Berhanu Anteneh

Not biographical but some words about what I believe in. I am just an individual who (a) strongly cares about justice to the citizens of the world; (b) appreciates that the common good among humans is much larger than our differences and if handled wisely our differences are assets to us all; and seeks to raise awareness and promote collegiality through political consciousness. Politics is the key in society that if well understood and applied appropriately, would promote cohesiveness among the people and propel development in the best interest of all. Without exception, the value of peace is much more than the cost of war.

Putin’s Hidden Vulnerability: To Break the Kremlin’s War Machine, the West Must Exploit the Grievances and Fears of Ordinary Russians (Peter Pomerantsev)

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In early August, as Ukrainian forces burst across the Russian border on their way to capturing some 385 square miles of Russian territory in the Kursk region, the Kremlin maintained it had everything under control: state media reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin was competently organizing relief efforts for the region’s inhabitants and directing the …

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Iran’s Year of Living Dangerously: How the Failure of Tehran’s Strategy Is Raising Its Appetite for Risk (Ali Vaez)

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Over four decades, in an effort to preserve itself, project regional influence, and deter adversaries, the Islamic Republic of Iran has invested in three projects: funding and arming a network of nonstate allies; developing ballistic missiles that can reach its rivals; and launching a nuclear program that can be either dialed down to deliver economic …

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When Class Trumps Race: A political misdiagnosis (New York Times)

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The Democratic Party has spent years hoping that demography would equal destiny. As the country became more racially diverse, Democrats imagined that they would become the majority party thanks to support from Asian, Black and Hispanic voters. The politics of America, according to this vision, would start to resemble the liberal politics of California. It’s …

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The women who hate feminism (Sarah Manavis)

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Since 2022, the year that Andrew Tate first went viral online, a spectre has haunted headlines, school playgrounds and children’s smartphones: the rise in anti-feminism among boys. This often-violent ideology, adopted by young men and boys in droves, promotes conservative gender roles, the idea that women are inferior to men and that progress on women’s …

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How America Can Regain Its Edge in Great-Power Competition: A Second Trump Term Would Require A New Strategy (Nadia Schadlow)

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From the start of his term as U.S. president, Donald Trump rang the alarm about the return of great-power competition. His administration’s first National Security Strategy emphasized that adversaries of the United States were seeking to erode its position in the international order. This outlook was relatively novel at the time, but today, much of …

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Israel’s Paradox of Defeat: How the Country’s Military Success is Producing Political Failure (Aluf Benn)

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Last October 7, Hamas surprised Israel’s famed military and intelligence agencies. Both had known, for years, about the Palestinian armed group’s preparations to invade Israel and kill and kidnap its soldiers and citizens. But they failed to believe that it would dare or succeed to execute such an unprecedented operation. The Israeli military and intelligence …

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