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22 Jun 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
The Security Council will hold a meeting tomorrow to discuss the situation in Somalia. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud will attend, and the meeting will be chaired by Sheikh Shakhboot Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, the UAE's Minister of State in the Mi...
21 Jun 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
The recent article in Conversation discusses the ancient Greek concept of democracy and suggests that modern democracies have deviated from their original principles. While ancient Greece had a brutal society with frequent wars, slavery, and low stat...
21 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
In his essay "Why I Am Not a Conservative," F.A. Hayek distinguishes between conservatives and classical liberals. He argues that conservatives fear change and distrust the new, relying on a higher authority to oversee change. In contrast, classical...
19 Jun 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
The Coalition for the UN We Need, a group advocating for a stronger United Nations (UN), has shared the outcomes of the Global Futures Forum, an international conference held in New York and online in March. The forum brought together civil society r...
18 Jun 2023 1 minute read 2 comments Vladan Lausevic
Adam Mastroianni and Daniel Gilbert conducted a study to examine the perception of moral decline in society. They analyzed decades of survey data and found that people worldwide have perceived a general moral decline for the past 70 years. However, t...
17 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
A group of African leaders traveled to Kyiv to advance ceasefire prospects in the war but were met with Russian missiles and air raids. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, leading the effort, has close ties with the Kremlin. The African leaders...
6 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Around half a million Poles protested in Warsaw against the right-wing government of President Andrzej Duda, marking the most prominent pro-democracy demonstration in Poland since the Cold War. The protest coincided with the anniversary of Poland's...
3 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Metamodernism, as a social current that goes beyond the confines of modernity, attracts individuals with diverse profiles, including ADHD, high-functioning autism, dyslexia, and spiritual experiences. In his recent article, Hanzi Freinacht discusses...
2 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
A new study published in the journal Nature by the Earth Commission, an international group of scientists, reveals that Earth has exceeded seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and has entered "the danger zone." This threatens t...
1 Jun 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
Debt Ceiling Deal: President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy agreed to raise the debt ceiling to avoid a default by June 5. The bill was narrowly passed in the House Rules Committee, but it still needs majority support in the House. McCarthy face...
