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Is The U.S. A Failed State?

Professor Noam Chomsky gives his thoughts on the future of the left and weighs in on the current state of the media landscape.   Prof. Richard Wolff: The System Is Failing   Jason Howerton @jason_howerton The left has created a monster that they have lost complete control of… I never …

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Nuclear War: A Thought Experiment

Russia has declassified the video footage of the largest nuclear explosion of all time, the Arctic detonation of the so-called “Tsar Bomba” in 1961. The explosion was 1,500 times more powerful than those which destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined, and ten times more powerful than all munitions detonated during the entirety of World War Two. Its …

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CIA’s Addiction to Afghanistan War

It is America’s longest overseas war and shows no clear sign of ending despite a shaky peace deal underway between the Trump administration and Taliban militants. A phased withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan over the next year could yet be derailed, resulting in continued American military operations in the …

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Dubai’s Role in Facilitating Corruption and Global Illicit Financial Flows

Dubai is just one of many enablers of global corruption, crime, and illicit financial flows, but addressing the emirate’s role presents anticorruption practitioners, law enforcement agencies, and policymakers with particularly complex challenges. A twenty-first-century city, Dubai is a global financial center, a shopper’s paradise, and an oasis for the world’s …

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Robot Generals

Will They Make Better Decisions Than Humans—Or Worse? With Covid-19 incapacitating startling numbers of U.S. service members and modern weapons proving increasingly lethal, the American military is relying ever more frequently on intelligent robots to conduct hazardous combat operations. Such devices, known in the military as “autonomous weapons systems,” include robotic sentries, battlefield-surveillance drones, …

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