RalfGrahn

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The emerging post-American world needs cooperation based on UN purposes and principles. Best for Europeans, and least bad for the world, is a free and united Europe: peace, international law, democracy, universal human rights, rule of law, progress.

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Predatory USA - In an excellent analytical discussion Chrystia Freeland and Ezra Klein explain how Trump forced Canada to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity, security, economy and trade. What can other democracies learn, individually and jointly? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/o...

nytimes.comOpinion | Trumpism Is Backfiring (Gift Article)Chrystia Freeland, a former Canadian deputy prime minister, explains why her country chose to fight back against Trump.
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Ces dernières semaines, le Premier ministre israélien, qui pourrait perdre sa majorité à la Knesset à l’issue des élections d’aujourd’hui, mardi 27 octobre, a tenté à plusieurs reprises de convaincre Trump de reprendre les frappes contre l’Iran. legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/10/2...

legrandcontinent.euNetanyahou compte sur la guerre pour se maintenir au pouvoirEn amont des élections, Netanyahou a multiplié les tentatives pour obtenir auprès de Trump une reprise des frappes contre l’Iran
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Une élection cruciale, des enjeux historiques et un référendum pour ou contre Benyamin Netanyahou : telles se présentent les élections législatives qui ont commencé ce matin en Israël. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

radiofrance.frDes législatives historiques en IsraëlUne élection cruciale, des enjeux historiques et un référendum pour ou contre Benyamin Netanyahou : telles se présentent les élections législatives qui ont commencé ce matin en Israël.
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Russia conducts its illegal war of aggression, commits war crimes - Ukraine: Investigators find Russia committed war crimes by targeting civilians news.un.org/en/story/202...

news.un.orgUkraine: Investigators find Russia committed war crimes by targeting civiliansTop human rights experts investigating Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine said on Monday that the Russian authorities had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilians a...
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Illegal occupation, brutal repression, state-sponsored terrorism, advancing annexation - Israeli Forces Exact Collective Punishment on Hebron in the Occupied West Bank www.democracynow.org/2026/10/26/h...

democracynow.orgIsraeli Forces Exact Collective Punishment on Hebron in the Occupied West BankIn the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces bulldozed large parts of the Hebron district where two Palestinians who attacked an Israeli military checkpoint on Friday allegedly lived. Two Israeli soldier...
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Netanyahu's Israel is addicted to violations of international law: wars of aggression, occupations, annexations, ethno-nationalist repression and apartheid, rejection of peace, self-determination and human rights for all. Is the next attack on Iran just postponed? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

nytimes.comNetanyahu Pushed for Attack on Iran Ahead of Israeli Election, Officials Say (Gift Article)Israel’s military chief resisted the prime minister, who then pressed in recent days for a separate action, short of an overt strike, according to an official and a person briefed on the matter.

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Fintan O'Toole: Kushner’s political and financial relationship with the UAE’s president, Mohammed bin Zayed ...constitutes what must surely be the worst case of US foreign policy being conducted outside the law and democratic oversight since the Iran-contra scandal...

nytimes.comBook Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew ColeThe new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from gulf state leaders to Trump’s son-in-law in an effort to influence U.S. policy.
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Would a Democratic midterms win end the US-Israeli wars of aggression, the 'Israel first' policy in the Middle East, switch sides back to Ukraine and Europe, end murder in the Pacific and the Caribbean, reverse the coup and colony status of Venezuela, end the destruction of international law?

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Would a Democratic midterms win lead the USA back to the international order and cooperation, starting to solve the crucial challenges to humanity: AI risks, the nuclear proliferation the US seems to be causing, climate change, energy transition, a livable planet and sustainable development?

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Various Gulf states and the members of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement (Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan) are adding up what the US-Israeli wars and the American "security guarantees" have cost them. arabcenterdc.org/resource/how...

arabcenterdc.orgHow Smaller GCC States Are Navigating the Mecca Defense AgreementThe recent recommencement of the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, raises important questions about the practical implications of the Mecca...
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Compared to the US midterms, Serbia was better in two respects: Vucic gracefully admitted election defeat, and there were international OSCE election observers in place. odihr.osce.org/odihr/669153 odihr.osce.org/odihr/667722

odihr.osce.orgSerbia’s early parliamentary elections saw high turnout amid a polarized environment and unequal campaign opportunities, international observers sayBELGRADE, 26 October 2026 – Serbia’s 25 October early parliamentary elections saw active citizen engagement, with high voter turnout and vig...
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"C'est effectivement un résultat assez extraordinaire", affirme Jean-Jacques Kourliandsky, directeur de l'Observatoire de l'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes de la Fondation Jean Jaurès, lundi 26 octobre, au lendemain de la réélection de Lula à la tête du Brésil. www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

radiofrance.frLula réélu président du Brésil : "C'est un résultat assez extraordinaire", affirme Jean-Jacques KourliandskyJean-Jacques Kourliandsky, directeur de l'Observatoire de l'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes de la Fondation Jean Jaurès, auteur d'"Évangélismes et droits en Amérique latine. Du temple aux urnes" (édit...
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#arbitrary #discrimination Mad dictator? Trump intends to discriminate against Norwegians as immigrants, because the independent Nobel Peace Prize Committee did not award him the prize (despite his overwhelming record of violations of international law.) www.reddit.com/r/Norway/com...

reddit.comFrom the Norway community on Reddit: Trump says he doesn’t want immigrants from Norway because he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize.“Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country.”Explore this post and more from the Norway community