... 1st began what could be one of the more interesting Chairships of the United Nations Security Council, with Russia taking over and being charged with a rather delicate balancing... ... the UNSC itself. On the general business front, Russia will see issues dominating the Middle East and Africa at the top of the schedule: · developments in Syria; ·... ... personage of Maria Zakharova, the official spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some of the highlights of her comments were rich in both imagery and...
Media outlets and government circles both cringe and squirm when the subject of Westerners leaving the West to go fight in Syria ... ... century, making its reach and scope far beyond anything the West could ever think plausible.
Against this backdrop, it is inexcusable that American agents find themselves at a loss to understand the appeal of that small percentage willing to abandon the ...
... actual attacks. There is growing dissent across the Middle East at what is perceived to be a total lack ... ... honest answers, based on previous American drone usage, probably carry some severe repercussions for ... ... all. China and Pakistan Most discussions of an immediate drone rival to the United States begin and ... ... feel that the U.S. is purposely compromising its own security and risking the lives of its people? Indeed,... ... develop their own programs. The basic principles of foreign affairs dictate that America could easily be ...
... dementedly odd Americans can be about their own people, country, government, and its foreign affairs. Let's just break this down in simple terms: we are talking... ... torture techniques after 9/11 is the bogus semantics game being played out with the media now in the report’s aftermath. “Yes we did torture. No. Sorry. We... ... obtained. Well, alright, maybe I cannot prove that was actually the case, a direct causal link, but I am pretty sure SOME information EVENTUALLY came out because of the...
... guy hats’ and ‘bad guy hats’ into foreign affairs: BOTH sides were right in their descriptions.... ... against. The only sustained message given in the media, coming from the government, is that America ... ... government has always made connections and leveled accusations of Iranian involvement and support to the ... ... support for whatever groups it can find across the Middle East, especially if those groups might share ... ... and a potential danger to their sovereign national security interests in the Gulf and beyond. So while ...
The Intelligence Community, regardless of regime type, has famously always tried to co-opt and ultimately adopt advancements and evolutions in technology, especially in terms of media. Newspapers, radio, and television have long been appropriated in order to influence, massage, and outright manipulate messages and events important to the national interest. Often the question is not so much whether a country’s intelligence ...