Looking to bolster his legacy as a global peacemaker, Donald Trump has boasted often in recent days that he’s ended at least six wars. Critics of the president’s record say the truth is a lot more complicated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/politics/trump-wars-settled-dispute/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #nobelpeaceprize #nobels #us #india #pakistan #democraticrepublicofcongo #rwanda #armenia #azerbaijan #cambodia #thailand #israel #iran #serbia #kosovo #egypt #ethiopia
Adam Greenfield
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Revolt in #Serbia with students at its forefront is continuing. So is the state violence. Some hard days/nights and battles are behind the people.
Always with the people: solidarity!
h/t @ainfoshop
Revolt in #Serbia with students at its forefront is continuing. So is the state violence. Some hard days/nights and battles are behind the people.
Always with the people: solidarity!
h/t @ainfoshop
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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Balkanski fedivers je regionalna instanca za sve ljude iz Slovenije, Hrvatske, Bosne i Hercegovine, Srbije, Crne Gore i Severne Makedonije i sve one koji mogu da pročitaju ovaj tekst:) Ovo je i sigurno mesto za sve ljude koji žele da isprobaju ili pobegnu od drugih društvenih mreža, a žele da diskutuju i o lokalnim problemima (ili možda samo ne žele da pričaju engleski na ostalim instancama 
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance says America’s strikes on Iran show military power succeeding where diplomacy failed — but history since the Cold War shows most such attempts flop. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/18/world/trump-doctrine-is-wishful-thinking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #donaldtrump #us #defense #diplomacy #iran #iraq #serbia
Advocates of liberal democracy tend to veer between triumphalism and fatalism nowadays. But neither perspective really captures the politics of countries like Poland, Serbia, Hungary, Italy and the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/14/world/is-democracy-stalemated/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #hungary #poland #serbia #viktororban #karolnawrocki #democracy
Exit festival pulls out of Serbia after backing student protests
One of Europe's largest music festivals is pulling out of Serbia with organisers blaming "undemocratic pressures".
Exit festival will hold its 25th anniversary edition in the country between 10 and 13 July, but said it "will be the last to take place" there.