The number of people on the 'Heroes Square' in #Tbilisi is growing by the minute

It’s 00:36AM in Georgia, tens of thousands of Georgians remain near the Parliament defending the country from the Russia-style authoritarianism. Georgia belongs in the European Union 🇬🇪🇪🇺

Middle East Policy's Spring 2024 issue, The Persian Gulf and the US-China Rivalry, is free for all readers until May 15! Find analysis from Andrea Ghiselli, Prof Anoush Ehteshami, enrico fardella, Amjed Rasheed ئەمجەد رەشید, جامعة الإمارات العربية المتحدة, and more. ChinaMed

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Important analysis to understand what is going on in the Middle East from Beijing's point of view.

Surely of interest for Tuvia Gering 陶文亚 Prof Anoush Ehteshami Sara Bazoobandi Dawn C Murphy Giorgio Cafiero Joyce Karam Adel Abdel Ghafar Mohammed Soliman Grant Rumley Gedaliah Afterman Mohammed T. Alsudairi 苏墨涵

An absolute pleasure to have the great Prof Michael Cox deliver our 5th lecture in the Trevelyan College’s Global Dynamics lecture series, on the changing and world-shaping PRC-USA relations. Wish you were there to be blown away by the power of the lecture!

Without reversing Brexit, ⁦Keir Starmer⁩, the whole world knows that the country has no chance of recovering from the dark years of Tory rule! foreignaffairs.com/united-kingdom…

Taking us all for fools!

Honestly, Good Morning Britain, your line of questioning and without fact checking your unwarranted attacks on Galloway left much to be desired. He may not be an angel but your gutter press approach to quizzing an elected member of parliament was tacky.

China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Jin Lian confirmed, for the first time, that Beijing hosted reconciliation talks between the PLO and Hamas’ representatives.
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Here are some thoughts about China’s objectives and calculations:

BAM! The Biden administration just announced it’s protecting 13 million acres in the western Arctic from oil and gas drilling AND stopped the construction of Ambler Road!

Big win for the environment and Alaska Indigenous communities.

Keep it going!

#ActOnClimate

First official Chinese confirmation of mediation attempts between Hamas terrorists and Fatah in Beijing over the weekend, which were done at China's invitation.

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One week from today (7th May 2024 at noon) we welcome Kerim Can Kavakli to SGIA Durham as part of the Centre for Institutions and Political Behaviour Speaker Series. Join us!

Why is China risking US sanctions by arming Russia? Survival theconversation.com/why-is-china-r…

Bravo! Keir Starmer, you must sit up and pay attention to what the voters are telling you!!

Left: Former UK Prime Ministers Liz Truss and Boris Johnson say 'the world was safer under Trump', and 'another Trump presidency would be a good thing for the world'

Right: Nancy Pelosi, 'I don't know what they're talking about.. I didn't know they said that and I'm sorry they…

'One vote from the end of democracy': Weissmann sounds alarm on SCOTUS immunity case - MSNBC apple.news/A1gCyxBT8SluVq…

'How can you ever criticise demonstrations on campus? That's a way of life for us in America'

Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Gaza deaths 'challenges the conscience of the world' but protestors should also target Hamas

#BBCLauraK bbc.in/3wbVCXN

And exactly what Trump is not… apple.news/AznkHE84RQWiXg…

And yes in the UK our trains rattle and shake so much, without having the capacity to reach speeds set by the bullet train, that a cup of tea is as likely to land in your lap as on people beside you!

Really?! And that is what you see in this mess?!!!