The 2026 Lebanon-Israel talks have echoes in 1983

Largely forgotten by history, leaders in Beirut and Tel Aviv shook hands on a plan for normal bilateral relations 43 years ago, after yet another Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.

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Putin's Succession Conundrum

[caption id="attachment_55255997" align="alignnone" width="940"] Russia's current president Vladimir Putin (front), a candidate in the 2018 Russian presidential election, meets with his campaign…

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Russian Spy Saga

[caption id="attachment_55255932" align="alignnone" width="5568"] Members of the emergency services in green biohazard encapsulated suits afix the tent over the bench where a man and a woman were…

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The Key to Making Peace in Africa

[caption id="attachment_55255917" align="aligncenter" width="5000"] A newly released child soldier looks through a rifle trigger guard during a release ceremony for child soldiers in Yambio, South…

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Putin's Past Explains Russia's Future

[caption id="attachment_55255924" align="aligncenter" width="3882"] Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his New Year address to Russians in central Moscow on December 31, 2017.(Getty)[/caption] …

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A U.S. Containment Strategy for Syria

[caption id="attachment_55255919" align="aligncenter" width="5760"] US forces, accompanied by Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters, drive their armoured vehicles near the northern Syrian…

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How China Interferes in Australia

[caption id="attachment_55255834" align="alignnone" width="960"] Australia-China-Anti-China-Sentiment.[/caption] by John Garnaut Australia is the canary in the coal mine of Chinese Communist…

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