US tariffs, al Qaeda’s rise, and Hamas’s “bloody crackdown”: The path to hope for a better future
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🗓️ 17 October 2025
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Al Qaeda is on the rise in nuclear-armed Pakistan, part of a growing terrorism hub that it is organizing in South and Central Asia. Meanwhile, Hamas is pursuing what the New York Times calls a “bloody crackdown” on its rivals in Gaza as it seeks to assert its dominance in the territory. Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have victims. But when “bad” by definition is what the other side believes and “good” is what I believe, when there is no north on the compass because no one believes in compasses, where is there hope for a better future?
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| 0:51.2 | It's Friday, October the 17th, 2025, and you've joined us for Denison Forum's Daily Article |
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| 1:05.4 | Denison. What do these stories have in common? Last week, China imposed restrictions on the export of rare earth minerals vital to consumer electronics and the technology industry. President Trump responded by threatening additional 100% tariffs on China starting November the 1st. Al-Qaeda is on the rise in nuclear-armed |
| 1:29.9 | Pakistan, part of a growing terrorism hub that is organizing in South and Central Asia. |
| 1:36.5 | Hamas is pursuing what the New York Times calls a bloody crackdown on its rivals in Gaza |
| 1:43.0 | as it seeks to assert its dominance in the territory. |
| 1:46.6 | Russia is intensifying its strikes on Ukraine's trains in a battle for the railways, |
| 1:53.1 | and Sarah Malali was recently appointed as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the |
| 1:59.7 | Anglican Church's history. |
| 2:01.6 | The answer? |
| 2:02.6 | Each is acting morally as they define morality. |
| 2:06.6 | Xi Jinping and Donald Trump both want their country to be the global leader in high-tech and manufacturing |
| 2:13.6 | and are acting in their nation's perceived self-interest. |
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