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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/west-needs-put-its-money-where-its-mouth
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Stratfor
Geopolitics has become less about ideology and more about supply and demand, with policies shaped by the highest bidder. In such a world, the West must do more than host summits and pontificate about values. It has to get its act together and put its money where its mouth is.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/situation-report/india-government-discussing-deporting-rohingya-bangladesh-myanmar
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India's government is holding talks with Bangladesh and Myanmar about a plan to deport about 40,000 Rohingya that New Delhi says are inside the country illegally, an Indian Interior Ministry representative said Aug. 11, Reuters reported.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/how-development-finance-changing-geopolitics
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The rise of foreign direct investment as the leading source of development finance has spurred a race for influence in the world's emerging economies that will shape global affairs for years to come.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/stratfor-gis-geopolitical-geopolitics-maps-trends#/entry/jsconnect?
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Stratfor
Geographic information systems (GIS) technology has many critical real-world applications. At Stratfor, our in-house creative team uses GIS to create original, illuminating graphics to highlight emerging trends in geopolitics that are defined by geography.
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https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/us-will-not-increase-presence-arctic-until-2025
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High North News
The U.S.’ new icebreaker will only rarely travel to the Arctic, Coast Guard Commandant says. At the same time National Security Advisor says the U.S. will challenge Russia’s military influence in the region. Are the U.S’ Arctic ambitions all bark and no bite?
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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/06/26/memorandum-on-the-partnership-for-global-infrastructure-and-investment/
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The White House
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT:    Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment  By the authority vested
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-rareearths-pentagon-exclusive/exclusive-pentagon-eyes-rare-earth-supplies-in-africa-in-push-away-from-china-idUSKCN1T62S4
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Reuters
The U.S. Department of Defense has held talks with Malawi's Mkango Resources Ltd and other rare earth miners across the globe about their supplies of strategic minerals, part of a plan to find diversified reserves outside of China, a department official said on Wednesday.
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http://www.climateguide.nl/2019/03/09/non-survivable-humid-heat-for-over-500-million-people/
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Climate Guide
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migration-and-global-environmental-change-future-challenges-and-opportunities
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UK Government
Foresight report looking at how changes in environmental conditions will affect patterns of human migration.
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https://www.principles.com/the-changing-world-order/
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Principles
Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that helped him create unique results in life and business.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-borrowing-from-imperial-japans-playbook?ref=home
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Daily Beast
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https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/glacial-melt-stokes-fears-in-northeast-afghanistan/29983126.html
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Gandhara
Rising temperatures have already melted nearly half of the major glaciers in Badakhshan's Pamir and Hindu Kush mountain ranges.
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https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/5/16/18511583/smart-border-wall-drones-sensors-ai
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Vox
Here’s what a so-called "smart wall" of technology at the US-Mexico border looks like.
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-05-23/the-wealth-detective-who-finds-the-hidden-money-of-the-super-rich
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Bloomberg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQV_DKQkT8o
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/17/how-vladimir-putin-is-outplaying-us-africa/
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The Washington Post
Donald Trump's apathy toward the continent is giving the Russians boundless opportunities
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/brazil-state-wrestles-influx-venezuelans
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Stratfor
As Venezuela's economy continues to struggle, Brazil and Colombia expect even more of its citizens to flee.
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http://davidburstein.com/fast-future/
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David D. Burstein
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_migration
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Wikipedia