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		<title>Countless Losses, Costs, and Failed Diplomacy: The Motives Behind the US-Israel-Iranian War</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The joint US-Israeli assault on Iran that began on February 28 and killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already cost thousands of lives and billions of dollars. With Tehran’s retaliation on US and Israeli military assets across the Gulf, hitting the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Manama, Doha, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain, the [&#8230;]
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		<title>EU Divisions Deepen as Hungary Blocks €210bn Ukraine Aid</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the 24th February 2022, Russia began its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Four years on, the European Union (EU) is increasingly divided on its relationship with both Ukraine and Russia.  In December of 2025, EU governments struggled to reach an agreement on underwriting a proposed €210 billion financial assistance program for Ukraine, despite support from [&#8230;]
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		<title>Why the EU Must Remain a Force for Democracy and Peace Against the Darkening Sphere of Global Politics</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[We were the generation reared on promises of progress. Dreams of peace and equality padded our pillows as we slept. We believed in the possibility of a world of harmony and prosperity for all. But those hopes have crumbled, perhaps as swiftly as bombs were dropped on Kyiv and Gaza or perhaps as gradually as [&#8230;]
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