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Global Crises

 Live in Fear (1955)  Akira Kurosawa
Media

Dr. Kurosawa (and how we can learn to fear the bomb again)

When did they stop making movies about nuclear armageddon?

Donald Trump
QiOSK

If Trump wants to 'denuclearize' then let's help him

Little noticed remarks from Davos should get more attention

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Asia-Pacific

Targeting China, Biden fires a big tech salvo at the entire world

The administration divides the globe, putting both friends and adversaries into tiers slated for new chip export restrictions

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Global Crises

The US will have a Happy New Year if Trump takes 4 pieces of advice

QI experts outline immediate challenges that will need urgency and a level of realism, and restraint.

Neville Chamberlain
Global Crises

It's time to retire the Munich analogy

Neoconservatives keep trotting it out to justify costly and dangerous interventions

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Middle East

Set it off: How US invasion of Iraq led to chaos in Syria today

Washington torched the region and watched it burn through regime changes, Arab Spring, civil wars, and the regeneration of terror groups