Foreign Policy
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 06:03
The Pentagon isn't sending a team of special forces or a unit of Marines to Nigeria anytime soon to help free the hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped last month.
Instead, Washington is sending a team of U.S. officials, including small numbers of uniformed military personnel, to help the Nigerian government locate the girls and bring them back safely. The leaders of Boko Haram, the militant group behind the kidnapping, are now threatening to sell the girls as slaves.
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 15:07
And that's precisely why accurate, professional journalism can have a profound impact -- especially when it's not trying to persuade them of some particular viewpoint (such as "messaging" about the inherent superiority of the American system).
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 12:32
On Thursday, American-brokered peace talks ground to a halt with the Israeli government's decision to suspend negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization after it brokered a unity agreement with rival Palestinian faction Hamas. The decision brought the peace negotiations to one of the lowest points yet in Secretary of State John Kerry's controversial, months-long effort to bring the two sides together, but the State Department refused to declare the talks dead.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 10:04
A camp on the Libyan coastline meant to train terror-hunters has instead become a haven for terrorists and al Qaeda.
A key jihadist leader and longtime member of al Qaeda has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by U.S. special operations forces on the Libyan coastline to help hunt down Islamic militants, according to local media reports, Jihadist web forums, and U.S. officials.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 06:41
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has gotten rid of 80 percent of his chemical weapons, and is increasingly likely to hit a key deadline for the elimination of his entire arsenal by the end of the month. That good news is being partially overshadowed, however, by growing signs that Assad is still waging chemical attacks on communities in rebel-held areas of the country.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 10:56
All seem almost equally unlikely -- yet some solution, or combination of solutions, must be found, because the end result of the status quo will only be more violence and economic turmoil across the region.
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 07:01
On Friday, the White House announced the retirement of Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns, a giant in the diplomatic world and a key architect of the nuclear negotiations with Iran and six world powers.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:19
He believes the U.S. should intervene more directly in Syria than the administration has been willing to do, but he also has defended the White House against heated attacks by his colleagues.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 11:16
If Syria misses the April 27 deadline for shipping its chemical stockpiles out of the country, the June 30 deadline for the destruction of all of Assad's chemical agents will also likely go unmet.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 07:28
"Whether this weapon is coming from the United States is difficult if not impossible to verify, because the U.S. works with regional partners," he said.