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FIFA, Blatter and Weaponized Sport
Incumbent FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter was re-elected to a fifth term in office by the 65th FIFA Congress in Zürich. Shortly before the Congress, Swiss police units cooperating with the United States' FBI launched a series of arrests of FIFA officials on...
‘Human Rights’ and Soft Power in Russia
The news that Lyudmila Alekseyeva, head of the Russian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO the Moscow-Helsinki Group, will be returning to the Presidential Council for Human Rights, has been heralded by many in the liberal establishment in...
Middle East Peace Negotiations at a Standstill
World events are speeding up their run, replacing, pushing and crowding each other. This is typical for the Middle East region, where after the "Arab Spring Revolutions" a barrage of shocks, major changes continues to occupy new areas. Today, hardly...