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	Business as Usual: Coronavirus, Iran and US Sanctions by Dr. Binoy Kampmark Never discount the importance of venality in international relations. While pandemics should provide the glue for a unified front in response - we keep being told of fighting this horrendous...
	Coronavirus and the Prison Industrial Complex by Dr. Binoy Kampmark The legacy of the coronavirus pandemic, at least in so far as responses are concerned, is thickening by the day. Behavioural changes are being urged, language is rapidly evolving...
	Trump's Final Act Is a Global Tragedy by George Cassidy Payne When Donald Trump's back is against the wall he does the same thing every time. He retreats to the cover and adulation of his die hard base and lashes out by pitting one American against another.

	The Pandemic Surveillance State by Dr. Binoy Kampmark In anticipation of the post-COVID-19 world, bold statements are being made on how we will, as a race, be wiser, even kinder; cautious, and reflective.
	Explaining the Cremieux Decree by Joseph Gatt On 24 October, 1870, Algeria's Jews were granted French citizenship by decree. This decree still causes a lot of heated rhetoric among many Muslim Algerians and French anti-Semites.
	Applause idiot Greek! (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas Greek PM's ex-wife calls Greeks to applause for a health system her ex-husband, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is personal responsible for its total distraction, his incompetence and total corruption. (all in Greek)
	The Democrats' VP Choice: How to Extract the Sensible Republicans from the Trump Party by Bohdan Yuri The Democratic Party candidates have been whittled down to one --- Joe Biden. Bernie and his followers may continue until the end; however, Joe Biden will be the Democratic Party's final choice.
	Saving South Korea by Joseph Gatt A few notes which hopefully will be helpful to South Korea.
	Exoneration through personal responsibility (in Greek) by Ovi Greece The Greek government and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis are looking exoneration from their responsibilities and criminal failures by demanding personal responsibility from the Greek people. All in ...Greek.
	The Quest for Reform in Malaysia Yields to a Malay Dream Accomplished by Murray Hunter Malaysia's Pakatan Harapan government, a multiracial, urban-dominated reform coalition, will very soon be forgotten as only a short blip in the country's political history unless it can regroup, re-motivate and...
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