Quartz
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 07:03
As the initiators, backers, and majority of aerial bombers in this war, Saudi Arabia is using millions of dollars worth of weapons purchased from the United States to fuel their offensive. The U.S. seems to be rationalizing its role in the conflict by arguing the weapons deals will be good for the American economy and will help maintain our longtime relationship with Saudi Arabia.
Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 07:56
After two embarrassing prison escapes of one of the most sought-after criminals in the world, Mexican officials seem committed to extraditing Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to the US. But don’t expect the Mexican government to hand him over any time soon.
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 06:32
African countries are entering the world’s newest arms race, for cyber weapons and surveillance, at a rapid clip.
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 05:52
Moscow has escalated its brinksmanship with the West, reopening a monumental 1990s clash over an oil pipeline that it fought and lost with the United States.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 07:19
A continuation of the highly discredited, top-down, ‘War-on-Terror’ approach will only exacerbate problems in Kenya and needs to be replaced by a more nuanced, locally-based, non-sectarian understanding.
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 07:52
In 2014, it was reported that the Lake Chad basin may contain as much as 2.32 billion barrels of oil and 14.65 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The volatility from Boko Haram, however, has prevented international oil companies from exploring this option. The revenue forsaken because of the insurgency, according to these theories, was sufficient to convince Niger, Cameroon, and Chad, to unite against the insurgents.
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 08:01
Among its Sahelian partners, American military strategists are confronted with partners that frequently “misfire” by enacting brutal tactics against their own citizens, which galvanize insurgencies and regional terrorist threats that they are poorly suited to respond to quickly.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 06:09
This is the first time an opposition party with a diverse national support base has taken on an incumbent party: it is the end of a long period of elite pacts in national politics.
Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 00:00
Hoping to join the US and Canadian energy boom and invigorate the laggard Mexican economy, Pena has pushed through a dramatic reversal of the country’s seven-decade-old ban on private oil and gas drilling.
Friday, September 13, 2013 - 00:00
Spying on the Mexican citizenry has been mutually consensual since World War II.