Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has warned that the European Union should expect an influx of migrants attempting to seek asylum in the near future, as people leave Afghanistan following its takeover by the Taliban. Lukashenkoâs comments, made in a Tuesday interview with government media outlet Belta, came as thousands of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa sit trapped on the border with Poland, looking to enter the EU via Belarus. The president stands accused by Brussels of âweaponizingâ migrants by flying them into his country and transporting them to the frontier, allegedly as part of a âhybrid warâ against the West. However, according to Lukashenko, the current crisis may soon get a lot worse. With the Taliban now at the helm in Kabul, many Afghan citizens are looking to Western Europe as a possible destination for asylum. Read more ...
Pompeii archaeologists said Saturday they have unearthed the remains of a "slave room" in an exceptionally rare find at a Roman villa destroyed by Mount Vesuvius' eruption nearly 2,000 years ago. The little room with three beds, a ceramic pot and a wooden chest was discovered during a dig at the Villa of Civita Giuliana, a suburban villa just a few hundred meters from the rest of the ancient city. An almost intact ornate Roman chariot was discovered here at the start of this year, and archaeologists said Saturday that the room likely housed slaves charged with maintaining and prepping the chariot. "This is a window into the precarious reality of people who rarely appear in historical sources, written almost exclusively by men belonging to the elite," said Pompeii's director general Gabriel Zuchtriegel. The "unique testimony" into how "the weakest in the ancient society lived... is certainly one of the most exciting discoveries in my life as an...
Though China remains a relatively weak nuclear power, it has in recent years become central to U.S. strategic policymaking. What explains this shift? How is the U.S.-China strategic nuclear relationship evolving? What role do other states play in shaping it? To address these questions, the authors of U.S.-China Nuclear Relations (Lynne Reinner Publishers) examine a series of strategic triangles involving China, the U.S., and one or more key third actors (among them, Australia, India, Iran, Japan, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan). Their work also critically highlights the challenges and opportunities facing Washington and Beijing in this increasingly complex security arena. Learn more about the book here.
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