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12 Maggio 2021 Author: Francesco Saverio Angio’, PhD * – During the 1990s, the North Atlantic Alliance had succeeded in co-opting Russia, bringing the Kremlin closer to its initiatives. That meant sharing its strategic vision and making a partner out of Moscow to fight against new security challenges. Unfortunately, in the 2000s, the European Union was probably too naïve by not considering Moscow’s reaction to Brussels’ effort to integrate into its liberal political and economic narrat...

Barr-Melej Spotlighted in Chilean Rock-Music Magazine Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Professor of History and Interim Executive Director of the Center for International Studies, was interviewed by the Chilean music magazine Rockaxis for a recent special edition on rock music and Chilean musical icon Víctor Jara. Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Professor of History and Interim Executive Director of the Center for International Studies, was interviewed by the Chilean music magazine Rockaxis for a recent specia...

Student presenters will suggest possible tactics to mitigate nations’ economic rivalry Manufacturing policies, carbon-related trade tariffs, supply chains — Bank of America analysts identified them all as U.S.-China contention points. Energy investment, too. As CNBC reported, from 2010 to 2020, China outspent the U.S. by nearly 2-to-1 on energy transition-related investment. The Brookings Institution this week suggested China’s rising global power could spur a legislative push to stoke Am...

Reply Starting in July, the pilot will launch in the NYPDs 26th Precinct, which covers part of West Harlem and Morningside Heights, as well as precincts in the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. (Shutterstock) HARLEM, NY — A new gun-violence prevention program will be tested out in five police precincts across New York City, including one in Harlem, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday. The Advance Peace Program pairs young people who are at risk of gun violence with mentors who help...

City’s pilot gun violence prevention program will include 120th Precinct Updated Mar 15, 2021; Posted Mar 15, 2021 Police collected more than 50 guns during a gun buyback event Saturday, Sept. 19 at the Central Family Life Center in Stapleton. (Staten Island Advance/Irene Spezzamonte) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The city is taking a grassroots approach to combating gun violence, particularly involving youth, through a mentor program beginning this summer. The Advance Peace Progra...

GREAT BEND TRIBUNE Mann selected to serve on the House Ag subcommittees WASHINGTON, D.C. – First District Kansas Congressman Tracey Mann was selected to serve on the House Agriculture General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee and the Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee. “As Congressional Districts become increasingly more urban, the distance from farm to fork has never been greater,” said Mann. “I came to Congress to advocate for agriculture an...

Photo: Joe Haupt (CC BY-SA 2.0) The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) is seeking the publics help in determining the future of the worlds first nuclear-powered merchant ship. The NS Savannah was built by New York Shipbuilding Corp. and launched in 1959 as part of President Dwight D. Eisenhowers Atoms for Peace Program to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The ship was removed from service in 1971 and the reactor was defueled. Registered as a National Historic Landmark since 1991, th...

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Lewis and Clark plans virtual premiere Thursday The Telegraph FacebookTwitterEmail Pulphus GODFREY — Lewis and Clark Community College will host a virtual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. at noon on Thursday, Jan. 21. The program is a YouTube premiere event featuring keynote speaker Jonathan Pulphus,students reciting excerpts from famous speeches and letters by civil rights advocates, a dance presentation and a choir performance. Participants can view the free, educational event on the ...

US President-elect Joe Biden speaking in Des Moines, Iowa in August 2019. Photo: Gage Skidmore flickr.com Although the US is a co-chair, along with France and Russia, of the Minsk Group of the OSCE, created in 1995 to mediate a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, both the Trump and Obama Administrations ignored the South Caucasus. When Washington issued statements, they played to the Armenian lobby and always took the side of Armenia. President Biden should cha...