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Neutrality and peace, victims of an alliance

NATO seems to have set acting as a global police force as its objective, going above UN mandates in the midst of growing global opposition to Washington’s attempts to impose its dominance.   With the induction of Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the expansion poses […]

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Stereotyping

Some places trade profitably on their stereotyped image: tourists are not allowed to forget that Paris is romantic, London dynamic, New York exciting. Conversely, some locales struggle to overcome negative connotations.   Sean Sheehan   Medellin or Glasgow are no less attractive than others in their countries and in some […]

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Parallel London, parallel lives

Recently, a friend of mine awoke to find that his street in Bethnal Green had been the site for a battle between two rival gangs.   Steve Latham   Instead of the black-on-white violence which characterised the 1990s, this was a fight between two Asian gangs. In parts of London, […]