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Consultant and Researcher on African Politics and International Relations. Supporter of the Arsenal. Ailurophile

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China Now Finds Itself in al-Qaeda’s Crosshairs Could China replace the United States atop the target list of transnational jihadist groups like al-Qaeda? A recent statement released by Sheikh Saad bin

A new statement from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula elevates China from a peripheral target to a declared enemy. Beijing’s global footprint could now carry sharper security consequences.

20.02.2026 05:45 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Spot on. The referee was awful too.

13.02.2026 08:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not a goodly morning Andrew 😔

26.01.2026 07:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Good point. Also interesting parallels for Villa away, Madueke comes on for Saka on the right, He misses a decent chance late in the game, we go on to concede a late goal.

26.01.2026 07:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I fully agree with this. It seems to be structural. Look at Eze at Palace and now

26.01.2026 07:30 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Spot on mate.

26.01.2026 07:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Lol, send Eze on loan and keep Madueke? 😁

25.01.2026 23:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Isaías 60:22 ✨️💛

09.01.2026 19:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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🧐Nueva entrada en nuestro blog🤩

✍️Escrito por Sheila Semo. Estratega de marca y consultora de comunicación digital.

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08.12.2025 10:18 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Where we are Morning. I went back this morning to try and find something I thought I’d written in our big season preview back in August, but it must have been elsewhere. Maybe it was something I said on the podcast. I can’t recall exactly, and I don’t suppose it matters too much really. Basically though, my contention […] The post Where we are appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.
08.12.2025 06:40 👍 72 🔁 5 💬 14 📌 0

Goodly morning Andrew, thanks for an encouraging post

08.12.2025 06:55 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We need more positive folk on Bluesky and to get away from crappy X

07.12.2025 04:57 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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"Faced with a choice between engaging in the slow, uncertain work of democratic restoration or using the well-oiled authoritarian machinery at their fingertips, many opposition-turned-incumbents find the latter path more tempting." —Donghyun Danny Choi, Fiona Shen-Bayh

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15.10.2025 19:12 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Episode 847 – European rotation Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Tim Stillman to look back at Wednesday night’s 2-0 win over Olympiacos. An early goal settled the nerves, but European games can be tricky, that proved to be the case here. Arsenal had chances to score, but so […] The post Episode 847 – European rotation appeared first on Arseblog ... an Arsenal blog.
02.10.2025 10:34 👍 50 🔁 3 💬 4 📌 0
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Meet the man behind Belgium’s Brighton plotting Champions League disruption Alex Muzio has transformed Union Saint-Gilloise from second-tier strugglers to Champions League hopefuls. Miguel Delaney went to meet the protege of Brighton owner Tony Bloom to find out more

Royal Union St Gilloise host Newcastle as maybe the game's most overperforming club

They are part-owned by Bloom and use Brighton's famous analytics, but owner Alex Muzio also explains how they're doing things their own way - from bonuses to injuries

www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

30.09.2025 18:43 👍 17 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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Madagascar imposes curfew after violent protests against water, power cuts Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas as hundreds protest chronic power outages in the island country.

Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas as hundreds protest chronic power outages in the island country.

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What the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia Pact Means for South Asia The mutual defense agreement could make Islamabad even more risk-tolerant.

A new web of partnerships is likely to have novel consequences for Pakistan’s security calculus.

25.09.2025 23:30 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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French navy seizes nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine off West African coast French authorities say the "remarkable seizure" was found on board a fishing boat following a tip-off.

French navy seizes nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine off West African coast

25.09.2025 12:50 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1

Ffs

22.09.2025 10:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Personally, I cannot forgive him football wise. He is part of our history but leaving for a London rival and become a crucial cog in that machine will always rankle

14.09.2025 11:49 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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@pueblosnegrosuc.bsky.social realiza una labor excepcional educando a la sociedad sobre las complejas realidades de los pueblos africanos y las comunidades afrodescendientes. Para inscribirse en el máster,haga clic en el enlace: www.ucm.es/cfp/estudios...
O escriba a📩 jicastie@ucm.es

08.09.2025 15:00 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

😁😁😁

01.09.2025 18:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fully agreed Queen, the amount of simplistic and biased narrative framing is tiring.

01.09.2025 08:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Spot on mate

01.09.2025 08:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The game is gone as they say 😁

20.08.2025 08:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Morning Queen, crazy times in football. I hope Newcastle stick to their guns 😁

20.08.2025 08:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Just received the cover of the latest edited volume by Helder Fonseca, Lena Dallywater, and Chris Saunders. It was a privilege to co-author a chapter on Communist agency in Angola’s complex (and violent) transition to independence. The book will be available by the end of the year.

14.08.2025 10:28 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Eighty years on from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world should not forget the devastation wrought by nuclear weapons The breakdown of nuclear diplomacy, misleading talk of ‘limited’ nuclear war and a lack of public awareness have produced a dangerously heightened risk.

Countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Poland are openly reconsidering their nuclear postures in light of eroding US security guarantees.

08.08.2025 05:00 👍 13 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
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The Ordeal of the Syrian Nation-State Today The new Syrian government’s base is narrow and its politics sectarian. No “state” can unify a nation while aggressively alienating wide segments of its people, nor has it any right to demand patriotis...

"In sum, the situation is unstable because it cannot be made stable. It produces opponents and enemies in abundance, without gaining new friends at home — all while barely standing on a single, unsteady leg." - Yassin Al Haj Saleh newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

04.08.2025 18:18 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0