Tag: foreign policy
member name: Greg R.
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January 20, 2009 11:39 AM EST --
Private geopolitical analysis firm STRATFOR published this inauguration day analysis January 20. It is reprinted here with permission from Strategic Forecasting, Inc.
By Dr. George . . .
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July 24, 2007 04:07 PM EDT --
The recent release of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) asserting that al-Qaeda has regrouped in Pakistan has resulted in a significant amount of debate about the Global War on Terror and the efforts . . .
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August 15, 2007 07:35 AM EDT --
As the U.S. Congress and Iraqi parliament enjoy their summer recesses, reports from military officials and independent analysts in Iraq indicate that President Bush's so-called "surge" . . .
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October 10, 2007 09:54 AM EDT --
Some of the most interesting experiences I have had during my travels to and from the war in Iraq involved the necessary fuel stops in other nations along the route that would take me to Kuwait, the jumping . . .
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October 19, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
In yesterday's "Rush in a Hurry" email, which provides me with a quick recap of The Rush Limbaugh Show's highlights when I don't have a chance to listen in, there was an item . . .
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November 15, 2007 02:23 PM EST --
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's April proclamation that the Iraq war was "lost" and the surge ordered by President Bush last January was not accomplishing anything generated a significant . . .
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December 20, 2007 10:42 AM EST --
Russia's recent shipment of uranium fuel rods to Iran has moved the Islamic Republic one step closer to having an operational nuclear power facility in the southern city of Bushehr, and one step . . .
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October 27, 2008 09:08 PM EDT --
Much has been written about the demise of the nation state in the age of globalization. Nonstate actors have gained more and more influence, and states are no longer able to control what flows across . . .
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November 10, 2008 08:59 AM EST --
A Yemeni court has cut in half the jail term of a suspected al Qaeda operative that the United States believes was a "major figure" in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000.
Jaber Elbaneh's . . .
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August 30, 2007 03:25 PM EDT --
The Hill reported yesterday that the liberal group MoveOn.org was undertaking an advertising campaign against Democratic Congressman Brian Baird of Washington because his recent trip to Iraq had changed . . .
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September 03, 2007 03:33 PM EDT --
When conservative Nicolas Sarkozy defeated socialist Segolene Royal for the French presidency earlier this year, media pundits and political analysts alike speculated that we were witnessing the dawn of . . .
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October 20, 2008 11:28 AM EDT --
The Wall Street Journal reported October 20 that the long-debated U.S. - Iraq security agreement being negotiated between the Bush administration and the Maliki government was being sent to Iraq's . . .
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October 29, 2008 07:25 PM EDT --
Last weekend, U.S. military forces conducted a raid inside Syrian territory in an attempt to capture or kill the leader of a network that funneled foreign fighters, weapons, and money into Iraq to combat . . .
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November 09, 2008 04:51 PM EST --
Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, published an article in the Wall Street Journal November 8 that looks at potential effects of the current economic slowdown on U.S. Foreign . . .
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November 09, 2008 05:26 PM EST --
Dan Coats and Chuck Robb published an opinion piece in the Washington Post a couple of weeks ago, and even though I am just getting around to posting it here, it makes some interesting points that are . . .
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November 11, 2008 11:25 AM EST --
This analysis by Dr. George Friedman, founder of Strategic Forecasting, looks at U.S.-Iranian relations. Reprinted with permission from STRATFOR , Inc.
By George Friedman
After a three-month hiatus, . . .
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November 12, 2008 06:55 PM EST --
This is a very disturbing analysis of the weaponry being used by Mexican cartels near the U.S. border. Reprinted with permission from Strategic Forecasting, Inc.
By Fred Burton and Scott . . .
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August 06, 2007 02:51 PM EDT --
The Associated Press reported over the weekend that the United Nations Security Council had expressed its "grave concern" over reports alleging that weapons were being smuggled into Lebanon. . . .
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October 29, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
There’s been a noticeable decrease in the anti-war rhetoric coming out of Washington lately, no doubt because there has been a noticeable lack of bad news coming out of Iraq. Each day, more critics . . .
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November 28, 2007 06:15 PM EST --
The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press has published new survey findings indicating that the public appears to be getting the word that the mainstream media tries its best to ignore: conditions . . .
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