foreign policy
Kenya’s sorrow: the U.S. connection
April 29, 2015Absent from most of the mainstream American media was an examination of exactly what role the U.S. has played in Somalia over the past decade.
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Again, UN General Assembly rejects U.S anti-Cuban blockade
October 30, 2014The UN General Assembly voted Oct. 28 for the 23rd consecutive year on a Cuba resolution calling upon the United States to end its economic blockade against the island.
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Iran and U.S. cooperating on ISIS fight? Not as far-fetched as it seems
September 26, 2014Iraqi President Fuad Masum was asked whether it was U.S. airstrikes, with Iraqi fighters and Iranian militiamen, that helped liberate the town of Amerli. He confirmed that it was.
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U.S. use of sanctions could spur dollar’s decline
August 28, 2014The recent round of sanctions aimed at Moscow over the crisis in the Ukraine could backfire by accelerating a move away from the dollar as the world's reserve currency.
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German sour pickles: Gauck, militarism, and Gaza
August 13, 2014When politicians vacation and little action is expected, the words German journalists use for this is "Saure-Gurken-Zeit" or "sour pickle time."
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