...,” the end of the Cold War marked the end of thousands of years of ideological struggle, and the spread ... ... fall of the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union, the United States seemed poised to dominate the world for ... ... onset of the greatest global financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression (barely managing to ... ... effectively deal with conflict in Libya, Ukraine, and Syria, all within or near its periphery. The situation ... ... policies. In France, a rising far-right party funded by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government ...
In the wake of Turkey’s downing of a Russian military jet that violated its airspace and Russia’s resulting casualties,... ... bombings in recent days that have targeted Turkmen—on the border area of Turkey and Syria. Turkey is supporting these Turkmen rebels against Assad that Russia is bombing... ... Egypt’s own explosive and volatile domestic security situation with its own people and an ISIS franchise running amok in the Sinai (one which apparently was able to blow up a...
... erudition on others.
To the militant pro-Snowden anti-NSA crusaders: I’m not going to tell you that what Snowden did ... ... simply more use of force and would blame Obama for not invading Syria and Iraq today like Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, please, just ... ... attack—one following on the verily likely terrorist downing of a Russian airliner in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula—it is important ... ... the airliner attack) and maybe even by others if it turns out ISIS had something to do with it; Yemen could be a focus if the ...