IPSE by Day - 02 November 2024

Jan Svec

Inserted 2 months ago

“I don't think that this (the transfer of North Korean troops) is such a decisive step that would lead to some kind of significant change of China's attitude toward North Korea or Russia.”

Kyivindependent

China researcher at the Prague-based Institute of International Affairs

02 Nov 2024 3 4

Edward Howell

Inserted 2 months ago

“North Korea wants advanced military and missile technology, but the broader goal of signaling the existence of an anti-Western coalition - which is not going to dissipate-is also important. Russia has provided North Korea with unwavering support at the U.N. Security Council over the past year, a maneuver that fulfills both Russian and North Korean interests. China will not be pleased with North Korea's ongoing claims that its 'number one friend' is Russia.”

Kyivindependent

Lecturer in international relations at the University of Oxford

02 Nov 2024 4 4

Mathieu Boulegue

Inserted 2 months ago

“Contrary to what China says officially… I don't think Pyongyang would have surprised China by sending troops without discussing it before. Without China's consent, there wouldn't be a North Korean regime.”

Kyivindependent

Senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) think tank

02 Nov 2024 3 2

Ivan Grek

Inserted 2 months ago

“The war payments are especially attractive to impoverished, middle-aged men who see them as their last chance to escape a lifetime of debt. Beyond that, people getting the money are eating in restaurants, and buying cars, electronics, clothes and property. Government statistics from early 2024 show a 74 percent growth in ordinary Russians across the country purchasing cars compared with the same time period last year, while those paying off consumer debts jumped to 21 percent, up from about 9 percent before the war.”

Nytimes

Director of the Russian Program at George Washington University

02 Nov 2024 5 4

Oleg Jouravlev

Inserted 2 months ago

“The people who wanted to join out of patriotic sentiment have mostly already been recruited and died or were wounded. There are not many like that left in Russia.”

Nytimes

One of the founders of PS Lab, a group of mainly sociologists organized under the Russia Program at George Washington University to study attitudes toward the war.

02 Nov 2024 2 3

Dmitry Medvedev

Inserted 2 months ago

“If the next [US] leader continues adding fuel to the fire in the Russia-Ukraine conflict with the same gusto, that will be a very bad choice because it will be a road to hell. This would really pave the way for a third world war. I urge both US presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, to recognize this fact. Whoever decides to continue the war will be making a very grave mistake.”

Tass

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman

02 Nov 2024 5 4

Sunder Katwala

Inserted 2 months ago

“The question on the left is: Is this a cynical performative device by the right to champion an anti-woke, Black, right-wing politician to challenge antiracist policies, and therefore will it have regressive consequences? I prefer to think of Ms. Badenoch as representing a kind of migrant patriotism - the idea that migrants choose the country and the rest of you are born in it and don't know how lucky you are. Ms. Badenoch's political views are very authentic and understandable in the context of a life that took her from privilege and comfort in Nigeria to a tough new start and hard-won success in Britain. It's just that her life experience is quite an unusual Black British story.”

Nytimes

Director of British Future, a research institute

02 Nov 2024 7 2

Oleksandr Syrskyi

Inserted 2 months ago

“I informed my Czech counterparts about the situation on the frontline, which continues to be difficult. Active hostilities that continue in certain areas require a constant supply of resources for Ukrainian units. Currently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding back one of the most powerful Russian offensives since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.”

Pravda

Ukraine’s commander of ground forces

02 Nov 2024 4 2

David Becker

Inserted 2 months ago

“There has been a lot of investment by allies of President Trump to suggest that his victory is inevitable. That's the expectation being set among some of his supporters.”

Nytimes

Executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research

02 Nov 2024 2 3

Joanna Lydgate

Inserted 2 months ago

“It's been four years of spreading lies about elections and recruiting volunteers to challenge the system, filing litigation. What we're seeing today is all of that coming to fruition.”

Nytimes

Chief executive of States United Democracy Center

02 Nov 2024 3 3

Pedro Sánchez

Inserted 2 months ago

“The situation we're experiencing is tragic and dramatic. We're almost certainly talking about the worst flood our continent has seen so far this century. I'm aware that the response we're mounting isn't enough. I know that. And I know there are severe problems and shortages and that there are still collapsed services and towns buried by the mud where people are desperately looking for their relatives, and people who can't get into their homes, and houses that have been buried or destroyed by mud. I know we have to do better and give it our all. There would be time later to look into what had gone wrong and to learn lessons about the importance of our public services and how to reinforce them in the situations we're living through as a consequence of climate change … But now we need to focus all our efforts on the colossal task we face and to forget our differences and put ideologies and disagreements to one side and act together.”

Theguardian

Prime Minister of Spain

02 Nov 2024 2 1

Sergey Lavrov

Inserted 2 months ago

“The longer the current Ukrainian authorities, backed by the West, undermine various agreements, the less territory this regime has. In February 2014: if they had fulfilled in good faith what they agreed upon, nothing would have happened, and Crimea would be part of Ukraine. But they decided to break the agreement, as they were eager to change the government as soon as possible. By February 2015, the Minsk agreements. If they had honored these agreements, yes, Crimea had already seceded by that time, but Ukraine would have remained within its borders, including all of Donbass. They did not want to do it because they were unwilling to grant a part of Donbass special status, which primarily involves confirming the right of the people living there to speak their language. And the third chance they had was in Istanbul in April 2022. President [of Russia Vladimir Putin] spoke about it in detail. Of course, the current situation is also different from what it was in April 2022.”

Tass

Russian Foreign Minister

02 Nov 2024 7 4

Ali Khamenei

Inserted 2 months ago

“The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or the United States of America, will definitely receive a crushing response to what they are doing to Iran and the Iranian nation and to the resistance front.”

Aljazeera

Iran’s Supreme Leader

02 Nov 2024 4 3

Ants Kiviselg

Inserted 2 months ago

“The Russian Armed Forces have been most successful in capturing areas in Donetsk Oblast, including towns of Pokrovsk, Kurakhove, Vuhledar and Velyka Novosilka. The Russian Federation has occupied an additional 150 sq. km in these areas over the past week. Russia might be preparing for ground offensives in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It is highly likely that the 76th Guards Air Assault Division, based in the Russian city of Pskov, will be involved in future assaults. The aim will be to capture new territory and further engage Ukrainian forces in this area.”

Pravda

Commander of the Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre

02 Nov 2024 12 3

Samah Jabr

Inserted 2 months ago

“To understand the effect of weaponised starvation, it is essential to consider the broader social and psychological framework within which it occurs. Ignacio Martín-Baró, a prominent figure in liberation psychology, posited that trauma is produced socially. This means that trauma is not merely an individual experience but is embedded within and exacerbated by the social conditions and structures surrounding the individual. In Gaza, traumatogenic structures include the ongoing siege, the genocidal aggression, and the deliberate deprivation of essential resources such as food, water, and medicine. The trauma they result in is compounded by the collective memory of suffering during the Nakba (the mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1947-8) and the continuous displacement and systemic oppression of the occupation. In this environment, trauma is not just a personal experience but a collective, socially and politically ingrained reality.”

Aljazeera

Head of the Mental Health Unit within the Palestinian Ministry of Health

02 Nov 2024 6 2

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“I don't think that this (the transfer of North Korean troops) is such a decisive step that would lead to some kind of significant change of China's attitude toward North Korea or Russia.”

“Contrary to what China says officially… I don't think Pyongyang would have surprised China by sending troops without discussing it before. Without China's consent, there wouldn't be a North Korean regime.”

“The people who wanted to join out of patriotic sentiment have mostly already been recruited and died or were wounded. There are not many like that left in Russia.”

“There has been a lot of investment by allies of President Trump to suggest that his victory is inevitable. That's the expectation being set among some of his supporters.”

“It's been four years of spreading lies about elections and recruiting volunteers to challenge the system, filing litigation. What we're seeing today is all of that coming to fruition.”

“The enemies, whether the Zionist regime or the United States of America, will definitely receive a crushing response to what they are doing to Iran and the Iranian nation and to the resistance front.”

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