Thursday 1st June 2023
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Ukraine ... and World Society 2023
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Contents
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1 Positive value 14
A sense of kindness and justice
Growing up happy in China
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2 World society
United Nations
News links from around the world
JPR Book Notes
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3 The war in Ukraine
Sixty-six weeks in, Thursday 1st June 2023
The military situation
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News items
Some of the items appearing below are from The Times … or, in the case of Sunday, from The Observer. “29, 1” indicates 29th May, 2023, page 1. Although not named, the work of the journalists is appreciated – indeed it is what I depend on. I buy the paper version but sometimes cite the online version (The Observer has open access but The Times does not.)
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1 Positive value
The web page is:
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A sense of kindness and justice
I finished the murder mystery last night and read the Acknowledgements:
“Thank you to my Mum … I hope that … there is a sense of kindness and justice running through [the book] and that comes from you. It comes as well … from your parents, my grandparents …”
Richard Osman. The Thursday Murder Club. Viking: 2020.
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Growing up happy in China
Yanwen Yu, Xinyin Chen, Dan Li, Jungsheng Liu & Fan Yang (China)
Happiness is valued as one of the most important goals in raising children, but what factors make children happy? Inspired by philosophical conceptions of ‘eudaimonia’ in life, we investigated how children’s social and academic functioning, including prosocial behaviors, peer preference, and academic achievement, may be related to happiness, over and above desire satisfaction. Participants included 2,144 children (initial ages of 9 and 10 years) in China. Two waves of longitudinal data were collected from multiple sources including self-reports, peer evaluations, and school records. Cross-lagged panel analysis indicated that prosocial behaviors, peer preference, and academic achievement predicted children’s self-reported happiness over a year, controlling for desire satisfaction. Bidirectional relations were found between peer-assessed happiness and prosocial behaviors, peer preference, and academic achievement. The results suggest that children’s happiness is linked to their social and academic functioning from middle childhood, contributing to a better understanding of the nature and development of happiness.
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2 World society
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United Nations
UN News: https://news.un.org/en/
International Day of UN Peacekeepers
UN Security Council: https://press.un.org/en/content/security-council
IAEA, Zaporizhzhia: https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15300.doc.htm
UN General Assembly:
https://press.un.org/en/content/general-assembly/meetings-coverage
2022 Annual Report: https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15295.doc.htm
1946-2021: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/sc_annual_reports
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News links from around the world
China: https://www.globaltimes.cn/
Space station: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202305/1291602.shtml
Taiwan: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202305/1291649.shtml
Other items: modernisation; Musk; Serbia; Africa; US trade war; environment
USA: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
Russia: https://tass.com/
UK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news
France: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/; https://www.lemonde.fr/ (in French)
India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
Japan: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/
Nigeria: https://guardian.ng/
Brazil: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/; https://www.folha.uol.com.br/ (in Portuguese)
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JPR Book Notes
https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes
Mueller, John (2021) The Stupidity of War: American Foreign Policy and the Case for Complacency.
https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes/3187
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3 The war in Ukraine
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The military situation
Sixty-six weeks in, Thursday 1st June 2023
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Russia, Tass … government:
https://tass.com/politics/1626133 :
“US’ denial of support for Ukraine’s attacks in Russia ‘not worth a penny’ — ambassador”
http://government.ru/en/news/48600/ :
“Strategic session on integrating the new regions” [in Ukraine]
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Ukraine, Kyiv Post … Kyiv Independent … president:
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/17726 :
“… 90% of missiles failed …”
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https://kyivindependent.com/ :
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https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/all
“The world is aware of a fundamental role of our maritime grain exports for food security - address by the President Volodymyr Zelenskyy”
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BBC: War in Ukraine:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60525350.
The mothers going to get their children back from Russia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65641304
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ISW: Interactive Time Lapse Map of Russia’s War on Ukraine
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/733fe90805894bfc8562d90b106aa895
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https://www.understandingwar.org/ :
May 31, 2023. The Russian military command has likely ordered Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov’s forces to begin offensive operations in Ukraine following the withdrawal of Wagner Group forces from Bakhmut. Kadyrov claimed on May 31 that Chechen forces received a new order and assumed responsibility over the Donetsk Oblast frontline. Kadyrov claimed that Chechen units need to start “active combat activities” and “liberate a series of settlements.” Kadyrov added that Chechen “Akhmat” Special Forces (Spetsnaz) and the “Sever-Akhmat” Special Purpose Regiment transferred to the Marinka direction southwest of Donetsk City. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) also claimed that assault detachments of the 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Army Corps and Akhmat Spetsnaz conducted offensive operations in the Marinka direction. Kadyrov noted that the Russian military command ordered Russian, Rosgvardia (Russian National Guard), and Chechen Akhmat forces to begin offensive actions along the frontline in Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts as well. Kadyrov claimed that these units have already begun tactical preparations for these offensive actions and claimed that “Akhmat” units’ offensive operations began before Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive. ISW has observed no indications of Chechen offensive operations in Zaporizhia or Kherson as of this writing.
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Johnson’s Russia List:
https://russialist.org/the-kremlin-finally-puts-together-an-ideology/ ;
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Russia Matters:
https://www.russiamatters.org/ ;
https://www.losalamoshistory.org/store/p265/Doomed_to_Cooperate.html
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RUSI
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