everyone has it in for the dollar

Why was so much effort put in by Western powers to do this deal? Given Iran’s track record and its continued behavior in Europe—among Iran and its proxies—why did Western governments think it would be moderated by the deal, when in fact it appears Iran got more brazen after 2015? .....

how asia is shaping the world's future

Western officials, businesspeople, journalists, scholars, and students touring Asia to observe how to build large-scale, world-class infrastructure and futuristic cities, study how governments use scenarios and data to align industries and universities and examine social policies that promote..

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trump's envoy clashes with afghan government over proposed taliban

But a major sticking point is President Ghani's vow to hold elections as scheduled on Sept. 28, which some Western governments worry could cause more political turmoil and leave Afghan negotiators divided as they try to hammer out a peace accord with the Taliban. ..

eu prepares new centralized internet law

[I]n 1992 one of the growing concerns of Western security authorities was a “network of young computer hackers in Germany.” ... But the course of a battle would be very different if effective technology-sabotaging measures could be instituted against the superior force. … Computer dependence..

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