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Outsourcing War: How Russia and Other Nations Weaponise Poverty for Recruitment Purposes
©“Bucha. Faces of War. - Ukraine War Photo Exhibition 2023” by Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed byCC BY 2.0 In his speeches, Vladimir Putin portrays the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a national struggle that unites all the Russian people. Yet Putin’s claims do not hold up under closer scrutiny. In reality, Russia has increasingly relied on poverty as a key recruitment tool both within and outside its borders. Russia weaponises poverty by turning economic despera
Eugene Zinchenko
May 17 min read


A West Asia Chessboard: The U.S.–Israel War Against Iran
Recipe for a Molotov Cocktail Step 1: Violate international law and attack a country under the guise of protecting civilians and neutralising the threat of a nuclear weapon that has been 2 weeks away from completion for the past 30 years. The morning of February 28th, sirens blasted all over West Asia as the U.S. and Israel launched a series of coordinated attacks in Iran, including missiles striking a girls' primary school in Minab that killed 165 girls, most of whom were

Veda Varma
Mar 98 min read


Happy New Year: New Year's Address by Our Editor in Chief
New Year's address by our Editor in Chief.
Levente Juhász
Jan 1, 20253 min read
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