The Week
Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 06:45
The U.S. and China, major powers with a minor footprint, are both poised for much deeper and more direct involvement in African affairs.
And rather than finding themselves on a crash course, they're facing a more complex — and, for America, unnerving — situation.
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 06:16
The U.S. is providing logistical, targeting, and intelligence assistance to Saudi Arabia in that nation's war against its neighbor, Yemen. The United States has conducted drone strikes as part of the operation as well. Yemen is being destroyed in the process, adding another refugee crisis to the Middle East, this one affecting Djibouti, Oman, and Somalia.
Friday, June 19, 2015 - 06:27
Both Russia and China are pressing dubious territorial claims, and the United States is pushing back against both.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 11:13
Anti-balaka Christian militia in the Central African Republic to be regarded as 'enemy combatants'
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 00:00
Loud clamoring from Uribe and his supporters for a military solution serves as a constant reminder to the FARC, who suffered mightily during Uribe's presidency, that a peace agreement with Santos really is the only game in town.