Tag: The Science of Where Magazine

Afghanistan – From ‘Night Letters’ to the Internet: Propaganda, the Taliban and the Afghanistan Crisis (ORF)

KABIR TANEJA The fast-unfolding crisis in Afghanistan, spearheaded by the Taliban’s territorial juggernaut and the fall of Kabul, also became a significant war of narratives....

Afghanistan – The fall of Afghanistan (ORF)

MANOJ JOSHI The American retreat from Afghanistan will have consequences quite different from those faced by Russia in 1988, which in turn, were different to...

Afghanistan – Picking up the pieces in Kabul (ORF)

SANJEEV AHLUWALIA The tremors from the fall of Kabul are likely to be felt far and wide – most keenly in nations transiting away from...

Iran/China – Half-century cooperation, credit for reinforcing Iran-China ties (IRNA)

Iran and China marked the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties on August 16, which is a credit for reinforcing bilateral relations in various...

Arctic – Great Norilsk Expedition finds no pollution in north of Taimyr Peninsula (TASS)

The Great Norilsk Expedition of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian Branch did not find external signs of secondary pollution in the north of...

Arctic – Academician points to importance of research into greenhouse gases accumulated in water (TASS)

The study of greenhouse gases, in particular, carbon dioxide, accumulated in water, including in the Arctic, is an important direction to study the exchange...

Russia/Space – Roscosmos to involve Astronomic Scientific Center in creating equipment to track asteroids (TASS)

Russia’s State Space Corporation Roscosmos plans to involve the Astronomic Scientific Center in the creation of equipment to be installed at the lunar research...

Nord Stream 2 – Future attempts to disrupt Nord Stream 2 project are doomed to failure — Lavrov (TASS)

Western countries will certainly make attempts to undermine the Nord Stream 2 project, but they are all doomed to failure, since it has already...

Russia – Moscow entered the top 15 ranking of innovative cities in Europe (TASS)

Moscow improved its position in the international Tech Cities of the Future rating of the fDi Intelligence analytical agency, moving up four lines and...

Afghanistan/Russia – Lavrov says Taliban’s readiness to respect others’ opinion is positive signal (TASS)

The Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) is demonstrating readiness for dialogue with various Afghan forces and it can be seen as a positive signal,...

Russia/Europe – Lavrov calls for abandoning illusion that EU is ideal of democracy (TASS)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called for parting with the illusion that the European Union is a beacon of democracy. Lavrov calls for abandoning...

Afghanistan – Situation in Afghanistan highlights need for joint efforts by Russia, West — Lavrov (TASS)

The current situation in Afghanistan makes it clear that Russia and the West need to work together, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, addressing...

Afghanistan – Will Taliban victory mark the beginning of the end of the western empire? (Middle East Eye)

David Hearst When the US invaded Afghanistan on 7 October 2001, the cover of Time magazine proclaimed: "The Last Days of the Taliban." Thus began what became known as "the war...

Afghanistan/Turkey – Afghanistan: Turkish foreign minister says Taliban statements ‘positive’ (Middle East Eye)

Turkey on Tuesday welcomed Taliban statements as “positive” after the group promised to protect foreign embassies and issued a general amnesty for state employees. Turkish...

Egypt/Israel/Hamas – Report: Egypt seeking to avoid renewed escalation between Israel and Hamas (Middle East Eye)

Egypt has made contact with Israel and leaders of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the besieged Gaza Strip in an attempt to prevent renewed military escalation, according to a...

Israel/Palestine – In Israel, the cold-blooded killing of Palestinians is met with silence (Middle East Eye)

Gideon Levy Superficially, things are relatively quiet these days in the Israeli-occupied territories. There are no Israeli casualties, almost no attacks in the West Bank and certainly...