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Uninspiring US election campaign leaves the Middle East with outsized weight  

US Ferry Biedermann - October 31, 2024.

It’s not too early to deliver a judgement on this year’s US presidential campaign, which has now almost run its course. From an international vantage...

UK creatives baulk at AI developers claims that their content is free

UK Harvey Morris - October 30, 2024.

Publishers, artists and media organisations are lining up to oppose potential UK rules that would formally authorise AI companies to mine their output without permission...

Little room for compromise regarding Israel's ban on UNRWA

Middle East Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - October 29, 2024.

Appeals by the US and several of Israel's Western allies did not bear fruit, so the Knesset overwhelmingly passed laws prohibiting the UN agency for...

The EU's belated and futile reaction to the political crisis in Georgia

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - October 28, 2024.

There was a high probability that the parliamentary elections in Georgia would turn into a political crisis, just the way the ruling Georgian Dream Party...

What will the tight presidential race mean for trust in pre-election surveys?

US Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - October 27, 2024.

Behind the big stage, where in two weeks a decision will be made about the new US president, public opinion pollsters are fighting hard to...

Meet Homo Sovieticus

Russia Sergei Stepancev, TA Moscow - October 27, 2024.

Although the USSR has long since disappeared, the Soviets are still all over Russia, its neighbours in Eastern Europe, and even the West. The Homo Sovieticus...

Europe has little time to protect itself from the ecological time-bomb

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - October 26, 2024.

The frequent transportation of Russian oil near its shores poses an enormous environmental risk, and Europe has limited time and effective ways to protect itself. Every...

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