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Track Two Diplomacy: Building common ground among citizens from countries in conflict.
Personal connections help resolve conflicts. RTs ≠ Endorsements. #Ocean/s
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Personal connections help resolve conflicts. RTs ≠ Endorsements. #Ocean/s
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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The liberal conundrum:
Ivan Krastev compares liberals to football game fans that are constitutionally prone to root for the referee--and not the players.
Ivan Krastev compares liberals to football game fans that are constitutionally prone to root for the referee--and not the players.
March 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The liberal conundrum:
Ivan Krastev compares liberals to football game fans that are constitutionally prone to root for the referee--and not the players.
Ivan Krastev compares liberals to football game fans that are constitutionally prone to root for the referee--and not the players.
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Predicting 2025: Ivan Krastev makes some very astute observations here.
Contextualizes and reevaluates 1989 from other perspectives and gives thus a sense of what it is that’s happening now.
Starts getting interesting from 9:00
#Ukraine #demographic #Russia #Europe
www.youtube.com/embed/CNdGxA...
Contextualizes and reevaluates 1989 from other perspectives and gives thus a sense of what it is that’s happening now.
Starts getting interesting from 9:00
#Ukraine #demographic #Russia #Europe
www.youtube.com/embed/CNdGxA...
YouTube
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March 5, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Predicting 2025: Ivan Krastev makes some very astute observations here.
Contextualizes and reevaluates 1989 from other perspectives and gives thus a sense of what it is that’s happening now.
Starts getting interesting from 9:00
#Ukraine #demographic #Russia #Europe
www.youtube.com/embed/CNdGxA...
Contextualizes and reevaluates 1989 from other perspectives and gives thus a sense of what it is that’s happening now.
Starts getting interesting from 9:00
#Ukraine #demographic #Russia #Europe
www.youtube.com/embed/CNdGxA...
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Critical ocean current AMOC weakest in 1,600 years and even without an imminent collapse its weakening will have a devastating impact on billions
Prof Niklas Boers
"in the short term, it doesn’t really matter if we have a strong weakening, say 80%, or a collapse.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Prof Niklas Boers
"in the short term, it doesn’t really matter if we have a strong weakening, say 80%, or a collapse.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Critical ocean current AMOC weakest in 1,600 years and even without an imminent collapse its weakening will have a devastating impact on billions
Prof Niklas Boers
"in the short term, it doesn’t really matter if we have a strong weakening, say 80%, or a collapse.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Prof Niklas Boers
"in the short term, it doesn’t really matter if we have a strong weakening, say 80%, or a collapse.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Who’s the American Navalny going to be?
NPR's Scott Simon remembers Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny, who died a year ago Sunday in a Russian prison.
Opinion: Navalny's words of love
NPR's Scott Simon remembers Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died a year ago Sunday in a Russian prison.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Who’s the American Navalny going to be?
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US-based Japanese artist Kei Ito has created wonderful and impressive installations to commemorate the horrors of the nuclear bomb in his home country.
His work is part of a cultural diplomacy that citizens can engage in, providing access to history through aesthetics
boldjourney.com/meet-kei-ito/
His work is part of a cultural diplomacy that citizens can engage in, providing access to history through aesthetics
boldjourney.com/meet-kei-ito/
boldjourney.com
December 27, 2024 at 5:08 PM
US-based Japanese artist Kei Ito has created wonderful and impressive installations to commemorate the horrors of the nuclear bomb in his home country.
His work is part of a cultural diplomacy that citizens can engage in, providing access to history through aesthetics
boldjourney.com/meet-kei-ito/
His work is part of a cultural diplomacy that citizens can engage in, providing access to history through aesthetics
boldjourney.com/meet-kei-ito/
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Jimmy Carter is being eulogized as the citizen diplomat par excellence by the editorial board of the @asahi.com shimbun
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
EDITORIAL: Carter’s human rights diplomacy still a beacon for divided world | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Even politicians who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize are not always universally praised in their home countries.
www.asahi.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Jimmy Carter is being eulogized as the citizen diplomat par excellence by the editorial board of the @asahi.com shimbun
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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Reading about scaling laws recently I came by the interesting point:
Focus on a balance between models' size and performance is more important that aiming for larger models
Tsinghua University and ModelBest Inc propose the idea of “capacity density” to measure how efficiently a model uses its size
Focus on a balance between models' size and performance is more important that aiming for larger models
Tsinghua University and ModelBest Inc propose the idea of “capacity density” to measure how efficiently a model uses its size
December 11, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Reading about scaling laws recently I came by the interesting point:
Focus on a balance between models' size and performance is more important that aiming for larger models
Tsinghua University and ModelBest Inc propose the idea of “capacity density” to measure how efficiently a model uses its size
Focus on a balance between models' size and performance is more important that aiming for larger models
Tsinghua University and ModelBest Inc propose the idea of “capacity density” to measure how efficiently a model uses its size
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[63] Population Distribution
The world is unevenly populated. People prefer coastal regions and riverbanks for settlements.
More than half of the world’s population lives on a relatively small territory spreading from northern India to China.
world-processor.com/wp1-200#/063/
The world is unevenly populated. People prefer coastal regions and riverbanks for settlements.
More than half of the world’s population lives on a relatively small territory spreading from northern India to China.
world-processor.com/wp1-200#/063/
December 28, 2024 at 8:28 PM
[63] Population Distribution
The world is unevenly populated. People prefer coastal regions and riverbanks for settlements.
More than half of the world’s population lives on a relatively small territory spreading from northern India to China.
world-processor.com/wp1-200#/063/
The world is unevenly populated. People prefer coastal regions and riverbanks for settlements.
More than half of the world’s population lives on a relatively small territory spreading from northern India to China.
world-processor.com/wp1-200#/063/
US-based Japanese artist Kei Ito has created wonderful and impressive installations to commemorate the horrors of the nuclear bomb in his home country.
His work is part of a cultural diplomacy that citizens can engage in, providing access to history through aesthetics
boldjourney.com/meet-kei-ito/
His work is part of a cultural diplomacy that citizens can engage in, providing access to history through aesthetics
boldjourney.com/meet-kei-ito/
boldjourney.com
December 27, 2024 at 5:08 PM
US-based Japanese artist Kei Ito has created wonderful and impressive installations to commemorate the horrors of the nuclear bomb in his home country.
His work is part of a cultural diplomacy that citizens can engage in, providing access to history through aesthetics
boldjourney.com/meet-kei-ito/
His work is part of a cultural diplomacy that citizens can engage in, providing access to history through aesthetics
boldjourney.com/meet-kei-ito/
"bamboo diplomacy"
an interesting moniker for "official" citizen diplomacy between Vietnam and Laos.
(it may not be as much as a contradiction in terms as it appears face value)
english.vov.vn/en/politics/...
an interesting moniker for "official" citizen diplomacy between Vietnam and Laos.
(it may not be as much as a contradiction in terms as it appears face value)
english.vov.vn/en/politics/...
Vietnam shares bamboo diplomacy policy with Laos
VOV.VN - The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and its Commission for Propaganda and Training and Commission for Foreign Affairs coordinated with the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) to organize a presentation on Vietnam's bamboo diplomacy policy on December 24 in Vientiane.
english.vov.vn
December 24, 2024 at 10:12 PM
"bamboo diplomacy"
an interesting moniker for "official" citizen diplomacy between Vietnam and Laos.
(it may not be as much as a contradiction in terms as it appears face value)
english.vov.vn/en/politics/...
an interesting moniker for "official" citizen diplomacy between Vietnam and Laos.
(it may not be as much as a contradiction in terms as it appears face value)
english.vov.vn/en/politics/...
"The discussions in Lhasa...were the 2nd phase of the Dialogue on China-India Relations. 1st was held at Fudan University in Shanghai last month. The dialogue is an example of “track 2” diplomacy, which brings together non-state actors from both sides for discussions"
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Chinese Communist Party’s diplomatic arm in ‘candid’ meeting with US think tank
China has stepped up backchannel efforts with the United States amid signs of a thaw in bilateral relations.
www.scmp.com
December 24, 2024 at 12:16 AM
"The discussions in Lhasa...were the 2nd phase of the Dialogue on China-India Relations. 1st was held at Fudan University in Shanghai last month. The dialogue is an example of “track 2” diplomacy, which brings together non-state actors from both sides for discussions"
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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T2 diplomacy is an alternative to Western-led mediation:
which often focuses on short-term conflict resolution, overlooking historical nature of conflicts. T2 initiatives focus on (re)building relationships and can address historical + complex grievances + contentions.
mecouncil.org/publication/...
which often focuses on short-term conflict resolution, overlooking historical nature of conflicts. T2 initiatives focus on (re)building relationships and can address historical + complex grievances + contentions.
mecouncil.org/publication/...
Track II Diplomacy: How Can It Be More Effective?
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has undergone many Track II initiatives, with the aim of resolving, or at least alleviating conflict.
mecouncil.org
December 17, 2024 at 6:46 PM
T2 diplomacy is an alternative to Western-led mediation:
which often focuses on short-term conflict resolution, overlooking historical nature of conflicts. T2 initiatives focus on (re)building relationships and can address historical + complex grievances + contentions.
mecouncil.org/publication/...
which often focuses on short-term conflict resolution, overlooking historical nature of conflicts. T2 initiatives focus on (re)building relationships and can address historical + complex grievances + contentions.
mecouncil.org/publication/...
You will find our resouce page updated every few days at this address: www.trackii.org/russia-ukrai...
we select and curate meaningful news and analysis sources in an effort to better understand the dynamics of conflicts.
Our current focus is on Russia/Ukraine but we are monitor the war in Gaza.
we select and curate meaningful news and analysis sources in an effort to better understand the dynamics of conflicts.
Our current focus is on Russia/Ukraine but we are monitor the war in Gaza.
Russia-Ukraine Conflict 2022 | Track Two: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy
News and resources on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict compiled by Track Two: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy. Since 1980 Track Two: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy has convened influencers from coun...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:35 PM
You will find our resouce page updated every few days at this address: www.trackii.org/russia-ukrai...
we select and curate meaningful news and analysis sources in an effort to better understand the dynamics of conflicts.
Our current focus is on Russia/Ukraine but we are monitor the war in Gaza.
we select and curate meaningful news and analysis sources in an effort to better understand the dynamics of conflicts.
Our current focus is on Russia/Ukraine but we are monitor the war in Gaza.
T2 diplomacy is an alternative to Western-led mediation:
which often focuses on short-term conflict resolution, overlooking historical nature of conflicts. T2 initiatives focus on (re)building relationships and can address historical + complex grievances + contentions.
mecouncil.org/publication/...
which often focuses on short-term conflict resolution, overlooking historical nature of conflicts. T2 initiatives focus on (re)building relationships and can address historical + complex grievances + contentions.
mecouncil.org/publication/...
Track II Diplomacy: How Can It Be More Effective?
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has undergone many Track II initiatives, with the aim of resolving, or at least alleviating conflict.
mecouncil.org
December 17, 2024 at 6:46 PM
T2 diplomacy is an alternative to Western-led mediation:
which often focuses on short-term conflict resolution, overlooking historical nature of conflicts. T2 initiatives focus on (re)building relationships and can address historical + complex grievances + contentions.
mecouncil.org/publication/...
which often focuses on short-term conflict resolution, overlooking historical nature of conflicts. T2 initiatives focus on (re)building relationships and can address historical + complex grievances + contentions.
mecouncil.org/publication/...
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Another environmental catastrophe caused by Russians east of Crimea, after one of their decaying oil tankers broke apart on high seas 2 days ago, 35km of pristine coastline has been contaminated in true Russian style.
And these tankers are now all over the world.
And these tankers are now all over the world.
December 17, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Another environmental catastrophe caused by Russians east of Crimea, after one of their decaying oil tankers broke apart on high seas 2 days ago, 35km of pristine coastline has been contaminated in true Russian style.
And these tankers are now all over the world.
And these tankers are now all over the world.