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There is no need to waste the resources needed for organizing elections now, instead of focusing entirely on the war effort. Elections would also divert attention from the war and create infighting between Ukrainians. Right now, all the surveys show that Ukrainians don’t want election at the...

The Seychelles are joining the coalition to make a political statement. They want to show their commitment to shipping security, because they don’t want a return of Somali piracy and other king of lawlessness in the Indian Ocean. The Seychelles wants to throw its political weight to the US led...

Israel is a very flawed democracy, and this is proven by the current events. Nobody considers Israel as a model democracy. It is more democratic than the Middle East monarchies, but this doesn’t mean much. Your statement here makes no sense. During the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, there was no...

A ten minutes compilation of hate that was spewed on Russian TV, with English subtitles.

Egypt is not a democracy. It is a military dictatorship. It had tried democracy once, and failed because of the military coup. Argentina, Chile and Brazil are democracies, where the people in power change according to the popular vote. I don’t know much about Indonesia’s democratic history...

All countries have limitations when it comes to human rights, and no democracy is perfect. But as a general rule, a country can be called democratic when the people in power (head of state and ruling party) can be replaced by the general population through a simple vote, without the need of...

Countries that put “Democratic” in their official name are usually very undemocratic. North Korea is the prime example for that. Also, countries that put “People’s“ in their name, like “People’s Republic” are dictatorships where the people have very limited rights. So when you have a country...

So Ukraine which had five different presidents from different political parties since 2005 is a “one-man authoritarian state”, while Russia who has the same president since 2000 (with a small 4 years break when he was just Prime Minister while his puppet served as president) is a democracy? You...

Russia’s elections are a circus, they are not real elections. That’s why Putin can have elections even under the current situation. On the other hand, Ukraine’s elections are real, and this is why Zelensky fears them. He knows he can lose power if elections take place, unlike Putin who controls...

I don’t see his post as blaming Morocco, but as criticizing the US for delivering tanks to a paying customer instead of giving them to Ukraine, which needs them for the war effort. It shows where the US priorities are, as they care more about preserving their markets than about defeating Russia.

When a country is at war and uses the weapons, the urgency is much higher than when a country is at peace. The US is dragging its feet with weapon deliveries to Ukraine, and this is shameful.

Not necessary. Times change, and so do ideologies. Yes, there are some old school nationalists who think in the 1930s terms, but most European nationalists are modernized and understand the new global dynamics. European nations are too weak now compared to what they were at the start of last...

Or it could lead to the birth of a new idea of European nationalism, where the EU as a whole should become more selfish, militaristic and look for its own interests. This would not bode well for Russia and for Europe’s enemies.

From the article; ””Wars are inherently unpredictable," the official said. "But we know that the more we support Ukraine, the faster the war will end," TASS reported.” In other words, he still believes the war will end with a Ukrainian victory.

The difference is Ukraine‘s location, which is in Europe, and because of that it won’t be abandoned.

The only reason why Aur is up in the polls is because of the grand coalition of the two mainstream parties, which creates the impression of being no opposition to them. Simion is trying to capitalize on this, but his obvious pro-Russian stance will be his undoing. Many people who would be open...

Before thinking about Kyiv again, they need to take Avdiivka first. The question is, can they do it without depleting all the ground offensive capabilities? So far, the losses on the Avdiivka offensive have been huge, with very little to show for.

European countries are allies, and part of the common economic bloc named the European Union. While it is true that each country has individual interests that many times are divergent, it was in the common interest of all Europeans to defend Ukraine and stop Russia from advancing West. In the...

The poster is a very biased pro-Russian Tweeter account. It is very hard to know what exactly happened there, and who are those people.

This is why your judgement of the whole situation is wrong. The Arab states are not an extension of Israel. They are independent states that try to look after their own interests, which is how states should act. For the wealthy Arab states, Israel is a more natural ally than the Palestinians...