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Trying to Pole-Vault from Libya to Syria to Iran

By Carlos Latuff (Posted Feb 19, 2012)

SyriaCommentary

Carlos Latuff is a Brazilian cartoonist.

Germany: Presidents Come and Presidents Go

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1. Introduction The predominance of US economic, political and military power in the world was established at the end of the Second World War.1 With just 6.3 percent of global population, the United States held about 50 percent of the world wealth in 1948. As the only power which had used nuclear weapons on civilian […]

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