Thursday 8th June 2023
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Ukraine ... and World Society 2023
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Contents
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1 Positive value 15
A little appreciation goes a long way: gratitude reduces objectification
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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-seven weeks in, Thursday 8th 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. “4, 1” indicates 4th June, 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 15
The web page is:
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A little appreciation goes a long way: gratitude reduces objectification
Objectification, treating others merely as things or tools while denying their personhood, results in severe consequences. While prior research predominantly focused on the triggers of objectification, we aimed to investigate a possible intervention. We hypothesized that gratitude could reduce objectification toward general others (i.e., people who are not the benefactors). Across three studies (N = 1007), our hypothesis was supported. Study 1 showed that dispositional gratitude negatively predicted trait objectification. Studies 2 and 3 further found a causal relationship. Specifically, after heightening participants’ state of gratitude, participants showed a lower level of objectification towards others (Study 2). Using a scenario study that described a working context, we further showed the alleviating effect of gratitude on objectification toward a group of factory workers, targets often suffering from objectification (Study 3). Our reported effect is prevalent, such that it is observed across samples from two countries (i.e., the United States and China).
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17439760.2022.2053877
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2 World society
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United Nations
UN News: https://news.un.org/en/
UN Security Council: https://press.un.org/en/content/security-council
Dam destruction: https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15310.doc.htm
UN General Assembly:
https://press.un.org/en/content/general-assembly/meetings-coverage
Weather-related disasters: https://press.un.org/en/2023/ga12506.doc.htm
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News links from around the world
Brazil: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/;
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USA: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
China: https://www.globaltimes.cn/
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/
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JPR Book Notes
https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes
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3 The war in Ukraine
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The military situation
Sixty-seven weeks in, Thursday 8th June 2023
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Russia, Tass … government:
"There is a targeted disinformation campaign going on in the US media around the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant"
https://tass.com/russia/1629319
Kyrgyzstan: http://government.ru/en/news/48681/
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Ukraine, Kyiv Post … Kyiv Independent … president:
Dam destruction: better for whom? https://www.kyivpost.com/post/17998
https://kyivindependent.com/ :
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/all :
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China: https://www.globaltimes.cn/
Major dam attack in southern Ukraine maybe 'another Nord Stream sabotage' with culprit unknown, signals crisis may get out of control: observers
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202306/1292144.shtml
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BBC: War in Ukraine:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60525350.
Floating landmines:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-65839574
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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/ :
June 7
The destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (KHPP) dam is significantly changing the geography and topography of the Kherson frontline sector in southern Ukraine. Near-infrared (NIR) imagery captured at 0400 am ET on June 7 indicates that the flooding is heavily disrupting Russian prepared defensive positions on the east (left) bank of the Dnipro River – especially affecting Russian first-line positions in Hola Prystan and Oleshky. Various sources reported that Oleshky, Hola Prystan, Kozacha Laheri, and Dnipryany are almost entirely flooded with water levels rising to the height of a one-story buildings in some areas. The Ukrainian headquarters established to remediate the consequences of the dam’s destruction reported that as of June 7 29 settlements are partially or fully flooded, 19 of which are located on the Ukrainian-controlled territory and 10 on Russian occupied territories. Russian sources published footage indicating that water had begun receding in Nova Kakhovka and had dropped by 30cm. Russian sources also claimed that water levels decreased by three to four meters in some areas from a high of 10 meters. Water levels in nearby Mykolaiv City reportedly increased by 70cm as of June 7. Flooding will likely worsen and further change the geography in Kherson Oblast over the next 72 hours.
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Johnson’s Russia List:
https://russialist.org/the-russian-idea-revisited/ ;
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Russia Matters:
https://www.russiamatters.org/ ;
https://www.russiamatters.org/blog/russia-ukraine-war-report-card-june-6-2023 ;
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