Questions tagged [western-world]
Western countries like the UK, USA, France and Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world
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When was the last time the G7 invited many guest countries?
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will join at least 12
other heads of state and government invited by Italian Prime Minister
Giorgia Meloni to take part in next week's Group of Seven (G7)...
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Are there notable Western politicians who endorse the idea that Ukraine can last until Russia runs out of tanks?
That Russia will run out of tanks in 3 years tops [at the current rates of attrition and production/refurbishment] is an idea that's found in some Western sources, be they journalists or think tanks. ...
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Attitudes to man-made famine in WW1
Have any western governments condemned the use of famine as a weapon of war in World War 1 (or acknowledged their culpability)? Have there been attempts to prosecute the responsible for the genocide?
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What countries have least restrictions on freedom of speech, apart from the US?
Freedom of Speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction.
Article 19 ...
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Has Trump expressed any opinion about US allies like Germany, Japan, or South Korea getting their own nuclear weapons?
Opinion in other US allies may be lowers on this, but
A poll published in May by the conservative Asan Institute for Policy Studies suggested that more than 70% of South Koreans support their country ...
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Is there any Western country that didn't ban the patenting of human genes?
When Finance Minister Paul Martin announced $160 million in funding
for genome research in Canada in his Feb. 28, 2000, budget, the timing
could not have been better. The first human chromosome had ...
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Why would Russia want to avoid a "disabling" arms race with the West?
This strategic reality will prompt the new Russian leadership, of
whatever composition and persuasion, to initiate a de-escalation of
tensions in its Nordic-Baltic neighborhood in order to avoid a
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Why did the West impose sanctions on Russia for the death of Navalny, but not on Ukraine for the death of Lira?
The attention that Navalny got from US and EU governments, politicians and mass media was significantly more pronounced, than when Gonzalo Lira died in captivity, in a Ukrainian jail. Considering that ...
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Did any Western country experiment with Japanese zoning laws or similar?
One of the most powerful policy tools available for Canada comes in
the form of rezoning. At present, single family zoning is the primary
form of zoning used in Canada, a fact that is especially ...
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Is there any Western country that suspended share borrowing to curb short-selling?
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - China's securities regulator said
on Tuesday it would suspend brokerages from borrowing shares for
lending and cap the size of the so-called securities re-lending
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Is there any Western country that may confiscate all personal property as criminal punishment to white collar crimes?
Tian Huiyu, former president of China Merchants Bank, was given the
death penalty with a two-year reprieve for crimes including taking
bribes, abuse of power, using undisclosed information for trading,...
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Was anything done against Hungary to make it stop importing Russian oil?
Even amongst Western allies of Ukraine, Keatinge suggests sanctions
lack “consistency”, with some countries buying petroleum products more
actively than others, plus a few Russian banks can still use ...
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Which Western allies of the US have been caught spying against the US?
I was debating a friend of mine as to whether it is in the American interest to continue supporting Israel. I argued against this. One point I raised was that Israel has an extensive history of covert ...
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What is the exit strategy of the west (US, EU, Britain, else) who are invested in the current Ukranian conflict for their own politcal interests? [closed]
Ukraine has politically banned any peace negotiations with Putin (see "Zelensky signs law that rules out Ukraine peace talks with Putin as ‘impossible’").
But Musk recently blogged:
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Is there any Western country that don't use market-based pathways to deliver food aid around the world?
Over the past two decades, development experts have persuaded Congress
to allow food to be delivered in new, more flexible, ways. The U.S.
Agency for International Development has begun buying food in ...
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