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– In the past two decades, the U.S. has engaged in armed conflict
through ground forces, proxy forces, or air strikes
in at least 20 countries
– By 2030 the BRICS could account for 50% of global GDP
– 99% of the world’s population
breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality guidelines
– Iraq is the world’s clearest contemporary example of kleptocracy
– On approval of sanctions, U.S. Gen Z stands at 45 percent,
Millennials at 55 percent, Gen X at 76 percent,
and Baby Boomers at 86 percent
– U.S. : the percentage of people considered Financially Healthy
decreased from 34% in 2021 to 31% in 2022
– A fighter jet deal between France and Qatar
may have tipped the scale
on the eyebrow-raising decision to award the World Cup
– Weaponizing rights offers US Army
an innovative option to gain an advantage in irregular warfare

Narrow AI  ,  General AI  ,  Super AI   |
Dynamic Dictatorship   |
Plant-based Politics  ,  Veganuary   |
Wartime Putinism   |
Bidenflation   |   Congressional Handcuffs   |
Anticipatory Action   |
Transgenderism  ,  Gender Fluidity  ,  Gender Continuum   |
Cryon  ,  Cryonics  ,  Mind Upload  ,  Trap Objection   |
Productivity–Pay Gap   |   Noncompete Agreement   |
Dynamic Scheduling   |   Thematic Bonds   |
News Desert   |   Goodhart’s Law   |
Precision Agriculture   |
China’s Algorithm Registry  ,
Cyberspace Administration of China   |   Wrongthink   |

Minilateral Relationships  |  Crypto Winter  |
Space National Guard  |
Global Methane Pledge  |
Sector Coupling  ,  Integrated Energy District  |
The Underground Church  |  EU-Japan Green Alliance  |
Confucian Leninism  |  Sadrist Movement  |
Energy Superabundance  |  Genome Manipulation  |
Neuroscience in Security Studies  |
Nitrous Oxide  |  Green Corruption  |  Pink Cocaine  |
Virtual Water  |  Fairwashing  |
Green Power Pool  |  Dark Crypto  |
Corrosive Capital  |
Mafia Millenials  ,  Parenze  |  Surrealpolitik  |

– Space Force requested $24.5 billion in FY2023,
up from its FY2022 request of $17.5 billion
– England and Wales : 8.7 % of 16- to 24-year-olds
reported using nitrous oxide in the last 12 months
– China : disparity in treatment of internal versus external drug crimes
– The ‘Ndrangheta have made the Italian port of Gioia Tauro crucial
to their European cocaine empire by controlling it with corruption and threats
– Elements of the Syrian government are key drivers of the captagon trade
– China and Russia produce over 75%
of global supply of antimony — used to harden lead alloys for bullets
– The Vatican has extended a controversial treaty with the PRC
– The absence of FDI screening mechanisms in individual EU member states
represents a vulnerability for the single market

– Genome manipulation could enable the U.S. to shape its strategic future
– Citizens across MENA no longer perceive democracy to be a panacea
– Major corporations and cultural institutions
are helping build Cop City in Atlanta
– It’s virtually impossible for the Lebanese to have sex freely and safely
– A significant proportion
of nuclear power plants under construction are facing difficulties
– Half of Fidesz voters and 60% of opposition voters
are economically left-wing
– Europe is a key origin
of glass eels smuggled to Asia by criminal networks
– Rampal coal-fired plant starts operations in Bangladesh

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