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On US-Russia-China Tripartite Balance of Power – Geopolitical Analyst YU Ligong’s Conversation with Gemini

Mr. YU: I believe the latest US “Defense Report” clearly indicates a future “US-Russia-China tripartite balance of power.” However, before the US retreats to the Western Pacific, it will disrupt relations between Europe and Russia, creating a large-scale refugee crisis in Europe and even potentially contributing to the collapse of the EU. Secondly, it will create chaos in the Middle East, triggering a global economic crisis and seizing the opportunity to acquire cheap equity, shares, and mining rights, even at the expense of Israel. In Asia, it will also instigate disputes in the South China Sea, a war in the Taiwan…

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United Nations: Member States Finalize a New Cybercrime Convention

After three years of work, the committee established by the UN General Assembly to negotiate a new convention on cybercrime agreed today on a draft convention text. The draft convention is expected to be adopted by the General Assembly later this year, thus becoming the first global legally binding instrument on cybercrime. This achievement represents the culmination of a five-year effort by UN Member States, with the input of civil society, academic institutions and the private sector. UNODC served as the substantive secretariat for the negotiations. “The finalization of this Convention is a landmark step as the first multilateral anti-crime…