Since the announcement of partial mobilisation, support for the war in Russian has barely shifted. Even now, more than 70% of Russians say they support the "special military operation".
How many Ukrainian soldiers have died in the war? On August 22nd, General Zaluzhnyi claimed 9,000. Yet two months earlier, another official said 10,000 had died by June 3rd. The true figure may be closer to 50,000.
After a backlash lasting only one day, the letter signed by 30 left-wing Democrats calling for "vigorous diplomatic efforts" has been withdrawn. This humiliating climbdown does not bode well for democracy.
Until recently, almost all the U.S. politicians who'd expressed scepticism about the West's Ukraine policy were Republicans. Now 30 left-wing Democrats have written to Biden, calling for "vigorous diplomatic efforts".
In Western Europe and North America, people overwhelmingly blame Russia for the war in Ukraine. But in "neutral" non-Western countries – like India, Turkey and Indonesia – public opinion is much more divided.
Things are going to get worse before they get better. Truss should call an election, lose, and then blame the country's economic problems on Labour. If she doesn't, the Tories could be out of power for a generation.
Both the president and former CIA director have warned of the risk of a Russian nuclear strike. But many analysts say Putin would have nothing to gain by launching one. Could there be another motive for the warnings?
You've probably seen charts showing a dramatic rise in the frequency of terms like 'racist' and 'sexist' in the media. Analysing millions of articles, David Rozado finds the same 'woke hockey stick' in academia.
In 2018, Congress banned the Azov Battalion from receiving military aid, due to concerns about neo-Nazism. This year, Azov veterans were welcomed into the halls of Congress. The event went almost entirely unreported.
Social scientists were asked to predict how effective different interventions would be at changing people's behaviour. They did worse than a simple model that said none of the interventions would work.
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