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The Stars Have Aligned For Kurdistan

With the support of not only Turkey, but also Israel and the U.S., the time is right for the establishment of a Kurdish state in the despotic Middle East.

The Stars Have Aligned For Kurdistan

In the modern Middle East there are two stateless peoples that have been oppressed and terrorized by an occupying power, risen up in failed rebellions, and generally been the subject of intrigue and geopolitical manipulation by outside powers. The first is the Palestinians, whose struggles against the Israeli state are well known. The second is the

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The Obama Nixon Doctrine

Obama’s foreign policy doctrine that would take the U.S. off its war footing smells an awful lot like what Nixon went for in the face of similar realities and crises.

The Obama Nixon Doctrine

The nation’s chattering classes and the world at large were set atwitter this past week by an event that seems to have become a semi-annual spectacle for those who pay attention to U.S. foreign policy -- the West Point presidential address.

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Europe At Origin Of Chronic US Execution Dilemma

The phenomenon started nine years ago when the EU banned the export of products used for execution, citing its goal to be the “leading institutional actor and largest donor to the fight against the death penalty.”

Europe At Origin Of Chronic US Execution Dilemma

BRUSSELS (AP) — There's one big reason the United States has a dearth of execution drugs so acute that some states are considering solutions such as firing squads and gas chambers: Europe won't allow the drugs to be exported because of its fierce hostility to capital punishment. The phenomenon started nine years ago when the EU banned the export

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Shoddy Intelligence On Realities In Yemen Hinders US Fight Against Al-Qaida

Interview: “The United States sees Yemen though the prism of Al Qaeda. They don’t see AQAP though the prism of Yemen.”

Shoddy Intelligence On Realities In Yemen Hinders US Fight Against Al-Qaida

Reports of an al-Qaida-issued threat that closed 19 U.S. diplomatic posts around the world were followed by a series of rapid fire drone strikes against what the U.S. says are al-Qaida militants in Yemen, including three successive strikes on Thursday. Is Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula — or AQAP — really the terrorist network's most dangerous

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Nebraska’s County Board Gather Nerve As TransCanada Buys Keystone XL Support

Local elected officials along the pipeline’s route are caught in the midst of a battle between landowners and a foreign oil corporation.

Nebraska’s County Board Gather Nerve As TransCanada Buys Keystone XL Support

As the national debate surrounding the proposed Keystone XL pipeline makes headlines in large cities throughout the country, local elected officials along the pipeline’s route are caught in the midst of a battle between landowners and a large foreign oil corporation.

“They have to take into consideration the safety of

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Canada’s Harper Sells Obama On Keystone Pipeline

The Canadian Prime Minister has already indicated he is “confident” President Obama will give the controversial pipeline the go-ahead.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is making a last-minute sales pitch to Washington this week to encourage President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, a move that would allow TransCanada to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico.

“This is a matter that I think is vital to

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Russia’s North Caucasus Militants: A Primer

The North Caucasus insurgency, whose possible links with last week’s Boston Marathon bombing suspects are still being investigated, is the product of a 19-year sequence of miscalculations by the Russian leadership in its increasingly desperate efforts to retain control of the North Caucasus. What is now a pan-regional movement that operates not only in southern […]

The North Caucasus insurgency, whose possible links with last week’s Boston Marathon bombing suspects are still being investigated, is the product of a 19-year sequence of miscalculations by the Russian leadership in its increasingly desperate efforts to retain control of the North Caucasus. What is now a pan-regional movement that operates not

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