Syria: a modern crucible of ancient hatreds
The long-nurtured religious and clan hatreds damning Syria seem incomprehensible to 21st century Americans and Europeans. The US,...
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Afghanistan, still a poisoned chalice
The carnage in Syria has put the Afghan war on the backburner for a while. But, as the debate intensifies on what the Obama...
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Justice’s assaults on journalists could give...
The US Justice Department actions against Fox News and AP strike at the core of the White House’s credibility around the world as a...
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Obama’s choices worsen as Syria nears point ...
The Syrian war is entering a new phase that could start the country’s breakup and suck the US into a black hole from which almost...
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China-India spat signals Beijing’s tensions ...
Fresh signs of tension between China’s military and the new Beijing regime are peering through a surprising backdoor. President Xi...
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UN groups censure US over Gitmo hunger strike
Even as the Obama administration presses Russia and China to end human rights violations, it received a broadside from several United...
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Pakistan teeters as extremists covet elections
The assassination by Islamist Taliban zealots of a leading candidate today for Pakistan’s May 11 elections is a foretaste of how...
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Rift widens over Syria while UN warns of breaking ...
Bringing Syria’s Bashar Assad to the negotiating table has become harder following a widened rift between Secretary of State John...
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A spiritual Pope Francis could spark a “Catholic S...
The sudden leap of Pope Francis to the geopolitical stage as supreme leader of one of the world’s oldest episcopal jurisdictions...
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Reducing ruin from disasters: the next big thing
A small piece of good news has emerged from Ethiopia, one of the world’s poorest countries per capita and probably the oldest...
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