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MAIL & GUARDIANSactwu calls for ban on Temu and Shein in South AfricaBRASIL WIREUK Members of Parliament issue statement against US interference in Brazil’s electionTHE DIPLOMATTaiwan’s Tech Diplomacy Has a Labor ProblemLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOceania: a place of water and windsBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyMAIL & GUARDIANBudget 2026: Godongwana announces R10bn in temporary fuel reliefMAIL & GUARDIANJohannesburg is a ‘gangster’s paradise’ run by untouchables, says Al Jama-ah mayoral candidateTHE GUARDIANUS grants deportation reprieve to migrants from Ukraine and SudanTHE DIPLOMATNorth Korea Wants Security Talks With the US, Not Nuclear TalksLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEThe South Pacific's struggle for climate justiceTHE DIPLOMATWeapons to Russia, Wigs to China: How North Korea Balances Its AlliesTHE DIPLOMATJapan Has Considered Nuclear-Powered Submarines Since 1958. Why Has It Never Built One?THE GUARDIANKenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adultMAIL & GUARDIANMedia houses oppose closed-door intelligence testimony at Madlanga CommissionMAIL & GUARDIANCristiano Ronaldo’s short suspension and £215 fine from the Portuguese FA is a jokeTHE INDEPENDENTDOJ watchdog declines to investigate 'misconduct' in Reflecting Pool vandalism case, lawyers sayTHE INDEPENDENTRussia says it has detained a German who faces charges for serving in Ukrainian armyLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOctober: the longer viewTHE GUARDIANNigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western AfricaLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEDonald Trump tampers with Brazil's democracyBRASIL WIREBolsoMaster: Bolsonaro Ties to Brazil’s Biggest Banking Fraud in History ExposedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHistorical responsibility for CO2 emissionsTHE GUARDIANSeverely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates sayTHE INDEPENDENTTrump can’t stop talking about body of Ohio’s male senator even when campaigning in North CarolinaTHE DIPLOMATBougainville Needs a Credible Timetable for PNG’s Independence Vote. Australia Can Help.THE GUARDIANRFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-BissauBRASIL WIREBrazilians go to the polls under the greatest foreign interference since 1964THE INDEPENDENTUkraine-Russia war latest: Trump’s peace envoy calls Putin a ‘humanitarian’ hours after his forces kill two pensionersTHE INDEPENDENTVenezuelan family scored a Trump pardon after giving $50M job to his ex-attorney Alina Habba: reportBRASIL WIREUS election interference: Public Ministry investigates MetaMAIL & GUARDIANSactwu calls for ban on Temu and Shein in South AfricaBRASIL WIREUK Members of Parliament issue statement against US interference in Brazil’s electionTHE DIPLOMATTaiwan’s Tech Diplomacy Has a Labor ProblemLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOceania: a place of water and windsBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyMAIL & GUARDIANBudget 2026: Godongwana announces R10bn in temporary fuel reliefMAIL & GUARDIANJohannesburg is a ‘gangster’s paradise’ run by untouchables, says Al Jama-ah mayoral candidateTHE GUARDIANUS grants deportation reprieve to migrants from Ukraine and SudanTHE DIPLOMATNorth Korea Wants Security Talks With the US, Not Nuclear TalksLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEThe South Pacific's struggle for climate justiceTHE DIPLOMATWeapons to Russia, Wigs to China: How North Korea Balances Its AlliesTHE DIPLOMATJapan Has Considered Nuclear-Powered Submarines Since 1958. Why Has It Never Built One?THE GUARDIANKenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adultMAIL & GUARDIANMedia houses oppose closed-door intelligence testimony at Madlanga CommissionMAIL & GUARDIANCristiano Ronaldo’s short suspension and £215 fine from the Portuguese FA is a jokeTHE INDEPENDENTDOJ watchdog declines to investigate 'misconduct' in Reflecting Pool vandalism case, lawyers sayTHE INDEPENDENTRussia says it has detained a German who faces charges for serving in Ukrainian armyLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOctober: the longer viewTHE GUARDIANNigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western AfricaLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEDonald Trump tampers with Brazil's democracyBRASIL WIREBolsoMaster: Bolsonaro Ties to Brazil’s Biggest Banking Fraud in History ExposedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHistorical responsibility for CO2 emissionsTHE GUARDIANSeverely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates sayTHE INDEPENDENTTrump can’t stop talking about body of Ohio’s male senator even when campaigning in North CarolinaTHE DIPLOMATBougainville Needs a Credible Timetable for PNG’s Independence Vote. Australia Can Help.THE GUARDIANRFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-BissauBRASIL WIREBrazilians go to the polls under the greatest foreign interference since 1964THE INDEPENDENTUkraine-Russia war latest: Trump’s peace envoy calls Putin a ‘humanitarian’ hours after his forces kill two pensionersTHE INDEPENDENTVenezuelan family scored a Trump pardon after giving $50M job to his ex-attorney Alina Habba: reportBRASIL WIREUS election interference: Public Ministry investigates MetaMAIL & GUARDIANSactwu calls for ban on Temu and Shein in South AfricaBRASIL WIREUK Members of Parliament issue statement against US interference in Brazil’s electionTHE DIPLOMATTaiwan’s Tech Diplomacy Has a Labor ProblemLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOceania: a place of water and windsBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyMAIL & GUARDIANBudget 2026: Godongwana announces R10bn in temporary fuel reliefMAIL & GUARDIANJohannesburg is a ‘gangster’s paradise’ run by untouchables, says Al Jama-ah mayoral candidateTHE GUARDIANUS grants deportation reprieve to migrants from Ukraine and SudanTHE DIPLOMATNorth Korea Wants Security Talks With the US, Not Nuclear TalksLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEThe South Pacific's struggle for climate justiceTHE DIPLOMATWeapons to Russia, Wigs to China: How North Korea Balances Its AlliesTHE DIPLOMATJapan Has Considered Nuclear-Powered Submarines Since 1958. Why Has It Never Built One?THE GUARDIANKenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adultMAIL & GUARDIANMedia houses oppose closed-door intelligence testimony at Madlanga CommissionMAIL & GUARDIANCristiano Ronaldo’s short suspension and £215 fine from the Portuguese FA is a jokeTHE INDEPENDENTDOJ watchdog declines to investigate 'misconduct' in Reflecting Pool vandalism case, lawyers sayTHE INDEPENDENTRussia says it has detained a German who faces charges for serving in Ukrainian armyLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOctober: the longer viewTHE GUARDIANNigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western AfricaLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEDonald Trump tampers with Brazil's democracyBRASIL WIREBolsoMaster: Bolsonaro Ties to Brazil’s Biggest Banking Fraud in History ExposedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHistorical responsibility for CO2 emissionsTHE GUARDIANSeverely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates sayTHE INDEPENDENTTrump can’t stop talking about body of Ohio’s male senator even when campaigning in North CarolinaTHE DIPLOMATBougainville Needs a Credible Timetable for PNG’s Independence Vote. Australia Can Help.THE GUARDIANRFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-BissauBRASIL WIREBrazilians go to the polls under the greatest foreign interference since 1964THE INDEPENDENTUkraine-Russia war latest: Trump’s peace envoy calls Putin a ‘humanitarian’ hours after his forces kill two pensionersTHE INDEPENDENTVenezuelan family scored a Trump pardon after giving $50M job to his ex-attorney Alina Habba: reportBRASIL WIREUS election interference: Public Ministry investigates MetaMAIL & GUARDIANSactwu calls for ban on Temu and Shein in South AfricaBRASIL WIREUK Members of Parliament issue statement against US interference in Brazil’s electionTHE DIPLOMATTaiwan’s Tech Diplomacy Has a Labor ProblemLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOceania: a place of water and windsBRASIL WIREIn Offering Brazil’s Future to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and DemocracyMAIL & GUARDIANBudget 2026: Godongwana announces R10bn in temporary fuel reliefMAIL & GUARDIANJohannesburg is a ‘gangster’s paradise’ run by untouchables, says Al Jama-ah mayoral candidateTHE GUARDIANUS grants deportation reprieve to migrants from Ukraine and SudanTHE DIPLOMATNorth Korea Wants Security Talks With the US, Not Nuclear TalksLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEThe South Pacific's struggle for climate justiceTHE DIPLOMATWeapons to Russia, Wigs to China: How North Korea Balances Its AlliesTHE DIPLOMATJapan Has Considered Nuclear-Powered Submarines Since 1958. Why Has It Never Built One?THE GUARDIANKenyan starvation cult leader guilty of murder of 190 children and one adultMAIL & GUARDIANMedia houses oppose closed-door intelligence testimony at Madlanga CommissionMAIL & GUARDIANCristiano Ronaldo’s short suspension and £215 fine from the Portuguese FA is a jokeTHE INDEPENDENTDOJ watchdog declines to investigate 'misconduct' in Reflecting Pool vandalism case, lawyers sayTHE INDEPENDENTRussia says it has detained a German who faces charges for serving in Ukrainian armyLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEOctober: the longer viewTHE GUARDIANNigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western AfricaLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEDonald Trump tampers with Brazil's democracyBRASIL WIREBolsoMaster: Bolsonaro Ties to Brazil’s Biggest Banking Fraud in History ExposedLE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUEHistorical responsibility for CO2 emissionsTHE GUARDIANSeverely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates sayTHE INDEPENDENTTrump can’t stop talking about body of Ohio’s male senator even when campaigning in North CarolinaTHE DIPLOMATBougainville Needs a Credible Timetable for PNG’s Independence Vote. Australia Can Help.THE GUARDIANRFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-BissauBRASIL WIREBrazilians go to the polls under the greatest foreign interference since 1964THE INDEPENDENTUkraine-Russia war latest: Trump’s peace envoy calls Putin a ‘humanitarian’ hours after his forces kill two pensionersTHE INDEPENDENTVenezuelan family scored a Trump pardon after giving $50M job to his ex-attorney Alina Habba: reportBRASIL WIREUS election interference: Public Ministry investigates Meta

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J. Michael Springmann
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J. Michael Springmann served in the United States government at the Commerce Department and as a diplomat with the State Department's Foreign Service, with postings in Germany, India, and Saudi Arabia. His last assignment was with the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
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Russian Political Philosopher & Geopolitical Theorist
Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin is a Russian political philosopher, geopolitical theorist, and one of the most influential ideological figures in post-Soviet Russia. Born in Moscow in 1962, Dugin became the founding architect of Russia's neo-Eurasianist intellectual movement. He is the founder of the International Eurasian Movement and has authored more than sixty books spanning political theory, philosophy, sociology, and geopolitics.
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