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On the start of Ulchi Freedom Shield
On August 19, the armed forces of the Republic of Korea and the United States began conducting joint exercises (Ulchi Freedom Shield), aimed at “strengthening joint defence capability in the face of growing threats from North Korea, as well as checking the interaction of troops in war conditions”.
Turkish revanchism and the role of the UK
With the support of the United Kingdom, Turkey is actively developing a revanchist policy within the framework of the doctrines of non-pan-Turanism and neo-Ottomanism, which is not being met with opposition from the US and EU. At the same time, Ankara is trying to take advantage of anti-Russian pressure from the West and Moscow’s preoccupation with the Ukrainian crisis.
UN as the Opium of Nations: Making sense of ICJ’s Superfluous ruling on Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories
On the 19th July 2024, the ICJ issued a ruling that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal, amounts to annexation, and that Israel is liable to pay reparations; a just ruling that will not be implemented. It is in the context of the UN trying to numb the world’s majority to the destruction meted on Palestinians, where over 38000 (here) have been killed, and a million face diseases and starvation, that the ICJ made its ruling for a case that begun in 2022, long before October 7th 2023, when the current war started.
