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Dysfunctions Last Updated: May 31, 2023 - 11:12:51 AM


Dysfunctions
Armenia: Russia’s backdoor to circumvent sanctions

Russia’s economy continues to suffer following new western sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine last year. Despite this, some regional states like Armenia are now acting as middlemen in attempts to bypass these new restrictions.


May 31, 2023 - 11:12:51 AM

Dysfunctions
Russia: Patriotic Zealots and Pariahs

 Russian efforts to declare the ten-month battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut a victory were disputed by revelations about Russian losses and continued advances by Ukrainian forces.


May 30, 2023 - 1:46:15 PM

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PLFI: Major Shock

On May 21, 2023, Dinesh Gope aka Kuldeep Yadav aka Badku (51), the ‘supremo’ of the People's Liberation Front of India (PLFI), a splinter group of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), was arrested in New Delhi. Though the NIA, in its press release, on May 21, 2023, confirmed that the Agency arrested him from New Delhi, media reports claimed that Gope was arrested from Nepal in a joint operation by the NIA and the Jharkhand Police. An unnamed police official was quoted as saying, “Yes, he has been arrested from Nepal and he is being brought to Delhi where he will be produced before a competent court for further course of action.


May 29, 2023 - 11:38:54 AM

Dysfunctions
Inmun Gun is Wasting Away

There are many reasons why the Inmun Gun (North Korean armed forces), despite its large size (about a million troops) is considered ineffective.


May 28, 2023 - 10:45:02 AM

Dysfunctions
Eluding “Vassalization”

Following a possible change of government in London, the SPD and Labour Party plan enhanced German-British military cooperation, including the sending of an aircraft carrier strike group to the Pacific.


May 26, 2023 - 10:57:42 AM


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