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Sunday Smack

Happy Spring everybody! After a busy week I am having a busy weekend, so this is one of those brief Sunday Smacks. Believe it or not, I am writing this on a tram, that is how hasty it is. Let’s get to it right away…  Now that Palmyra Has Been Liberated, A Pathway to Stop ISIS? I wish it was time already to assess all the damage ISIS had done (in a past tense) and start restoring them. The Nuclear Zero Lawsuits On the sidenotes of the Nuclear Securtiy Summit this week, this one is a fascinating read. Karadzic’s Genocidal…

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Sunday Smack

Happy Easter, everybody! A photo posted by Katalin Tarjan (@katalintarjan) on Mar 27, 2016 at 6:33am PDT After a week like this, I wish everybody to be safe wherever you are! Today’s reads are not at all pleasant, let’s get to them… What the Brussels Attacks Tell Us About the State of ISIS and Europe Today There are tons of analysis to read on the topic these days. It certainly cannot be said that the Belgian intelligence  were not preparing for an attack like this. Yet they were not prepared. I hate to say this, but since this seems to…

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Sunday Smack

Happy Bastille Day to everybody reading from France! Just when I announced layoff season last week, things got going again. Which I don’t mind at all since I can’t take off time for a holiday this year anyway. Let’s see what I have found worthy of reading and sharing this week. On world affairs: Laura Dean’s Cairo Diary Please keep following Laura Dean’s Cairo Diary on Lawfare. Yes, I am recommending this for the second time, but it really is that good! How We Are Failing Syrian People Yet another piece on how the international community is failing to do…

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Radovan Karadzic opens his defence on genocide charges – Telegraph

Radovan Karadzic opens his defence on genocide charges – Telegraph Describing himself as “mild and tolerant”, Radovan Karadzic has today disputed how many Bosnian Muslims died in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as he begins his defence against charges of genocide and war crimes.

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