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Thaksin Shinawatra’s fall marks the twilight of an era in Thai politics
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thaksin Shinawatra, once the defining force of Thailand’s populist politics, is watching his decades-long political empire crumble....
Political turmoil deepens in Thailand as PM Paetongtarn sidelined by court
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand’s Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office, escalating a political crisis that now...
Protests in Bangkok call for Thai PM Paetongtarn’s resignation over Cambodia controversy
BANGKOK (Realist English). Hundreds of protesters gathered in Bangkok on Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, as...
Canadian oil sands emerge as lowest-cost producers in North America amid global downturn
CALGARY (Realist English). Canada’s oil sands producers — including Imperial Oil, Suncor, and Cenovus — have become some of the...
Russia clarifies stance on VPN: use not punishable unless tied to criminal acts
MOSCOW (Realist English). The use of VPN services in Russia will not be considered an offense on its own, but...
“Let the Turks run a corridor through Texas, not Syunik”: Sarkis Tsaturyan slams U.S. envoy’s proposal
YEREVAN (Realist English). The founder of the Armenian national movement Ashkharazhokhov, Sarkis Tsaturyan, has strongly rejected a U.S. proposal to...
Iran slams Netanyahu over missile remarks, calls Israel’s war aims a failure
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has sharply rebuked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, declaring that Tel Aviv...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Not Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
The Church belongs to Christ, not to politicians: The Armenian Apostolic Church becomes a casualty of Yerevan’s political agony
YEREVAN (Realist English). First, they handed over part of the Holy Land to the Baku fascists, betraying the Armenians of...
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