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    Slovakia Tells Europe: Stop the Referendums
    Jan03

    Slovakia Tells Europe: Stop the Referendums

    Tuesday, January 3 , 2017 - 14:17 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    At some points in 2016 it seemed as if there was always a referendum on the horizon in Europe—including the one in Britain on Brexit, in Hungary on refugees, in Italy on the constitution and in the Netherlands on a Ukraine trade deal. Now Robert Fico, Slovakia’s prime minister, has urged his fellow EU leaders to make sure 2017 doesn’t...

    China confirms its carrier held drills in South China Sea
    Jan03

    China confirms its carrier held drills in South China Sea

    Tuesday, January 3 , 2017 - 11:17 (EEST) Section: KXAN (USA)

    BEIJING (AP) — China confirmed that its aircraft carrier has for the first time conducted drills in the South China Sea with a formation of other warships and fighter jets, a move that could raise concerns among its neighbors. The Defense Ministry said several J-15 fighter jets took off and landed from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier...

    How to Avoid a New Cold War
    Jan03

    How to Avoid a New Cold War

    Tuesday, January 3 , 2017 - 6:02 (EEST) Section: The American Conservative (USA)

    In retaliation for the hacking of John Podesta and the DNC, Barack Obama expelled 35 Russian diplomats and ordered closure of their country houses on Long Island and Maryland’s Eastern shore. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that 35 U.S. diplomats would be expelled. But Vladimir Putin stepped in, declined to retaliate at all, and...

    Would a Fillon Presidency Overturn France’s Russia Policy?
    Jan03

    Would a Fillon Presidency Overturn France’s Russia Policy?

    Tuesday, January 3 , 2017 - 3:32 (EEST) Section: The National Interest (USA)

    David Cadier Security, Europe A French U-turn on Russia appears unlikely but some changes can be expected. After winning the conservatives’ primary elections on November 27, François Fillon is now best positioned to be the next president of France. Although political forecasts are like horoscopes these days, his victory over the far...

    Will Populist Leaders Make Voters Love Putin?
    Jan02

    Will Populist Leaders Make Voters Love Putin?

    Monday, January 2 , 2017 - 19:47 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    Republican voters see Russia more favorably today than they did before the election of Donald Trump. The so-called “Trump effect” (named after the President-elect’s sunny disposition toward Russia and President Vladimir Putin in particular) dominated at least one news cycle a few weeks back, but it obscures a more interesting emerging...

    This map shows whether the left or the right is in power in every European democracy
    Jan02

    This map shows whether the left or the right is in power in every European democracy

    Monday, January 2 , 2017 - 19:02 (EEST) Section: Daily Kos (USA)

    Daily Kos Elections has been publishing our monthly International Elections Digest covering major foreign election developments throughout 2016. We put that knowledge to use making the above map that shows—very generally speaking—whether “the left” or “the right” wields political power in Europe, since nearly every country there is relatively...

    15 before-and-after images that show how we’re transforming the planet
    Jan02

    15 before-and-after images that show how we’re transforming the planet

    Monday, January 2 , 2017 - 18:32 (EEST) Section: Vox (USA)

    Human beings have replaced nature as the dominant force shaping Earth. We’ve cleared away forests, dammed up mighty rivers, paved vast roads, and transported thousands of species around the world. “To a large extent,” two scientists wrote in 2015, “the future of the only place where life is known to exist is being...

    Trump still not sold on Russian link to hacking
    Jan02

    Trump still not sold on Russian link to hacking

    Monday, January 2 , 2017 - 18:17 (EEST) Section: PBS (USA)

    PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump says that “no computer is safe” when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online communications his administration is likely to use for everything from day-to-day planning to international relations. Trump rarely uses email or computers, despite...

    Trump’s cabinet will be a ‘team of rivals’ — but not in a good way
    Jan02

    Trump’s cabinet will be a ‘team of rivals’ — but not in a good way

    Monday, January 2 , 2017 - 17:47 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstJudging from Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, the president-elect’s foreign policy is likely to be in shambles—the product more of internecine squabbles (and who wins which ones) than of any thought-through strategy. For this reason, many of his actual policies, or even the way they’re formed, are at this...

    U.S. Senators Conclude Georgia Visit Pledging Tougher Russia Sanctions
    Jan02

    U.S. Senators Conclude Georgia Visit Pledging Tougher Russia Sanctions

    Monday, January 2 , 2017 - 17:02 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and a delegation of U.S. senators have discussed the Caucasus country’s aspirations for joining Western institutions and the Georgian-U.S. strategic relationship in Tbilisi. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...