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ID:
157612
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Amidst calls for containing an assertive Russia, politicians and pundits have been debating whether Ukraine should serve as a ‘buffer zone’ between the Russian and Western spheres of influence. These debates provide an opportunity to revisit the long and varied history of major powers’ efforts to manage buffer zones. We draw on this history to learn the conditions under which buffer zones succeed or fail to stabilise regions, how buffers are most successfully managed, and when alternative arrangements for borderlands work better.
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ID:
185047
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ON AUGUST 4, 2020, residents of the Lebanese capital witnessed and many fell victim to a real tragedy - a massive explosion of 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse at the Port of Beirut. The explosion left more than 200 people dead, about 6,500 injured, and at least 300,000 homeless, as well as damaged the homes of countless thousands of people. The blast, equivalent to 1.5 kilotons of TNT, almost completely destroyed about 77,000 buildings. It was measured as a 4.5 magnitude earthquake, with the shockwave traveling as far as Nicosia, 251 kilometers away.
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ID:
145573
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107828
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