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Does the increase in German exports to Russia's neighbors make up for losses in Russia proper?
DW has this "slide" in one of their YouTube reportages:
It shows German exports to Kyrgyzstan increasing by 773% in in Q1 2023, and to a lesser extent a similar pattern happens in Armenia ...
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How does the government benefit from having people put their money into stocks instead of savings account?
Roughly 20 years after the Japanese government first put up the banner
of "from savings to investments," young people are showing a keen
interest in investments, probably out of concern for ...
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What has been the impact on US military manufacturers vis-a-vis the war in Ukraine
Read with interest the following Ukraine War and US "funding" but the one question that was not addressed was who is manufacturing this military equipment. (Presumably the US Dept of Defense ...
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In countries using Single Transferable Vote, how are voting results presented?
In electoral systems based on parties, it is easy to publish the results: it is sufficient to publish the number of votes each party received. These numbers contain all the information that is needed ...
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What is the answer of Coal and Steel / EU based security framework regarding Russia [closed]
It is postulated many times that the EU was created to prevent a war between large countries of Europe and was successful in doing so:
The European Coal and Steel Community which is designed ...
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Why is Hungary an EU member but Turkey isn't? [closed]
I was checking the web and saw a blog about why Turkey isn't a part of the EU.
Some points were pretty striking and almost racist/Islamophobic, like:
Religion
Having a predominantly Muslim population ...
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Can sea level rises potentially impact territorial dispute claims?
Can sea level rises potentially impact territorial dispute claims, particularly in areas where maritime boundaries are defined by coastlines or specific geographical features?
Due to global warming, ...
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Is there a historical precedent for an official in China being removed due to an extramarital affair?
On 11 July 2023, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin
announced that Qin would not be attending the ASEAN foreign ministers
meetings held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 13 and 14 July due to ...
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Downsides to, or pitfalls of legislation that produces a permanent end to government shutdown threats in the US?
Politico's September 22, 2023 Senators seek to stop shutdowns forever, after McCarthy’s spending stumbles describes several early discussions, but doesn't address the implications. For example, one ...
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Who are all of the "Democrats in Menendez’s chamber" and for that matter, what exactly is a "chamber" in this context?
CNN's September 23, 2023 Rep. Andy Kim announces he’ll run against NJ Sen. Bob Menendez in wake of his indictment includes the following passage:
Many New Jersey Democrats swiftly called for the ...
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Is there a way to measure systemic risk in a country, and if so which countries have the highest level of systemic risk?
The risk of counterparty default or counterparty credit risk rises to
the level of systemic risk in three scenarios. First, systemic risk
arises when the failure of a market participant with a robust
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Have any governments attempted to provide dosing guidelines for illegal drugs?
In the United States, almost 110,000 people died from drug overdoses in 2022, apparently driven largely by fentanyl.
I don't know the biology of it, but it occurs to me that surely something helpful ...
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What were the stated goals/job of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh?
PM Pashinian blamed the recent success of the Azerbaijani offensive on the failure of Russian peacekeepers.
On Thursday, in a televised address, the Armenian Prime Minister accused Russia, a ...
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What is the status of the Zangezur corridor after Artsakh capitulation?
According to Azerbaijan and Turkey, in the ceasefire agreements of the 2020 war of Azerbaijan against Artsakh, Armenia had allow a land corridor to Nakhichevan, a so called Zangezur corridor. What is ...
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Which international lenders have the most stringiest requirements for feasibility studies when providing infrastructure loans?
"Chinese Infrastructure Projects in Indonesia Face Fresh Delays", 8
April 2021
On March 23, the Indonesian news magazine Tempo reported that the
Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail project, one ...
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Through what channels does China communicate with business people like Elon Musk?
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/28/chinas-ccp-warns-elon-musk-against-sharing-wuhan-lab-leak-report.html
Chinese state-run media warned Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he was risking
his relationship with ...
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Is there a precedent for a country sending a spy vehicle without doing any actual spying?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G1kFbUmUy0
The video describes the U.S. detecting an alleged spy balloon and a U.S. general claiming that the balloon was a spy balloon, but that it did not send any ...
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Is there any accountability for the money the US provides for the war in Ukraine?
While Zelensky is in the US asking for more funds to support the war in Ukraine I read on the media that there was some debate whether it is worth or not to keep funding them. I got the feeling that ...
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Transcript of discussion between Elon Musk and Israeli PM Benyamin Netanyahu on 18 Sep 2023?
Is there a publicly available transcript of the discussion that took place between Elon Musk and Israeli PM Benyamin Netanyahu in Los Angeles on 18 September 2023?
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What caused the deterioration of relations between Poland and Ukraine?
My source is the BBC World News, but in short Poland had recently stopped supplying Ukraine with weapons/wartime aid. According to the report, there was a disagreement regarding cheap grain prices ...
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Which 2024 Republican candidates oppose a 6-week state-level abortion ban?
Former President Donald Trump said this on Meet the Press today:
I mean, DeSanctus was willing to sign a 5 week and 6 week ban…. I think what he did was a terrible thing and a terrible mistake.
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Has there ever been an attempt to charge Israel, or its officials, with a war crime for changing the demography of the occupied Palestinian West Bank?
Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, changing the demographic composition of an occupied territory is considered a violation of international humanitarian law and classified as a war crime.
The ...
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Is this quote from Adam Curtis, suggesting modern politics lacks alternative models, accurate? [closed]
I recently read this interview with documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis about his most recent work, Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone. After discussing the series, the interviewer moves on to parallels with ...
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Was it up to individual judgement to trade not at par different labour notes in Modern Times?
During his experiment in Cincinnati Warren distinguished different types of labour:
Adjustments were made for the difficulty and disagreeableness of the work performed, so that time was not the only ...
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Is support for the far right unusually low in Lithuania (compared to its neighbors) and if so why?
The Economist (2023-09-14):
Support for nationalist or far-right parties:
Lithuania <1%
Poland >40%
Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia (and many other countries): 20-30%
The above map suggests ...
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Why does the US CBP require airlines to have some US Customs Visa Waiver Agreement to be allowed to transporting passengers to the US who rely on it?
I read on https://simpleflying.com/philippine-airlines-us-visa-waiver-carrier-agreement-expires/:
Philippine Airlines' US Customs Visa Waiver Agreement has expired, preventing them from transporting ...
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Is fiscal responsibility more difficult to practice in China since most of the spending is done by local governments? [closed]
Local government debt reached 92 trillion yuan ($12.8 trillion), or 76% of economic output in 2022, up from 62.2% in 2019. Part of it is
debt issued by local government finance vehicles (LGFVs), which ...
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What are the politics of Steven Pinker? [closed]
What are the politics of Steven Pinker?
I have not heard or read a statement from him in which he describes the political theory to which he adheres.
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Have making worker standards part of trade deals been tried?
From an article linked here, comments seem fairly unhappy with immigrants asking for rights as residency. Comments saying they should go back, no one invited them, baffled how they got to the country ...
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Why does China not consider itself to be a member of the G77 while the G77 itself lists China as one of its members?
The Group of 77 lists China as one of its members.[14] The Chinese
government provides consistent political support to the G77 and has
made financial contributions to the Group since 1994, but it does ...
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What are some of the amendments made to reduce the ideological influence on the North Korean judiciary?
The penal code is based on the principle of nullum crimen sine lege
(no crime without a law), but remains a tool for political control
despite several amendments reducing ideological influence.[4] ...
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Why disappear government Ministers and army officials? [closed]
So recently two Chinese Government Ministers and a few high ranking PLA officers have gone missing.
China's Defense minister Li Shangfu, been missing since late August. Initially said to be a health ...
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About N. Korea's Nukes and Delivery Systems
Sorry if this question is inappropriate for this SE or perhaps too technical but it is frankly a genuine concern for me.
Basically, the question is, how much should the claims of NK be believed? My ...
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Authoritative sources for the Chinese balloon's sensors "had never been activated while over the Continental United States?" Activated beforehand? [closed]
CBS News' September 17, 2023 almost clickbait title The bizarre secret behind China's spy balloon left me disappointed (but not surprised.
See also CBS video including bits of interview with Milley: ...
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What has Russia committed to NOT doing with North Korea, trade-wise?
Putin and Kim seem to be on a little bit of a bromance these days. It is speculated that Russia wants to get North Korean ammunition for its "special military operation" in Ukraine.
North ...
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Why did Spanish nationalists interrupt one-minute silence for the victims of Morocco earthquake?
In this link you will watch a video of Spanish nationalists in Catalonia who interrupted a minute moment of silence that was held for victims of the recent earthquake.
What's the reason these Spanish ...
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How easy is it to receive a radio signal in Mandarin from BBC and VoA in Beijing?
How easy is it to receive a radio signal in Mandarin from BBC and VoA in Beijing? In other words, is it a good signal that you can listen to at any time of day with readily available equipment that is ...
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What are possible sanctions the U.S. could put against North Korea if they were to provide arms to Russia?
Foreign governments and experts have speculated that Kim will likely
supply ammunition to Russia in exchange for receiving advanced weapons
or technology from Russia.
Milley and the other defense ...
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Are there developed countries that refused to make any net-zero commitment?
Last year, climate action was all about declaring dates for achieving
net-zero carbon emissions. At the 2021 UN’s climate change conference
in Glasgow, COP26, India pledged that it would reach net-...
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Is there political support for Women's Football which corresponds chronologically to the 2022 World Cup results?
Is there political support for Women's Football which corresponds chronologically to the 2022 World Cup?
Since FIFA started holding a Women's World Cup tournament in 1990 the United States team has ...
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Why does Afghanistan use Solar Hijri calendar while they don't celebrate Nowruz as the new year day? [closed]
I was reading the Wikipedia article for Nowruz and the first map caught my eye:
Iran is the only country that Nowruz is both a national holiday and the new year.
Afghanistan on the other hand just ...
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Do any 2024 Republican Presidential candidates oppose a pathway to legalization of illegal immigrants?
During the 2016 US Presidential campaign, Republican Presidential candidate Ted Cruz said this:
My position is very simple. I oppose amnesty. I oppose citizenship. I oppose legalization … Today, ...
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What are the challenges for multilateral lender to increase the share of funding in local currencies?
New Development Bank, the multilateral lender founded by the BRICS
group of emerging-market countries, aims to increase the share of
funding it raises in local currencies to 30% from less than 20%,
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Are there countries where unions are banned from donating money or lobbying politicians?
In the US, unions are a major political donor and expend a lot of political capital on lobbying elected representatives. Are there countries where unions are banned from making any sort of donations ...
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Reports in the European Parliament
What are so-called "reports" in the European Parliament?
If reports have no legislative effect, are they just mere declaration of intention of the parliament?
What kind of majority is needed ...
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How do union advocates explain worker salary and conditions improvement in countries where unions are banned? [closed]
On the one hand, unions are entirely banned in China as well as any forms of public protests. On the other hand, no one can deny the fact that Chinese workers have seen a tremendous increase in ...
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Is any country putting pressure against Saudi Arabia for its human rights violations presently?
The United States and other Western allies have all but rubber-stamped
Saudi Arabia’s repression at home and abroad. Repeated U.S. failures
to hold Saudi Arabia to account for a litany of human rights
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Has Iran ever been criticized for misspelling the name of the country of Somalia?
I am Iranian. Because of the heavy influence of Islam from the conquer of Sassanide Empire till now Iran uses Arabic alphabets (with four extra letters).
There are so many Arabic words in Persian ...
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Is China's definition of spying one of the loosest in the world?
The United States government, analysts, and lawyers say that the
revisions to Beijing's anti-espionage law are vague and will give
authorities more leeway in implementing already opaque national
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Why did Poland and Romania side with Ukraine in February 2022? [closed]
If Poland or Romania had marched into Ukraine from the west, they could have easily annexed lots of fertile land and valuable cities.
I cannot imagine their leaders to be too dumb to recognize the ...
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