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The evidence tells us that cooperative and pluralistic government was at least as common as and more resilient than despotic states. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation paid a state visit to Cairo on Tuesday, consulting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on a range of economic and foreign policy issues. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Pepe Escobar, TomDispatchOct 6, 2014
A specter haunts the fast-aging “New American Century”: the possibility of a future Beijing-Moscow-Berlin strategic trade and commercial alliance. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigSep 3, 2014
The Kremlin stated Wednesday that although Russia "is not party" to the ongoing battles in the Donbass region of Ukraine, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko "coincided significantly" on ways to "settle the conflict" during a morning phone conversation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Pepe Escobar, TomDispatchMay 19, 2014
A specter is haunting Washington, an unnerving vision of a Sino-Russian alliance wedded to an expansive symbiosis of trade and commerce across much of the Eurasian land mass -- at the expense of the United States. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 19, 2014
Russia’s annexation of Crimea on Tuesday is among the few significant territorial acquisitions since the end of World War II by one country from another, more or less by force. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 17, 2014
Will Russia’s rush to referendum and the outcome affect other populations that want to secede throughout the world? Will it destabilize the current world order? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigMar 13, 2014
Tens of thousands of Turks demonstrated in Istanbul and other cities on Wednesday coming off the funeral of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Recent anthropological research suggests that our African and Eurasian ancestors were more genetically similar than we had thought. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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