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M. Kabir

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Ph.D in International Relations, faculty, research interests in alliances and the geopolitics of Asia-Pacific. Read non-fiction, history, and IR books. 💙 Rumi’s poetry, Stephen King📚& dystopian novels. 🚫 NO DMs PLEASE, I WON’T RESPOND 🛑

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · Nov 19

RUMI. . . 💙

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 1h

“When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit.”

— RUMI 💙💙

M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 2h

The U.S. initiated a military campaign against Venezuelan drug cartels in September. Legal experts have cautioned that there is no clear authority to use military force against drug traffickers and cartels, even if some are designated as foreign terrorist organizations.

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U.S. Confrontation With Venezuela | Global Conflict Tracker

Learn about Instability in Venezuela and keep up with recent developments on the Center for Preventive Action’s Global Conflict Tracker.

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 2h

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 4h

China tightened export controls for critical rare-earth metals. Rare-earth metals are one of China’s major levers of influence with the US. Rare-earth metals are essential for the production of technological equipments.

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China tightens export controls on rare-earth metals: Why this matters

Move is a strategic one ahead of new round of tricky trade talks with the United States.

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 4h

Oops 😬!

Strikes on Russian oil facilities by Ukraine’s newly developed long-range missiles and drones are causing significant gas shortages in Russia. . .

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Ukraine's new missiles and drones cause gas shortages in Russia, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine's new long-range missiles and drones are causing significant gas shortages in Russia.

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 4h

This tit-for tat in tariff wars, there is no winner! Only consumers suffer 🥴

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Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner

President Donald Trump says he hasn't canceled a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping planned for late October in South Korea after earlier expressing anger about export controls China has placed...

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 4h

Great to see you as well! The feeling is mutual my friend! 💙

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Thank you 🙏 @fireeyebooks.bsky.social for including me! Have a good night 🌙 💙

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 13h

Love this Human Library in Denmark 🇩🇰

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 14h

“The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants, and it provides the further advantage of giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience.”

― Albert Camus

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 14h

Good morning ☀️ George! Have a wonderful Friday 💙

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 14h

Congratulations 🎊🎉🎈 @moberzan.bsky.social

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 14h

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 14h

You too my friend! I hope all is well! Have a wonderful weekend💙💙

M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, indeed! It makes me happy 😃!

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 14h

Bravo 👏 the Nobel Committee for awarding this honor to a pro-democracy activist! 💙

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation.

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel committee praised her as a key unifying figure in the opposition, advocating for free elections and...

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 15h

“Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.”

— Heinrich Heine (1797–1856)

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 15h

“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. . . In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 1d

RUMI 💙💙

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 1d

“If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.”

— Kahlil Gibran

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine is hitting Russian oil facilities, bringing the war home to Russia at a scale, scope, and intensity not seen before, and in a way that could have consequences—maybe not on the battlefield, but in the hearts, minds, and pocketbooks of ordinary Russians.

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Ukraine Is Hitting Russia Where It Hurts: Its Oil Refineries

Kyiv’s two-year offensive against Russian oil facilities has intensified, eating away at Moscow’s energy revenues.

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 1d

“War is peace,
freedom is slavery,
ignorance is strength"

— George Orwell, “1984”

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North Korea's Kim vows to build 'socialist paradise' at celebrations attended by foreign dignitaries

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lauded what he called his country’s fight against a U.S.-led military threat and vowed to turn North Korea into “the best socialist paradise in the world."

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M. Kabir @mkabir.bsky.social · 1d

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