Bloomberg View
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 06:48
The United States has continued its foreign military sales (FMS) momentum from last year into the first half of this fiscal year and is on pace is exceed its 2015 profits from selling combat aircraft in part to countries in the Middle East and Asia, according to Defense News. Last year, the U.S. pocketed $43 billion in foreign military sales.
Friday, May 6, 2016 - 06:08
Abdul Fattah el-Sisi has been trampling human rights, the rule of law and freedom of the press since he became Egypt's president two years ago. For almost as long, the international community has called on him to stop. But his critics in Washington have recently changed their tune.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 06:13
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will soon head to Saudi Arabia to discuss ways to increase cooperation in the war against the Islamic State. But there’s little indication he will be able to restore a vital relationship that's become riven with distrust in the last year.
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 06:37
After Wednesday's deadly bombing in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the U.S. is now scrambling to keep two key allies in its coalition against the Islamic State from going to war with each other.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 06:34
One reason President Barack Obama has struggled to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is a dispute with Congressional Republicans over six former prisoners who made a lot of noise in Uruguay -- and whom some see as a threat to American security.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 06:31
At the height of the commodities bonanza, Latin Americans seemed willing to shrug at officials with sticky hands. Now tolerance is thinning as regional gross domestic product is expected to expand by just 0.4 percent this year, the worst performance since 2009.
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 06:50
Discontent with the administration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is boiling, with mass protests scheduled for Aug. 16 and growing calls for her impeachment. The anger is easy to understand -- but removing the president isn't the answer.
Monday, June 15, 2015 - 06:34
During a meeting in Paris last month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry promised the foreign minister of Bahrain that the U.S. would work to lift its four-year ban on delivering weapons to the Gulf kingdom, imposed because of Bahrain’s brutal crackdown on protesters, activists and political opponents that began during the Arab Spring of 2011 and continues to this day.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 06:43
This week, Pentagon officials began calling up retired generals to let them know that their home addresses, private e-mails and other personal information had appeared in a document that was publicized globally by a group claiming to support Islamic State.
Friday, January 9, 2015 - 07:02
U.S. weapons intended for Iraq’s beleaguered military are winding up in the possession of the country’s Shiite militias, according to U.S. lawmakers and senior officials in the Barack Obama administration.