USA

06/04/2016 - 15:22

A linear summary of foreign and defence policy in his first year would probably highlight: the Saudi-led air war against Iran-backed Houthi... →

03/04/2016 - 12:08

For the first time, the assembled world leaders were to participate in a simulation exercise at the summit to test how they might respond... →

31/03/2016 - 13:21

Given the continued threat posed by organizations such as the terrorist group we call ISIL, or ISIS, we’ll also join allies and partners in... →

14/02/2016 - 15:31

As hard as it may be for many Americans to appreciate, since our military seems to be always at war, most other countries generally avoid... →

28/11/2015 - 14:54

A PROXY WAR AND THE WIDER STRUGGLE In Syria, Putin professes that he wants to fight ISIS, but this is mere posturing. Even with new... →

22/11/2015 - 14:15

But a “first strike” is not an absolute principle, and it is completely unacceptable when it comes to the use of nuclear weapons in... →

11/10/2015 - 12:43

In these times of paralysis in Washington, with yet another government shutdown that had been looming merely kicked down the road, it is... →

07/09/2015 - 12:53

U.S.-led sanctions against Putin’s Russia has led it to look East, particularly to China, even if it means a weakened Moscow being the very... →

21/07/2015 - 19:33

International law distinguishes between preemptive war, which is legal, and preventive war, which is not. In 1842, following an incursion... →

13/07/2015 - 12:08

The US-Japan fight is the result of a video posted to YouTube last week by US company Megabots. Its founders took to the internet to send a... →

05/07/2015 - 13:48

Secondly, while Russia's record with Jews has historically been pretty bleak — think pogroms — recent history is considerably brighter. The... →

05/07/2015 - 11:20

What, then, explains the religiosity of American politics? Kruse traces its origins back to the 1930s. Conservative business leaders had... →

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