Politico
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 06:43
Training Ukraine's army may be more important than providing weapons to fight Russian-backed separatists, some U.S. officials say.
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 06:37
U.S. military leaders are skeptical about calls for escalating the war against the Islamic State, saying they have watched too many of their troops’ hard-won victories slip away amid civilian inattention in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:14
Since 1982, the United States has been contributing hundreds of soldiers and airmen to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO), an organization tasked with monitoring the security provisions of the 1979 Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty in the Sinai.
Thursday, October 29, 2015 - 06:43
Another fraudulent election in a land with few rights.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 06:03
Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes in Yemen, conducted with U.S. assistance, are alleged to have killed at least 1,500 civilians, dividing members of the Obama administration over whether the U.S. risks being accused of abetting war crimes in a bombing campaign that could ultimately strengthen Islamist militants.
Monday, October 19, 2015 - 07:14
Unless Obama's decision is accompanied by other steps, it is illogical to believe that a few thousand more U.S. troops will significantly alter Afghanistan’s chances of standing against the Taliban challenge. Until there is a viable political strategy for Afghanistan, any modicum of U.S. troops is, at best, playing not to lose.
Friday, September 25, 2015 - 06:49
As journalists are jailed, U.S. and EU do little to stop a deteriorating human rights situation.
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 06:12
With all the U.S.-trained fighters dead, captured or missing and their leader in the hands of Al Qaeda, top U.S. commanders are scrambling this week to determine how to revive the half-billion dollar program to create a moderate Syrian army to fight the Islamic State.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 06:17
As the United States and Turkey launch airstrikes to oust the Islamic State from a stretch of northern Syria, they appear at odds over the role of a critical fighting force on the ground: the Syrian Kurds.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:47
As Washington continues to wring its hands over whether to provide advanced weapons to Ukraine in its fight against separatists backed by Russia — including anti-tank missiles — much of the discussion has focused on fears of stoking a more direct and dangerous confrontation with Moscow.