... be one of the more interesting Chairships of the United Nations Security Council, with Russia taking over and being charged with ... ... general business front, Russia will see issues dominating the Middle East and Africa at the top of the schedule: · developments ... ... Power. She has always held relatively adversarial positions toward Russia and recently made major headlines when she accused ... ... Zakharova, the official spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Some of the highlights of her comments were rich ...
Media outlets and government circles both cringe and squirm when the subject of Westerners ... ... seems more myth than reality.
Reality in America, if you are not able to hook into upward mobility and access privileged success, is a fairly dull and even depressing situation:... ... 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...
... attacks. There is growing dissent across the Middle East at what is perceived to be a total ... ... answers, based on previous American drone usage, probably carry some severe repercussions ... ... China and Pakistan Most discussions of an immediate drone rival to the United States begin ... ... the U.S. is purposely compromising its own security and risking the lives of its people?... ... their own programs. The basic principles of foreign affairs dictate that America could ... ... is inconceivable to think a ‘drone war’ between Iran and Saudi Arabia or ...
... Americans can be about their own people, country, government, and its foreign affairs. Let's just break this down in simple terms: ... ... that is supposedly now over, the one we used to call the Global War on Terror. So the 'shock' must be to learn ... ... after 9/11 is the bogus semantics game being played out with the media now in the report’s aftermath. “Yes we did torture.... ... alright, maybe I cannot prove that was actually the case, a direct causal link, but I am pretty sure SOME information EVENTUALLY came ...
... since 2004, meaning there has basically been war in Yemen as long as there has been war ... ... hats’ and ‘bad guy hats’ into foreign affairs: BOTH sides were right in ... .... The only sustained message given in the media, coming from the government, is that ... ... has always made connections and leveled accusations of Iranian involvement and support ... ... for whatever groups it can find across the Middle East, especially if those groups might ... ... potential danger to their sovereign national security interests in the Gulf and beyond....
..., 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 ... ... multiple forms of social media have the potential to facilitate protest and civil disobedience if other factors on the ground warrant such behavior. It is also a reminder that those regimes where it is likely to have those motivating factors in place should ...