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Putin’s Korean googly confounds the West

NATO and Europe are crying hoarse about North Korean troops being deployed in Russia. According to the Pentagon, about 10,000 North Korean troops are ready to be deployed in the war zone, most of whom are undergoing training in Russia. This would imply strength of about one division.

Another warning

The recent catastrophic floods in Spain’s Valencia region serve as a stark reminder of the intensifying climate challenges facing Europe.

Monuments and memories

Public memory is not uniform or static. Statues and memorials erected in the years after the second world war are prime examples.

Italian ironies

The Five Star Movement, founded in 2009, got 25 per cent votes only four years later, and 32 per cent in the 2018 General Election.

Gas hub?

The so-called Persian Pipeline proposed in 2008 which was meant to supply gas from Iranian gas fields to European buyers was always the economically most viable.