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Since the United States is obligated to the survival of the State of Israel, does this mean that it is also obligated to save all nations? [closed]
If it is the offical foreign policy of the United States to ensure the survival of the State of Israel, both now and in the future, then should it be expected as a sign of fairness to all the other ...
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Why is EU strategy dependent on US strategy? [closed]
Why they say that "It would be unlikely that the EU would have developed sufficient “strategic autonomy” to distance itself from a US strategy"?
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What are the perks and privileges enjoyed by the non-EU/UK/CA/AU/NATO allies of US?
I am from one of those countries that claims to be a US ally. I don't know whether there is or should be any military connotation linked to that. If there is, I wonder if there are any benefits of ...
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What intelligence was released in order to "blunt Chinese saber-rattling in the Taiwan Strait"?
From Time Magazine's March X, 2024 Inside the White House Program to Share America’s Secrets:
The motivation behind the program, the officials say, is that it works. Strategic declassification has ...
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What qualities or factors contribute to Qatar being considered a suitable mediator between Venezuela and the United States?
Spanish newspaper El Pais had a scoop last week: at the beginning of
June, Juan Gonzalez and Jorge Rodriguez — President Joe Biden’s
adviser on Latin American affairs and Venezuelan President Nicolas
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Has the Niger junta explained why they expelled French but not US troops?
The Niger junta that took power this summer expelled French but not US troops. From what I can tell, France had about 1,500 troops there, and the US has about 1,100 (or maybe just 600--sources differ ...
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Can a public school district make a declaration condemning a foreign state?
A local board of education is considering making a declaration condemning Israel for the war between Israel and Hamas, similar to the one that certain Harvard student groups made in October 2023. ...
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To what extent has the war on terror in the Somalia achieved its goals?
Has it been at all effective in getting rid of Al-Shabaab? How has it affected the region?
Edit: I mean the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom - Horn of Africa.
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Why would the U.S. decision be met with ire from other countries if they used the same rules as UNCLOS to determine its extended continental shelf?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-22/us-claims-huge-chunk-of-seabed-amid-strategic-push-for-resources?leadSource=reddit_wall
The State Department said in its response to questions that ...
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What "small military installation" did the US have in Cambodia as recently as 2019 (per Gannett graphic), and what was/is its function?
In an animated graphic embedded in CNN"s December 9, 2023 Study says US military intervention in the world is backfiring a dark gray dot indicating "small military installation" appears ...
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Why did the US support of Israel shift so dramatically?
From what I remember reading, during the Kennedy administration, the US considered bombing or taking over Israel's suspected nuclear development sites. However, now, many people and both major parties ...
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Who choreographs meetings between China and the United States?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avebny5UeB8
Who choreographs meetings between China and the United States? CNBC claimed in the video above that the whole meeting was choreographed, but by whom and how?...
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Meaning of "Israel has right to defend itself"
Every time the Israel-Palestine conflict flares up, the US reaffirms that "Israel has right to defend itself" (examples in 2003, 2009, 2023).
Literally, this seems trivial: Israel has right ...
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Why is the US not attending the Cairo summit?
There's apparently a summit organized in Egypt, where the UN chief spoke and:
The meeting, called the Summit for Peace, also included officials from Jordan, Qatar, Italy, Spain, the EU and UK. Israel,...
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Has the US president been uninvited to an international event before?
Is it unprecedented for the US president to be uninvited to an international event like President Biden was on October 17 this year (his summit with Arab countries was canceled at very short notice, ...
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