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Why did Israel refuse Zelensky's visit? (October 2023)
I'm trying to understand this news
Israel turned down Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's request to make a solidarity visit to the country in the wake of Hamas' attack, telling him that the "time is not right," the Israeli news portal Ynet…
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How can Russia enforce the Wikimedia fines?
There have been quite a few articles online (such as this one) about the Russian government issuing fines to the Wikimedia foundation for not taking down Wikipedia pages on the war in Ukraine. These also mention that Wikimedia is fighting them in…
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Where do I send a nomination for the Presidential Medal of Freedom?
I want to nominate someone posthumously for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Where do I send my nomination?
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Why would Putin refer to Lukashenko as Potato Moose?
I'm unsure whether my question is on-topic, but I learn Russian and got really curious when reading a Radio France Internationale article of September 2021 written in Russian and quoting a Russian political scientist, Valery Solovey, as…
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On what grounds do the USA-affiliated forces and citizens reside in Syria if Syrian government objects?
Last evening was marked by news of an American citizen dying in Syria.
It seems that USA hosts military personnel in a sovereign country, Syria, without the consent of that country, and reportedly participates in oil theft from that country.
So…
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Has the ICC ever ordered to arrest any Western or pro-Western politician?
Referring to this question, it appears as if the ICC is biased in favor of the West, since all the people it has punished were enemies of the West. But since crimes which can be prosecuted by the ICC are also committed by Western countries, or at…
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How do unpopular policies arise in democracies?
Very recent example: Macron bypassed parliament to enact French retirement bill amid protests against the bill.
There are several pedestrian explanations I can think of:
The decision makers believe it will ultimately result in the best outcome for…
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What does Corbyn mean by "can't we go back to when Ukraine was a nuclear-free country!?"?
In a talk show (apparently on BBC One) Corbyn said "Can't we go back to the point when Ukraine was a nuclear-free country?"
I'm at a loss as to what he means by that. Is he talking about nuclear weapons and implying Ukraine has those now? Or (less…
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Why does Ontario have a quota on milk production?
According to a recent news article:
Canadian dairy farmer is speaking out after being forced to dump
thousands of liters of milk after exceeding the government’s
production quota.
In a video shared on TikTok by Travis Huigen, Ontario dairy…
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What are “Russian nationalist military bloggers”?
In a recent article, Anger in Russia as scores of troops killed in one of Ukraine war's deadliest strikes. Polityuk, Pavel, there is a reference to “Russian nationalist military bloggers”.
One such blogger, “Archangel Spetznaz Z”—presumably a…
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Why does the Israeli Air Force conduct air strikes on Syrian soil?
From time to time, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducts targeted air strikes on land assets in Syria. For example, recently they again targeted the airport near Damascus, the capital of Syria.
What are their objectives in carrying these air…
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What mechanisms exist for terminating the US constitution?
Donald Trump has called for the US constitution to be terminated. Apart from something akin to a civil war or dramatic societal upheaval, is there a mechanism which could enable the termination of the US constitution?
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Why do many officials in Russia and Ukraine often prefer to speak of "the Russian Federation" rather than more simply "Russia"?
I've noticed that many officials in both Russia and Ukraine prefer to speak of "the Russian Federation" rather than more simply "Russia". (I believe most outside the former USSR would simply speak of "Russia".)
Why? (Are there any historical reasons…
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Is opposition to COVID-19 vaccines correlated with other political beliefs? Why?
The answers to Is opposition to vaccination correlated with other political beliefs? suggest there is no strong correlation between opposition to vaccination and other political beliefs. The question is from 2015 and the most-upvoted answer cites a…
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What's the point of having thousands of nuclear missiles?
According to Wikipedia, the US and Russia have close to 8,000 nuclear warheads each. Other known nuclear powers, the UK, France, China, India, Pakistan and Israel has a couple of hundreds each. The Cold War numbers were even higher, at some point…
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