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When it comes to Israel, there is an enormous amount of competing information in the news. At the heart of the conflict are two fundamentally opposing narratives over the land. One affirms the Jewish people's right to self-determination in the State of Israel. The other rejects or challenges Israel's legitimacy and maintains that the land rightfully belongs to the Arab Palestinian people. This conflict extends far beyond the battlefield. It is fought in international institutions, universities, the media, social media, and public opi…
The Death of the Borderless Internet: Why Big Tech Is Becoming a State Weapon For decades, we have lived under the comforting myth of the borderless internet. We assumed that a piece of software or infrastructure built in Silicon Valley would eventually scale to the rest of the globe, untethered by geography or geopolitics. That era is officially over. A digital iron curtain is rapidly descending between the United States and the European Union, transforming the very nature of tech companies forever. They are no longer just commercial enterp…
In the battle over Israel, words are being used as weapons. And right now, they are shaping what you believe before you ever see a single fact.” When you turn on the news, you’re met with a massive amount of conflicting information. At the core of it all are two opposing views on who rightfully owns the land. One side supports the Jewish people's sovereignty in Israel; the other argues the land belongs entirely to the Arab Palestinian people. While land disputes exist across the globe, the conflict over Israel stands as the most contenti…
The European Union has its own language that European politicians understand. Inside the 'EU bubble,' there is a variety of terms that sound like alien-speak to the average listener. In this series, we are going to decode these terms one by one, so that you too can understand the EU’s special language—and this will give you a greater understanding of the EU itself." The next term is “ENHANCED COOPERATION This is a formal institutional mechanism under the EU Lisbon Treaty allowing a minimum of nine member states to establish adv…
The European Union has its own language that European politicians understand. Inside the 'EU bubble,' there is a variety of terms that sound like alien-speak to the average listener. In this series, we are going to decode these terms one by one, so that you too can understand the EU’s special language—and this will give you a greater understanding of the EU itself." The next term is “schengen” You will hear this term whenever you travel across Europe or discuss border security. Named after a small village in Luxembourg, the Sche…
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