#Sanctions

The Obama Legacy No One Wants To Talk About. (THREAD)Dropped bombs in 7 countries  predominantly Muslim).Sent 3,500 U.S. troops and tanks to Russia's doorstep in one of his final decisions as president.Ordered ten
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Power of police to direct a person home is under regulation 8(3)(a): http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/350/regulation/8/madeTo exercise power, police must be consider there was a breach of 6(1) - there was no reasonable
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THREAD: #Huawei’s Nightmare Week Is About To Get Much WorseHuawei is reeling. The brutal reality of the #US crackdown is being felt as Huawei scrabbles to find chips.US has just
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The government is waging war on the poor. Convincing Australians that millions of victims of this pandemic and economic shutdowns have brought insecurity upon themselves is their aim: "Lazy" "job-snobs"
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Wolf's FT column draws on 2018 Brunnermeier, Doshi & James paper comparing US-China competition to pre-1914 Anglo-German rivalry. Although there are some similarities they are rather overstated, in particular the
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Trump makes claims he has done more than anyone ever before. Just what has he done except lift Russian sanctions, throw up an overpriced wall with his name on it,
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Neoliberalism is post-ideological-- it is "purely pragmatic" in its allegiances-- it defends *the market*-- ie-- the empty space in which interests compete. It curates this empty space to its own
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Even before clicking on the NYTimes take, I’m curious how they’ll spin #Israel as the devil. So the NYTimes version of the implications of the Israeli operation on #Iran’s nuclear
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I hope people understand that Trump is showing one face publicly to China, while showing another face, by his actions, privately to China. Actions like de-funding the WHO, enforcing the
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1/n: THREAD — the full text of @realDonaldTrump’s executive order has been released, here’s a summary:Sec 201(a) of the US-HK Policy Act is suspended as HK is no longer “sufficiently
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1/10People keep on asking me why I care about what's happening in #HongKong, and why at @NOW4humanity we are organizing #FridaysForFreedom across the world: "it's sad but inevitable and 'only'
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NK’s recent actions and stmts are worrisome. Many have rightly pointed out how Kim is trying to manufacture tension & so far doing it in a nonlethal, but dramatic way.
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i grow more weary of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek every year. everyone knows about mental health. “ask for help” is insulting when services are so shit. everyone loves a nice neat recovery story
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1/7 Hi Tom, I've got a couple of 'bones to pick' with you regarding what you said on @AJInsideStory & here below.1. #China has had control over #HongKong for 20+
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1/9 #Thread #Syrie #Poutine #RussieAttaques sans précédent contre #Assad dans la presse russe proche de Poutine ! Il y a eu un article du site Gosnovosti proche du Kremlin qui
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Because North Korea and Kim Jong Un are trending right now, here's a thread about the DPRK; an amazing country that you know absolutely nothing about yet are still taught
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