Politics and Security
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 05:30
In post-Ukraine mode, the European Union and United States are sharpening their efforts to address the human rights situation in Central Asia.
Monday, June 22, 2015 - 05:26
The NDN was a skein of three major railway and road links across Russia and the post-Soviet Caucasian and Central Asian space that had provided logistical transit to Afghanistan for the multinational International Security Assistance Force.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 07:13
Over White House objections, the Senate is poised to pass a $612 billion defense policy bill that calls for arming Ukraine forces, prevents another round of base closures and makes it harder for President Barack Obama to close the prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 06:41
NATO is implementing its biggest defence reinforcement since the Cold War, its chief Jens Stoltenberg has said, as the military alliance conducted its biggest ever exercises in the Baltic Sea.
Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 06:34
American hawks vocally supported the Ukrainian rebels who overthrew President Viktor Yanukovych. When President Vladimir Putin annexed the Crimean Peninsula a month later, hawks were apoplectic.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 06:47
The President’s FY16 budget request for Europe and Eurasia.
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 11:53
Discussing U.S. policy and strategy in the Middle East.
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 11:50
“This hearing will address how the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget request will advance US interests and help our friends and allies in Europe and Eurasia.
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 07:34
The House approved a $579 billion Pentagon spending bill for fiscal year 2016.
Friday, June 12, 2015 - 06:44
The Pentagon is laying the groundwork for a greater presence in Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed, one day after announcing an increase in personnel in the al-Anbar province.