and explains why travel has never been more relevant.
73) Superpower China – Understanding the Chinese World Power From Asia: History, Politics, Education, Ec
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Superpower China—Understanding the Chinese world power from Asia
History, Politics, Education, Economy and Military Developments in China have become a constant concern to the media and society over the last few years.
But what is the truth among the many future scenarios of this superpower which operates in the shadows? How do they tick in the most highly populated country in the world? What are their aims and how does the indigenous population...
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This book addresses the 'why' and the 'how' of the practice of anarcho-transcreation - when fidelity to the original text is incompatible with a literal translation, and where languages and cultures are inescapable from geopolitics. "Flip-over", bilingual, non-fiction style - with an anarchist, decolonial, feminist and anti-capitalist approach.
75) Mighty Military and Aggressive Foreign Policy of USA: Horrendous Twin Pillars of National Security
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Despite being the number 1 superpower of the world and has the largest and most lethal military force, America seems to be preoccupied with national security.Could it be because American politicians are obsessed with the longstanding American hegemony, and are loathed to see any possible challenge to its position? Could it be the American politicians are using the highly sensitive issue of national security to justify their belligerent behaviour towards...
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Why are the diplomats of the world's most powerful countries flying and traveling all over the world all the time?Why are their military engaged in active military diplomacy, planning, and frequent exercises all over the world in the same way?Are they doing it for national security, for public relations, for peace, for fun, or for prestige?Do they have to do all this in such an elaborate and expensive way?If nations of the world could stop engaging...
77) Corporatocracy
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This book is the second in the Democracy series, a series of three books. Corporatocracy refers to the powerful group of people who run the world's biggest corporations and the most powerful governments. The societies are ruled by a small minority of the wealthiest. Of the world's 100 largest economies, 71 are corporations while only 29 are countries. More than two-thirds of the richest 100 entities on the planet are corporations, not governments....
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In his third book on France, the veteran international correspondent, Joseph Harriss, cautions that it is, probably, not the country you, expect. He explores persistent myths about that complex nation and analyzes its rapidly evolving situation today. What have 70 years of Socialism done to it? Are French culture and cuisine still the gold standard? He ranges from politics-why the French were so disgusted with President Nicolas Sarkozy-to wrenching...
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Dégager des sous-ensembles régionaux au sein de l'Asie soulève deux difficultés majeures. D'une part, les phénomènes comme la démographie, la superficie ou l'économie opèrent à une échelle beaucoup plus vaste que l'Europe, voire que l'Amérique du Nord. La Chine, qui ne constitue qu'une partie de l'Asie, est, par exemple, aussi grande que les États...
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Le nationalisme palestinien émerge dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, porté par des notables locaux et des personnalités religieuses. D'emblée, il se positionne contre l'idée de l'établissement d'un « foyer national juif » en Palestine. En 1948, la création de l'État d'Israël occasionne la première confrontation armée entre...
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