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also here's the full livestream:

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'You are the big problem of this region': Ukraine, China, US trade barbs, June 2, 2024

Defense leaders from around the world have been in Singapore this weekend for an international security conference. The Shangri-La Dialogue is Asia's foremost defense forum. This year's attendees included representatives from China, the United States, Australia, and Indonesia. The forum focused on security issues in the Asia-Pacific region, including tensions between China and Taiwan. There was also a suprise appearance from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It is only the second time Zelenskyy has travelled to Asia since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Zelenskyy accused China and Russia of trying to disrupt an upcoming peace summit on the war in Ukraine. He said Bejing was pressuring other nations not to attend. Zelenskyy said more than 100 countries and organisations had signed up to the peace summit taking place in Switzerland this month, and urged Asia-Pacific nations to join them. Deutsche Welle

What struck me about the discussion regarding the reestablishing Cold War polarization and spheres of influence is that it's just accepted that we are already in proxy wars, and the UN is unwilling to actively achieve resolution alongside a Security Council paralyzed by veto power.

Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and Israel's egregiously disproportionate attacks on Gaza and Palestinians are reflected in the rising tensions of Russia funneling its political and economic resources outside the West, North Korea just stirring the pot as enabled by China and Russia, and China being its own universe of institutional and systematic subversion whether on Taiwan or territorial revisionism, nationalism, or its foreign policy that amounts to dogmatic gaslighting of other nations. The States and the West are certainly complicit in Israel's belligerence against Palestine, and our larger part in maintaining a status quo that is profitable and comfortable for ourselves.

This dialogue in Singapore is meant to be a forum to discuss defense in the Asia-Pacific region. As the commentators pointed out, there's quite a bit of history of skepticism towards the colonialism and interests of the major powers, especially in the current instances of conflict in Ukraine and Palestine pointing out a double standard of attention and support. If Russia and/or China indicate no intention to go to the Switzerland summit in good faith, it's a clear sign as any of their stance of continuing to let things burn.

In a parallel, Taiwan as a key part in the PRC's broader stance about national sovereignty and security in the Asia Pacific, is simply not able to participate or represent itself at all on its own terms or directly have normal diplomatic relationships with most countries which is a double standard in itself.

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"I can’t deny the advantage of having more followers but you also have to - going back to authenticity - stay true to who you are as an artist. Cause it’s a fine line. You definitely want to stay true to your art and continue to do what you’re passionate about and you don’t want social media to change that aspect because of what people are commenting."

MANNY JACINTO at the Asia Summit 2024 The A-List: Asian Artists and Actors Bridging Generations and Geographies

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For 700 years, Moscow has expanded through relentless land grabs, growing into the largest country on Earth while subjugating countless nations.

In a recent video address, President Zelenskyy appeared wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan “Make Russia Small Again.�� But this isn’t just a catchy phrase—it’s a call for historical justice and a reminder of Russia’s centuries-old imperial ambitions.

The T-shirt displays a map of the Grand Duchy of Moscow as it was in 1462, under the rule of Prince Ivan III, who sought to break free from the Golden Horde’s dominance. This era marked the beginning of Muscovy’s expansionist campaigns, during which it claimed lands beyond its borders. In the following years, neighboring principalities such as Yaroslavl, Tver, Ryazan, and Rostov were conquered—the same region that made headlines in August 2024 when Ukrainian forces advanced into it.

Even back then, Moscow employed methods that would become its standard practice for centuries—deportation. After conquering the Novgorod Republic, Moscow forcibly relocated its population to other regions. This move was designed to crush any resistance, as Novgorod had long been independent and a powerful rival to Moscow. By dismantling its center of influence, Moscow eliminated any hope for independence and silenced the potential for protest.

It was Ivan III who first declared himself “Tsar of All Rus,” even though he had never ruled over the lands of Kyivan Rus and merely aspired to conquer them. Over time, his ambitions extended to the northern territories of modern Ukraine—Siveria and Chernihiv regions.

The territory of Tatarstan, where the BRICS summit took place in Kazan in 2024, was conquered in the mid-16th century. These lands have never historically belonged to Russia.

In the following centuries, Moscow simultaneously pushed in all directions—deep into Siberia, south to the Caucasus, even waging war with modern-day Iran, while also advancing westward. The empire continuously grew, fueled by a desire to extend its global influence. When Peter I proclaimed the Russian Empire in the early 18th century, he claimed to be “reclaiming lands,” but in reality, it was a relentless campaign of conquest. Like every other empire, Russia’s expansion was built on the systematic expansion of its territories and subjugation of the peoples within them.

A particularly revealing example is Alaska. Russia sold the territory because it lacked the resources to maintain control, while the U.S. initially hesitated over whether it was worth purchasing.

Even in the 20th century, after the collapse of the Russian Empire and the rise of the Soviet Union, Russia continued its territorial conquests. In 1939, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact—a secret agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union—was signed. This pact divided Poland and carved out spheres of influence in Eastern Europe, effectively igniting the start of World War II.

While global empires were letting go of their colonies and former vassals were gaining independence, the Kremlin remained focused on expanding its influence. Moscow backed the war in Korea, as well as numerous other military conflicts, particularly in Asia. Its socialist-communist reach extended well beyond Asia.

Russia is a vast prison of nations. Over centuries, it has conquered vast territories, and in doing so, has not only seized land but also sought to erase the identities of the peoples it subjugated—just as it did in Novgorod. Native inhabitants were deported and resettled elsewhere. Crimean Tatars were forcibly expelled from Crimea, while people from central Russia were relocated to Ukraine’s Donbas.

The “Make Russia Small Again” T-shirt symbolizes a call for historical justice: Moscow was a principality in 1462. The history of the territories beyond serves as a reminder that Russia’s big size is the result of imperial conquest, with many nations still trapped in a sprawling colony.

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Marcos Jr. sells out PH sovereignty for US war preparations vs China

NDF-International | National Democratic Front of the Philippines

April 10, 2024

Marcos Jr.’s trip to the United States for a trilateral summit with US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is an utter and complete sell-out of Philippine sovereignty to US war designs in Asia. The so-called “trilateral summit” is set to discuss “maritime security cooperation” between the three countries.

Marcos Jr. is willingly offering the Philippine archipelago to serve as a ‘theater of war’ by allowing the US to position its military arsenal on land, sea, and air. The Philippines is a crucial piece in the “US Island Chain strategy” to contain China. The Philippines’ strategic location allows the US to constrict regional waterways and position readily deployable military air power in close proximity to China. In order to achieve its objectives, the US is escalating war preparations in the region by encouraging Japan and other imperialist allies to join the geopolitical chess game.

In the said trilateral meeting, Marcos Jr. seeks to further increase US military footprint in Philippine soil while talks are underway with Japan for a reciprocal access agreement that will allow Japanese military presence in the country. In fact, preparations are already ongoing for the biggest Balikatan Exercises in history which is expected to draw at least 16,000 troops to participate. The Balikatan war games this year aims to test the so-called ‘Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept (CDAC)’ patterned after US imperialist war plans in the region. These actions form part of the US strategy to provoke China into “firing the first shot” demonstrating the US government’s bloodthirst.

On the other hand, Marcos Jr.’s actions prove his outright subservience to US imperialist war preparations and his readiness to drag the Filipino people in the middle of a brewing inter-imperialist conflict. Marcos Jr. must be held accountable for his reprehensible sell-out of Philippine sovereignty and his blatant disregard for the lives of the Filipino masses. More importantly, the Biden administration must be denounced for its continued exportation of wars of aggression from Ukraine to Palestine and now using the Philippines as a pawn in its attempt to stifle China’s growing influence.

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Filipino-American activists protested Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s visit to the United States for the first trilateral U.S.-Japan-Philippines leaders’ summit on April 11.

In a statement, Brittany Tabora of Anakbayan-DC and Bayan-DMV said that it is critical for Filipinos around the world to know that Filipinos in the US do not stand for Marcos.

For the progressive groups, the trilateral summit is among the series of efforts to leverage the Philippines’ strategic geo-political location for economic and military benefit as tensions rise between the U.S. and China, “at the expense of the sovereignty of the Philippines, the economic conditions of Filipino workers, and the health of the environment.”

"We’re here bringing the voices of the Filipino people to oppose the trilateral summit that’s happening around the US, Philippines and Japan. The US government talks about bringing economic growth, prosperity, clean energy and peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. But we know this is a guise for more war and militarism in the Asia Pacific region and also an opportunity to perpetuate unequal economic and military agreements,” said Julie Jamora of Malaya Movement USA.

2024 Apr. 14

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Matt Davies :: Strange love

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

June 20, 2024

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

JUN 21, 2024

Yesterday, in North Korea, Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a security partnership between their countries that said they would “provide mutual assistance in case of aggression.” The two authoritarian leaders essentially resurrected a 1961 agreement between North Korea and the Soviet Union. According to the North Korean News Agency, the agreement also calls for the two countries to work together toward a “just and multipolar new world order.”

The United States and other western allies have been concerned for two years about the strengthening ties between the two countries. Putin needs weapons for the war in Ukraine, and in exchange, he might provide not only the economic support Kim Jong Un needs—North Korea is one of the poorest countries in Asia—but also transfer the technology North Korea needs to develop nuclear weapons. 

In the New York Times today, David Sanger pointed out that Putin and China’s leader Xi Jinping have partnered against the West in the past decade but have always agreed that North Korea must not be able to develop a nuclear weapon. Now, it appears, Putin is desperate enough for munitions that he is willing to provide the technologies North Korea needs to obtain one, along with missiles to deliver it. 

Meanwhile, Joby Warrick reported yesterday in the Washington Post that Iran has launched big expansions of two key nuclear enrichment plants, and leaders of the country’s nuclear program have begun to say they could build a nuclear weapon quickly if asked to do so. On X, security analyst Jon Wolfsthal recalled the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that successfully limited Iran’s nuclear program and that Trump abandoned with vows to produce something better. Wolfsthal noted that diplomacy worked when “wars and ‘promises’ of a better deal could not.”   

Still, the meeting between Putin and Kim Jong Un is a sign of weakness, not strength. As The Telegraph pointed out, just ten years ago, Putin was welcomed to the G8 (now the G7) by the leaders of the richest countries in the world. “Now he has to go cap in hand to the pariah state of North Korea,” it pointed out. National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby added that “Russia is absolutely isolated on the world stage. They’ve been forced to rely, again, on countries like North Korea and Iran. Meanwhile…, Ukraine just organized a successful peace summit in Switzerland that had more than 100 countries and organizations sign up to support President Zelenskyy’s vision for a just peace.” 

In that same press conference, Kirby noted that the U.S. is delaying planned deliveries of foreign military sales to other countries, particularly of air defense missiles, sending the weapons to Ukraine instead. Also today, the U.S. emphasized that Ukraine can use American-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces in Russia. This is at least partly in response to recent reports that Russia is pulverizing Ukrainian front-line cities to force inhabitants to abandon them. Ukraine can slow the barrage by hitting the Russian airstrips from which the planes are coming.

China, which declared a “no limits” partnership with Russia in February 2022 just before Russia invaded Ukraine, kept distant from the new agreement between Russia and North Korea. Tong Zhao of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace told Laurie Chen and Josh Smith of Reuters: "China is…careful not to create the perception of a de facto alliance among Beijing, Moscow, and Pyongyang, as this will not be helpful for China to maintain practical cooperation with key Western countries.”

Greg Torode, Gerry Doyle, and Laurie Chen published an exclusive story in Reuters tonight, reporting that in March, for the first time in five years, delegates from the U.S. and China resumed semi-official talks about nuclear arms, although official talks have stalled.

The office of president of the Republic of Korea (ROK), Yoon Suk Yeol, condemned the agreement. “It’s absurd that two parties with a history of launching wars of invasion—the Korean War and the war in Ukraine—are now vowing mutual military cooperation on the premise of a preemptive attack by the international community that will never happen,” it said. An ROK national security official added that the government, which has provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine, will now consider supplying weapons. This is no small threat: ROK is one of the world’s top ten arms exporters.  

In the U.S., John Kirby told reporters that while cooperation between Russia and North Korea is a concern, the U.S. has been strengthening and bolstering alliances and partnerships throughout the Indo-Pacific region since President Joe Biden took office. It brokered the historic trilateral agreement between the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the United States; launched AUKUS, the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the U.S.; and expanded cooperation with the Philippines. 

On Tuesday, at a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Washington, D.C., NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explained the cooperation between Russia and North Korea like this. “Russia’s war in Ukraine is…propped up by China, North Korea, and Iran,” he said. “They want to see the United States fail. They want to see NATO fail. If they succeed in Ukraine, it will make us more vulnerable and the world more dangerous. 

To that, The Bulwark today added journalist Anne Applebaum’s comments about the determination of those countries to disrupt liberal democracies. Dictators, she said, “are betting that Trump will be the person who destroys the United States, whether he makes it ungovernable, whether he assaults the institutions so that they no longer function, whether he creates so much division and chaos that the U.S. can’t have a foreign policy anymore. That’s what they want, and that’s what they’re hoping he will do.”

Trump himself is a more and more problematic candidate. This week, author Ramin Setoodeh, who has a new book coming out soon about Trump’s transformation from failed businessman to reality TV star on the way to the presidency, has told reporters that Trump has “severe memory issues” adding that “he couldn’t remember things, he couldn’t even remember me.”

Trump is supposed to participate in a debate with President Biden on June 27, and while Biden is preparing as candidates traditionally do, with policy reviews and practice, Trump’s team has been downplaying Trump’s need for preparation, saying that his rallies and interviews with friendly media are enough. 

With new polls showing Biden overtaking the lead in the presidential contest, right-wing media has been pushing so-called cheap fakes: videos that don’t use AI but misrepresent what happened by deceptively cutting the film or the shot. 

Social media has been flooded with images of Biden appearing to bend over for no apparent reason at a D-Day commemoration; the clip cuts off both the chair behind him and that everyone else was sitting down, too. Another, from the recent G7 summit, appears to show the president wandering away from a group of leaders during a skydiving demonstration; in fact, he was walking toward and speaking to a parachute jumper who had just landed but was off camera. A third appears to show Biden unable to say the name of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; in fact, he was teasing Mayorkas, and the film cuts off just before Biden says his name.  

On Monday, June 17, Judd Legum of Popular information produced a deep report on how the right-wing Sinclair Broadcast Group has been flooding its local media websites with these and other stories suggesting that President Biden is “mentally unfit for office.” Legum noted that these stories appeared simultaneously on at least 86 local news websites Sinclair owns.

Finally, today, in the New York Times, Charlie Savage and Alan Feuer reported that two of Judge Aileen Cannon’s more experienced colleagues on Florida’s federal bench—including the chief judge, a George W. Bush appointee—urged her to hand off the case of Trump’s retention of classified documents to someone else when it was assigned to her. They noted that she was inexperienced, having been appointed by Trump only very late in his term, and that taking the case would look bad since she had previously been rebuked by a conservative appeals court after helping Trump in the criminal investigation that led to the indictment. 

She refused to pass the assignment to someone else.  

Trump’s lawyers’ approach to the case has been to try to delay it until after the election. Judge Cannon’s decisions appear to have made that strategy succeed.

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

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Kate won't go to the awards show with William because she's pregnant? And they won't go on tour because of a small child? I understand correctly?!

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Yup.

Covid is over and people are traveling again. Will & Kate should be going on tour this year. Charles & Camilla did a tour prior to the coronation. Will & Kate don't have one planned, not this summer and not this fall.

William is going to fly all the way to Singapore by himself to attend the Earthshot Prize events over five days and then fly home for Remembrance Sunday.

The optimum time to do a tour in southeast Asia would have been the week prior to the Earthshot Week. Except we know that won't be happening because they won't be doing another tour until spring 2024. And the week prior to Earthshot Week would have been excellent because the kids go back to school on 30 October 2023, after their two-week half-term break.

I totally understand why @mysteriouslytransparentwitch says that William is making problems for himself, particularly regarding Wales. He's going to fly half-way around the world solely for an environmental summit. He's not going to do a regular tour in conjunction with Earthshot, and then Wales gets to appear completely forgotten and made to be unimportant.

Both Will & Kate have some difficult indications in their annual charts for this year. William having to deal with serious controversy this year makes a lot of sense now that @mysteriouslytransparentwitch has mentioned it.

But, yes, Kate won't be traveling to Singapore because she'll be nursing a less than three-month old baby in early November.

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A better future for humanity is not only possible,it must be achieved before our species is wiped out

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Translation is at the bottom

The collective is on telegram

🥰 人类命运共同体 | COSTRUIRE INSIEME UN FUTURO CONDIVISO PER L'UMANITÀ

🇨🇳 Il 年1月9日, il Compagno Wang Yi - Direttore dell'Ufficio Generale della Commissione Centrale per gli Affari Esteri del Partito Comunista e Ministro degli Affari Esteri della Repubblica Popolare Cinese, ha evidenziato i 年中国外交六大亮点 - Sei Punti Salienti della Diplomazia Cinese nel 2023, durante il Simposio sulla Situazione Internazionale a Pechino 🐲

🌸 Chi segue Collettivo Shaoshan da tempo conosce molto bene il nobile concetto di 人类命运共同体 - Comunità dal Futuro Condiviso. Esso riconosce che Umanità (人类) ha un Destino Comune (命运共同), e che la Cooperazione è il corretto percorso per il raggiungimento della Prosperità Comune (共同富裕) 😍

🇨🇳 Nel 2023, di fronte ad una situazione internazionale sempre più caotica e turbolenta, con sconquassi geopolitici e tensioni in crescita, la Diplomazia Cinese, costruita sui 和平共处五项原则 - Cinque Principi per la Coesistenza Pacifica, ha promosso attivamente la Pace, il Dialogo e la Cooperazione 🤝

🤔 Ecco alcuni eventi avvenuti nel 2023, che dimostrano pienamente la Saggezza Cinese:

一 Il Terzo "Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum", dal Tema 高质量共建‘一带一路’，携手实现共同发展繁荣 - ovvero: Costruire congiuntamente una Nuova Via della Seta di Alta Qualità (高质量), per raggiungere uno Sviluppo Comune (共同发展) e la Prosperità (繁荣) 🥰

二 獨木不成林單弦不成音 | Più alberi creano una foresta, Futuro Condiviso per i Paesi in Via di Sviluppo | Allargamento dei BRICS

三 Il Vertice Cina - Asia Centrale, dove il Presidente Xi Jinping ha presentato i Quattro Principi della Cina per la Costruzione di una Comunità dal Futuro Condiviso, nonché gli Otto Punti per la Cooperazione 🤝

四 Ultimo, ma non per importanza, la Mediazione Cinese nella Rinascita dei Rapporti tra il Regno dell'Arabia Saudita e la Repubblica Islamica dell'Iran 😍

🔍 Per chi volesse approfondire l'argomento, ecco qui tre post di Collettivo Shaoshan:

❤️ Evento storico grazie alla Mediazione Cinese: Arabia Saudita e Iran riprenderanno le Relazioni Diplomatiche 👏

❤️ Promuovere la Riconciliazione, ricostruire il proprio Destino 🇨🇳❤️🇮🇷🇸🇦❤️

千里之行，始于足下 Mille miglia iniziano con un solo passo, scrivere un Nuovo Capitolo nella Storia del Medio Oriente 😍

⭐️ Nel 2023, l'agenda del 领袖 è stata molto fitta. Il Presidente Xi Jinping ha effettuato importanti visite all'estero, e ha tenuto più di 100 incontri, dimostrando apertura mentale e interesse, e promuovendo sempre due Principi Cinesi:

一 相互尊重 - Rispetto Reciproco 🤝

二 合作共赢 - Cooperazione a Mutuo Vantaggio 🤝

🇨🇳 La Diplomazia Cinese è entrata in una Nuova Era. Il 2024, l'Anno del Drago, sarà estremamente importante per la Cina. A ottobre, si festeggerà il 75° Anniversario della Fondazione della Repubblica Popolare Cinese, e - inoltre, il 2024 sarà un anno cruciale per il raggiungimento degli obiettivi del 14° Piano Quinquennale ⭐️

🇨🇳 La Cina ha agito, agisce e agirà sempre come Paese responsabile:

💬 «Sosterremo sempre l'Equità e la Giustizia, chiederemo la costruzione di un Mondo Multipolare che sia equo e ordinato, praticheremo il 真正的多边主义 - Vero Multilateralismo e promuovere la Democrazia nelle Relazioni Internazionali. Tutti i Paesi, grandi o piccoli, sono uguali. Ogni Paese dovrebbe avere la propria posizione nel sistema multipolare internazionale» | Wang Yi 🇨🇳

🔍 Approfondimenti:

一 Quali sono, nel dettaglio, i Sei Punti Salienti? 🤔

二 Diplomazia Cinese: il concetto di Partenariato e i Cinque Principi della Coesistenza Pacifica 🐲

🌸 Iscriviti 👉 @collettivoshaoshan 😘

🥰 人类命运共同体 | BUILDING A SHARED FUTURE FOR HUMANITY TOGETHER

🇨🇳 On 年1月9日, Comrade Wang Yi - Director of the General Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, highlighted the 年中国外交六大亮点 - Six Highlights of Chinese Diplomacy in 2023, during the Symposium on the International Situation in Beijing 🐲

🌸 Those who have been following Shaoshan Collective for some time know very well the noble concept of 人类命运共同体 - Community with a Shared Future. It recognizes that Humanity (人类) has a Common Destiny (命运共同), and that Cooperation is the correct path to achieving Common Prosperity (共同富裕) 😍

🇨🇳 In 2023, faced with an increasingly chaotic and turbulent international situation, with geopolitical upheavals and growing tensions, Chinese Diplomacy, built on the 和平共处五项原则 - Five Principles for Peaceful Coexistence, actively promoted Peace, Dialogue and Cooperation 🤝

🤔 Here are some events that occurred in 2023, which fully demonstrate Chinese Wisdom:

一 The Third "Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum", with the Theme 高质量共建'一带一路'，携手实现共同发展繁荣 - that is: Jointly Building a High-Quality New Silk Road (高质量), to achieve a Common Development (共同发展) and Prosperity (繁荣) 🥰

二 獨木不成林單弦不成音 | More trees create a forest, Shared Future for Developing Countries | BRICS enlargement

三 The China - Central Asia Summit, where President Xi Jinping presented China's Four Principles for Building a Community with a Shared Future, as well as the Eight Points for Cooperation 🤝

四 Last, but not least, Chinese Mediation in the Rebirth of Relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran 😍

🔍 For those who want to delve deeper into the topic, here are three posts from the Shaoshan Collective:

❤️ Historic event thanks to Chinese Mediation: Saudi Arabia and Iran will resume Diplomatic Relations 👏

❤️ Promote Reconciliation, rebuild your Destiny 🇨🇳❤️🇮🇷🇸🇦❤️

千里之行，始于足下 A thousand miles begin with a single step, writing a New Chapter in the History of the Middle East 😍

⭐️ In 2023, the 领袖 agenda was very busy. President Xi Jinping has made important visits abroad, and held more than 100 meetings, demonstrating open-mindedness and interest, and always promoting two Chinese Principles:

一相互尊重 - Mutual Respect 🤝

二 合作共赢 - Mutual Benefit Cooperation 🤝

🇨🇳 Chinese Diplomacy has entered a New Era. 2024, the Year of the Dragon, will be extremely important for China. In October, we will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, and - furthermore, 2024 will be a crucial year for achieving the goals of the 14th Five-Year Plan ⭐️

🇨🇳 China has acted, acts and will always act as a responsible country:

💬 «We will always support Equity and Justice, we will ask for the construction of a Multipolar World that is fair and orderly, we will practice 真正的多边主义 - True Multilateralism and promote Democracy in International Relations. All countries, large or small, are the same. Each country should have its own position in the international multipolar system" | Wang Yi 🇨🇳

🔍 Further information:

一 What are the six highlights in detail? 🤔

二 Chinese Diplomacy: the Concept of Partnership and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence 🐲

🌸 Subscribe 👉 @collectivoshaoshan 😘

[bizypeople]

President Report from New York:

March 9th to March 22nd, 2024.

Sweta Gupta is currently attending the BPW  international Leaders Summit- New York.

The atmosphere at the CSW session on March 9th

Being amidst a diverse gathering of delegates from countries around the globe including Brazil, Italy, various Asia-Pacific nations, the USA, New Zealand, and Egypt, along with regional coordinators, particularly from Europe, has been profoundly empowering.

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News Roundup 7/17/2023 | The Libertarian Institute

News Roundup 7/17/2023

by Kyle Anzalone

US News

The House on Friday passed its version 2024 National Defense Authorization Act in a vote of 219-210, which largely fell along partisan lines due to amendments added by Republicans relating to social policies in the military. AWC

A group of Senators have reintroduced legislation to prevent an American president from withdrawing from the North Atlantic alliance. A version of the bill failed to pass the legislature during the Trump administration. The Institute

Russia

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said Monday that he will be the Republican co-sponsor of an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that aims to block the provision of cluster bombs to Ukraine. AWC

A Kremlin spokesman said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin after his short-lived mutiny. AWC

NATO is set to drop the requirement for Ukraine to go through a Membership Action Plan (MAP) to join the alliance, AFP reported on Monday. AWC

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new military buildup in Eastern Europe. He claimed the move was needed to combat Russian aggression. The Institute

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to back Sweden’s NATO membership on the eve of a two-day NATO summit in Lithuania. AWC

A Ukrainian general told CNN on Thursday that Ukraine has received a shipment of US cluster bombs, controversial munitions that have a devastating impact on civilians. AWC

NATO will push back a decision to open a liaison office in Japan to this fall or later due to French objections to the plans, Nikkei Asia reported on Monday. AWC

The House on Thursday night voted down an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that would have prohibited the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine. AWC

The Washington Post reported Thursday that US officials at the NATO summit in Vilnius were so angry over Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s criticism that they almost scaled back the commitment made to Ukraine in NATO’s communiqué. AWC

President Biden on Thursday signed an executive order allowing the Pentagon to mobilize 3,000 reservists for deployments in Europe, where the US military has significantly increased its presence since Russia invaded Ukraine. AWC

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia will view US-made F-16 fighter jets in Ukraine as a nuclear threat because they are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. AWC

Hungary has said it will approve Sweden’s NATO bid now that Turkey has dropped its objection, but both the Hungarian and Turkish parliaments will not take up the issue until the fall. AWC

President Biden and other Group of Seven leaders on Wednesday pledged long-term support for Ukraine and announced that they would each negotiate a bilateral security deal with Kyiv. AWC

Rheinmetall, Germany’s leading arms maker, will open a plant to manufacture tanks and other armored vehicles in Ukraine within the next 12 weeks as the West is looking to boost Ukraine’s weapons industry. AWC

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said Wednesday that Ukraine needs to show more gratitude for the support it receives from the West when asked about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s criticism of NATO’s communiqué. AWC

Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), confirmed on Wednesday that he spoke with CIA Director William Burns after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived rebellion. AWC

The Biden administration is quietly debating whether or not to provide Ukraine with Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), which have a range of up to 190 miles, The New York Times reported Tuesday. AWC

The White House said Tuesday that NATO membership for Ukraine isn’t going to happen anytime soon since it would mean war with Russia. AWC

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday defended the Biden administration’s decision to arm Ukraine with widely-banned cluster munitions, which have a devastating impact on civilians. AWC

Eleven NATO members agreed on Tuesday to start training Ukrainian pilots on US-made F-16s in Europe this August, the first step toward getting the American-made fighter jets to the war zone in Ukraine. AWC

NATO leaders issued a communiqué on Tuesday at the end of the first day of the alliance’s summit in Vilnius that dealt with the issue of Ukraine’s future membership. AWC

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that the Biden administration will move forward with a $20 billion sale of Lockheed Martin-made F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. AWC

NATO is set to drop the requirement for Ukraine to go through a Membership Action Plan (MAP) to join the alliance, AFP reported on Monday. AWC

A senior Defense Intelligence Agency official has described the war in Ukraine as a “stalemate” and said none of the weapons the US and NATO are providing will help Ukrainian forces “break through” in their counteroffensive. AWC

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that Russia has a “sufficient” supply of cluster munitions to use if Ukraine employs the controversial weapons. AWC

Belarus announced Friday that members of the Wagner mercenary force were in the country training Belarusian soldiers. AWC

The White House said Friday that the 3,000 reservists President Biden has made available for the Pentagon to deploy to Europe would serve “administrative” functions. AWC

China

A US Navy spy plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Thursday as China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was conducting drills to the south of Taiwan. AWC

President Biden’s nominee to replace Gen. Mark Milley as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday that he would pursue establishing more bases in the Indo-Pacific region and increase support for Taiwan to prepare for a future war with China, Nikkei Asia reported Wednesday. AWC

Indonesian President Joko Widodo warned Friday that the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can’t become a “proxy” for any country as tensions between the US and China are soaring in the region. AWC

Korea

Pyongyang accused the US military of conducting provocative surveillance flights which infringe on its airspace and trespassed in its exclusive economic zone on Monday. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) admonished Washington that if such provocations persist, American reconnaissance planes may be shot down. The Institute

Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo held joint naval drills testing missile defense in international waters between Japan and South Korea on Sunday. The Institute

Middle East

A new US intelligence report has reaffirmed that Iran is not trying to build nuclear weapons despite constant claims made by Israel and Western media outlets to the contrary. AWC

Washington announced a plan to deploy additional fighter jets to the Middle East to prevent Iran from seizing ships in the Persian Gulf. The Pentagon is additionally evaluating proposals to send more military equipment into the region to address Russian aircraft operating in Syrian skies. The Institute

US Central Command on Sunday said that it killed an ISIS “leader” in a drone strike in eastern Syria that it launched on July 7 and suggested that a civilian may have also been injured in the bombing. AWC

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said Sunday that it launched three airstrikes in Somalia and claimed the bombardment killed 10 al-Shabaab fighters. AWC

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8th Edition of World Nanotechnology Conference & World Nano 2024

The Nanotechnology Conferences is an international event that brings together leading researchers, academics, and industry professionals to share their latest research findings and technological advancements in the field of nanotechnology. The 8th Edition of World Nanotechnology Conference is scheduled to take place from March 18-20, 2024, in Singapore. This year's conference will be a hybrid event, allowing attendees to participate either in-person or virtually.

The theme of the Nanomaterials Conference is "Nanotechnology: Transcending All Limits by Retrospection of Advances." This theme aims to explore the latest developments and innovations in the field of nanotechnology and how these advances are transforming various industries, including medicine, electronics, and energy.

The Nanomaterials Conferences will provide a platform for researchers to share their findings and discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the field. The Nanotechnology Conference will feature keynote speakers from various disciplines, including nanomedicine, materials science, and electronics. The speakers will share their expertise and insights on the latest developments in nanotechnology, and how they are transforming various industries. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from these experts and engage in discussions about the future of nanotechnology

The Nanotechnology Conference program will provide a platform for attendees to share their research findings, collaborate with peers, and learn about the latest advances in nanotechnology.

The Nanotechnology Conferences 2024 will provide attendees with ample networking opportunities, both in-person and virtually. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with leading researchers, academics, and industry professionals from around the world. These networking opportunities will provide attendees with the chance to forge new partnerships, exchange ideas, and learn from their peers.

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Huawei Luncurkan "Global City Intelligent Twins Architecture" yang Mempercepat Transformasi Teknologi Digital Perkotaan

 Jumat, 25 Oktober 2024 10:30 WIB

Dubai, Uni Emirat Arab, (ANTARA/PRNewswire)- Di GITEX Global 2024, melalui sebuah acara diskusi bertajuk Build City Intelligent Twins to Accelerate City Digital Transformation, Huawei mengundang para pakar pemerintahan dan mitra dari Tiongkok, Timur Tengah, Asia Pasifik, dan Afrika untuk membahas sejumlah topik hangat seputar smart city dan digitalisasi pemerintah.

Pembangunan smart city berlangsung cepat. Pengelolaan kota yang kian rumit pun membutuhkan arsitektur dan teknologi baru. Di Huawei Cloud UAE Summit, Hank Chen, R&D President, Government Public Services Digitalization BU, Huawei, memperkenalkan "City Intelligent Twins Architecture" yang inovatif sebagai pencapaian terbaru Huawei dalam teknologi inti dan aplikasi smart city. Dengan city awareness, dunia fisik dapat dipetakan menjadi dunia digital. Jaringan kota berfungsi sebagai meridian, serta menentukan kerangka jaringan baru untuk seluruh layanan. Sementara, city cloud menjadi otak. Huawei telah membangun algoritma cloud native dan AI yang mendukung migrasi komputasi awan dan transformasi pintar. Sistem big data perkotaan yang terintegrasi juga ikut memaksimalkan kegunaan data. Aplikasi smart city menjadi tulang punggung yang melayani layanan umum dan tata kelola kota. Dengan "City Intelligent Twins Architecture", Huawei bekerja sama dengan mitra-mitra global untuk membangun infrastruktur digital baru yang telah diimplementasikan di lebih dari 200 kota yang tersebar di lebih dari 40 negara. Berkat teknologi ini, kota-kota tersebut mencapai tata kelola yang efisien dan mempercepat transformasi digital.

Di "Global Smart City Innovation Roundtable", Huawei dan mitra-mitranya membahas sejumlah topik tentang inovasi smart city yang terpadu berdasarkan pengalaman yang telah dikuasai di berbagai kota, baik di dalam dan luar Tiongkok. Wang Bin, President, Marketing & Solution Sales Dept, Government Public Services Digitalization BU, Huawei, turut membagikan peta jalan evolusi smart city dan pengalaman di berbagai kota di Tiongkok. Menurutnya, perkembangan smart city di Tiongkok telah beralih dari informatisasi menuju digitalisasi, lalu teknologi pintar. Tiongkok telah menjalankan berbagai praktik dalam pembangunan infrastruktur, peningkatan kapasitas intelligent center, serta upper-layer application development. Praktik tersebut bisa menjadi referensi bagi kota-kota lain yang ingin meningkatkan efisiensi lewat teknologi pintar.

Di acara tersebut, Huawei meluncurkan National One-Stop Public Services Solution bersama sejumlah mitra, termasuk Audaque, Linewell, dan Bamboocloud, serta National Smart City Solution bersama Freedo Technology, Isoftstone smart technology, dan RayChange Technology.

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The global south seemed to be top of mind for policymakers and diplomats this year, from the halls of the United Nations to leaders’ podiums. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called his country the “voice of the global south,” hosting a virtual summit by that name to start the year that elevated the perspectives of dozens of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. In Vietnam in September, U.S. President Joe Biden exchanged the Cold War-era phrase “Third World” for “global south” as he spoke.

For some commentators, the new politics of the global south recalls the heyday of the Non-Aligned Movement, first convened in Indonesia in 1955. The comparison may seem particularly apt when it comes to Russia’s war in Ukraine. Since February 2022, many countries in the global south have avoided criticizing Moscow, including by abstaining from or voting against U.N. resolutions to condemn aggression against Kyiv—and continuing to import Russian oil and gas despite Western sanctions.

In September, more than 18 months after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky returned to the U.N. General Assembly, in large part seeking to bolster wider international support for his cause. At the time, FP’s Howard W. French wrote that many developing countries simply had other priorities: “Increasingly, the poor are saying to the rich that your priorities won’t mean more to us until ours mean much more to you.”

Two major meetings underscored the shifting role of the global south in world politics this year: the BRICS summit held in August in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the G-20 leaders’ summit hosted by New Delhi in September. In Johannesburg, the bloc—comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—announced it would add six new members, giving it a bigger share of the world’s GDP than the G-7 in terms of purchasing power parity. Whether the BRICS expansion will lead to more power or less cohesion remains to be seen, but the bloc has at least succeeded in making de-dollarization a talking point.

Meanwhile, Modi used the G-20 summit—and India’s leadership of the group this year—to expand the agenda to include issues of significance to the global south, such as trade, climate change, and migration. He touted the event and the resulting consensus declaration as a success for New Delhi, scoring increased World Bank funding aimed countries in the global south. But tensions and differences within the group were apparent, especially on Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The war in Gaza that began in October marked another shift, as countries in the global south pointed to Western support for Israel’s collective punishment of the Gaza Strip after the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7 as hypocritical—particularly considering the West’s insistence on a so-called rules-based global order. In November, Julien Barnes-Dacey and Jeremy Shapiro of the European Council on Foreign Relations argued that the United States and its allies are bound to lose such a “battle of narratives.”

With the global south now commanding the world’s attention, the fluidity and the imprecision of the term—once relegated to academia—have also become more clear. Even as analysts question the very concept, what is certain is that the global south will remain a central figure in diplomacy and summitry in 2024.

Below are some of Foreign Policy’s top pieces on global south politics and debates this year.

1. The World Isn’t Slipping Away From the West

By Comfort Ero, March 8

More than a year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Comfort Ero, the president and CEO of the International Crisis Group, reflected on an increasingly common question: Why have so many countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America sat this one out, offering limited support to Kyiv?

It’s tempting to say that the West is losing the global south. But that is too simplistic, Ero argues, writing that Western countries should look to recent history to better understand what motivates countries with different perspectives: “It’s no wonder that many officials from countries in the global south feel that the West is demanding their loyalty over Ukraine—after not showing them much solidarity in their own hours of need.”

“[N]early all the officials I’ve spoken with seek to define their national policies on their own terms—reflecting their own sovereign interests—rather than framing them as part of a West-Russia contest,” Ero writes.

2. 6 Swing States Will Decide the Future of Geopolitics

By Cliff Kupchan, June 6

In May, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky courted the support of Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia—so-called middle powers that, along with other leaders of the global south, including South Africa and Turkey, “have more power today than ever before,” Eurasia Group Chairman Cliff Kupchan writes.

These six “swing states” have already shaped optics around Russia’s war in Ukraine, namely by refusing to fall in line with Western plans for military aid to Kyiv and sanctions against Moscow. The United States needs to “up its game” with regard to these six powers and the global south more broadly, Kupchan writes. “We now have more drivers on every geopolitical issue. That makes predictions of geopolitical outcomes, already a fraught endeavor, even harder.”

3. Can the G-20 Be a Champion for the Global South?

By Darren Walker, Sept. 8

The Group of 20 includes many countries from the global south, but its wealthiest members long wielded the most influence at the table. As India hosted the annual G-20 leaders’ summit in September, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker argued that the group was now “poised to usher in an unprecedented era of not only influence, but also economic justice, for the global south.”

Walker writes that India used its year-long G-20 presidency to highlight issues that disproportionately affect countries in the global south, particularly sovereign debt, and to amplify voices from this global majority. Significant divisions remain among the G-20, but India’s leadership is part of the “establishment of a new standard” led by developing countries, he argues.

“With their upcoming G-20 presidencies, Brazil and South Africa have the chance to build on the momentum created by their predecessors,” Walker writes.

4. Why the Global South Is Accusing America of Hypocrisy

By Oliver Stuenkel, Nov. 2

The war in Gaza exposed a new challenge to the West from the countries of the global south: accusations of hypocrisy. “Many in the developing world have long seen a double standard in the West condemning an illegal occupation in Ukraine while also standing staunchly behind Israel, which has occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1967,” Oliver Stuenkel, an international relations professor in São Paulo, writes.

Stuenkel argues that this perceived inconsistency could damage Western claims of a so-called rules-based global order, especially as civilian casualties rise and calls for a cease-fire grow. “The longer the Israel-Hamas war goes on, the greater the risk to Western credibility in the global south becomes,” he writes.

5. Is There Such a Thing as a Global South?

By C. Raja Mohan, Dec. 9

As the term “global south” has gone mainstream, so to speak, FP’s C. Raja Mohan writes that it has become a “convenient shorthand” in debates over issues as diverse as climate policy and Russia’s war in Ukraine—putting the global majority in a “single category with supposedly similar interests.” But Mohan raises a pointed question: Is there even such a thing as a global south?

Mohan points out several analytical flaws with the concept, which he calls “old wine in a new bottle.” He explains that countries of the global south have divergent economic interests and development paths, and that the group itself has much too fluid boundaries. Given these issues, is “global southism” worthwhile as an explanatory framework? Mohan doesn’t think so, but he acknowledges that it may be here to stay.

“Despite my and others’ calls to retire the category global south, it is unlikely to disappear from the international relations vocabulary anytime soon,” Mohan writes. “For many in the West, it is a way of othering the rest; for the chattering classes in the rest, it is a way of channeling deep reservoirs of resentment against continuing Western dominance.”