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The rise of China, along with regional powers such as Turkey, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, has disrupted the unipolar dominance of the U.S.
These would-be regional hegemons bring with them their own means of imposing influence through economic incentives and coercion.
In China’s case, infrastructure and trade development through the Belt and Road Initiative is counterbalanced with shows of military strength in the South China Sea.
As the global order becomes increasingly fragm…

Are hegemonies a relic of the past? The role of coercion and consent in global domination
From Athens to the British Empire and on to the US – dominant powers have used might and consent to exert influence.

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Vakioaamiainen vakiokahvilassani. (Kolmas kerta kun syön tuollaisen kanamuna-tomaatti-salaatti-paprika-croissantin.) Tällä kertaa otin myös kakkupalan, lauantain kunniaksi.

Gespräche zwischen Ukraine und Russland in Istanbul am Montagmittag
Die Gespräche zwischen der Ukraine und Russland in Istanbul sollen am Montagmittag stattfinden. Es sei mit einem Beginn um 13.00 Uhr Ortszeit (12.00 Uhr MESZ) im Ciragan Palace zu rechnen, verlautet aus Kreisen des türkischen Außenministeriums.
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Ukraine-Liveblog: ++ Wadephul betont Waffenhilfe ++
Außenminister Wadephul betont, dass Deutschland der Ukraine weitreichende Militärhilfe leisten wird. Nach einem Angriff auf eine ukrainische Ausbildungseinheit mit zwölf Toten tritt der Kommandeur der ukrainischen Armee, Drapatij, zurück.

Charting circumstellar chemistry of carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch stars. II. Abundances and spatial distributions of CS
R. Unnikrishnan, M. Andriantsaralaza, E. De Beck, L. -{\AA}. Nyman, H. Olofsson, W. H. T. Vlemmings, M. Maercker, M. Van de Sande, T. Danilovich, T. J. Millar, S. B. Charnley, M. G. Rawlings
https://arxiv…

Charting circumstellar chemistry of carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch stars. II. Abundances and spatial distributions of CS
The circumstellar envelopes (CSEs) of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars harbour a rich variety of molecules and are sites of complex chemistry. Our current understanding of the circumstellar chemical processes of carbon-rich AGB stars is predominantly based on observations of a single star, IRC+10216, often regarded as an archetypical carbon star. We aim to estimate stellar and circumstellar properties for five carbon stars, and constrain their circumstellar CS abundances. This study compares…

CrossNAS: A Cross-Layer Neural Architecture Search Framework for PIM Systems
Md Hasibul Amin, Mohammadreza Mohammadi, Jason D. Bakos, Ramtin Zand
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22868 …

CrossNAS: A Cross-Layer Neural Architecture Search Framework for PIM Systems
In this paper, we propose the CrossNAS framework, an automated approach for exploring a vast, multidimensional search space that spans various design abstraction layers-circuits, architecture, and systems-to optimize the deployment of machine learning workloads on analog processing-in-memory (PIM) systems. CrossNAS leverages the single-path one-shot weight-sharing strategy combined with the evolutionary search for the first time in the context of PIM system mapping and optimization. CrossNAS se…

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The fraction of polar aligned circumbinary disks
Ted M. Johnson, Rebecca G. Martin, Stephen Lepp, Stephen H. Lubow
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22728 https:/…

The fraction of polar aligned circumbinary disks
Circumbinary gas disks that are misaligned to the binary orbital plane evolve toward either a coplanar or a polar-aligned configuration with respect to the binary host. The preferred alignment depends on the dynamics of the disk: whether it undergoes librating or circulating nodal precession, with librating disks evolving to polar inclinations and circulating disks evolving to coplanar. We quantify the fraction of binary star systems whose disks are expected to have polar orbits $f_\text{polar}…

At least 54,418 people have been killedin Gaza during the war, according to the territory's health ministry

A local Palestinian journalist told the BBC that Israeli tanks opened fire near an aid centre.
A medic says he is treating people with bullet or shrapnel wounds

The Palestinian Red Crescent says 14 people have been injured near another aid distribution centre in the Netzarim Corridor, central Gaza

As a reminder: Israel doesn't allow independent…

Gaza latest: 31 dead after Israeli tanks open fire near aid centre in Rafah, Hamas health ministry says
The Red Cross hospital in Rafah says 150 Palestinians have been injured in Gaza’s southern city.