Bangladesh held its first nation-wide election since the fall of the government in 2024 that was triggered by Gen-Z and voted in favor of the Nationalist Party with a mandate to carry out policies to benefit the country’s young population.
Tag: geopolitics
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GERMANY ACCUSED OF SPENDING TOO MUCH OF MILITARY BUDGET ON ANTIQUATED WEAPONS
Germany has announced that it will spend hundreds of billions of dollars to upgrade its military in what Berlin sees as a threat from Russia, compounded by an unreliable partner in the U.S., but critics say the spending is largely going to antiquated systems that benefit arms manufacturers at the expense of security.
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CANADA’S MILITARY SPENDING ILLUSION
Canada plans to provide a jolt to its economy by increasing military spending and rewarding domestic companies with contracts that it believes will spur job growth over the coming years, according to a new report.
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MORE COUNTRIES SEE THE U.S. AS A TOP SECURITY THREAT
President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy has countries increasingly seeing the U.S. as a security risk, according to a newly released Munich Security Index.
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CHINA HAWK WINS SNAP ELECTION IN JAPAN TO THE DELIGHT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister, won a snap election on Sunday, drawing praise from the Trump administration because of her hawkish approach to China.
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RUTTE SAYS NATO TROOPS WILL BE ‘INSTANTLY’ DEPLOYED TO UKRAINE ONCE THERE’S A PEACE DEAL
Mark Rutte, the head of NATO, said last week that troops from NATO will be deployed “instantly” to Ukraine if a peace deal is ever hashed out between Kyiv and Moscow, just as the war approaches its fourth anniversary.
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NEW START NUCLEAR TREATY BETWEEN U.S. AND RUSSIA EXPIRES
The last remaining nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia that put a cap on how many nuclear weapons each country could have in its arsenal expired last week, raising new concerns of an arms race.
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RETIRED FRENCH GENERAL: UKRAINE MUST BE DEMILITARIZED IF THERE’S GOING TO BE PEACE
A retired French colonel said in an interview last week that for there to be peace in Eastern Europe, it is essential that Ukraine becomes a demilitarized zone, and ruled out western troop deployment inside the country if a peace deal is ever signed.
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WARMONGER MERZ: IRAN ‘REGIME’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED’
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, said last week that Iran’s government “days are numbered,” because a “regime” cannot survive when the only way it maintains power over its people is through “sheer violence and terror.”
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EU SUPPORTS IDF GENOCIDE BUT CALLS IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD A TERROR GROUP
The European Union (EU) announced last week that it now considers Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a terror organization in response to the country’s crackdown on protesters, with Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s top diplomat, stating, “Repression cannot go unanswered.”