According to Hillary Clinton's foreign policy adviser, she would order a "full reeview" of the Syrian war as her first task upon taking office, with an eye toward a "reset" of the conflict to shift focus toward attacking the Assad governmen
While it is common knowledge by now that the failed and/or staged Turkish coup two weekends ago was nothing more than an excuse for Erdogan to concentrate even more power and eradicate all political and independent opposition, a story that has gotten
My last two articles, judging from the volume of email I got, were very well received. People want to know how history, like the seasons, tends to happen in cycles and patterns that are somewhat predictable.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan started to use his powers under the newly-declared state of emergency today to close 15 universities and over one thousand schools alleged to have links to the Gulen movement, which is accused of having staged the faile
Following the "credible evidence" provided by Amnesty International on the torture and mistreatment of alleged coup-plotters in Turkey, The Associated Press' Cinar Kiper and Elena Becatoros report that, tucked in the back corner of a construction sit
Bill Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts now running as the Libertarian Party's candidate for vice president, called today for a 1,000-agent task force to combat Islamic State adherents in the United States, and for a tip line where Muslims co
Nearly two weeks after the failed military coup d'etat in Turkey, active military operations are still ongoing in several places around the country, as special forces look to hunt down more suspected coup plotters to add to some 60,000 people alrea
Introduction: For a number of years Admiral Thomas Moorer, former Chief of Naval Operations and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was my colleague at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
The retired U.S. Army general and former NATO commander accused of masterminding the recent failed coup in Turkey has an alibi -- he was having a beer with Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera.
My last article about United States history left out one of the government's greatest achievements: A civil war that was the bloodiest and heaviest in casualties than any other war in U.S. history.
Turkey is on its way to change its foreign policy orientation. Instead of facing "west" towards NATO and the pipe dream of European Union membership, it is looking "east" towards tighter cooperation with Russia, China and Iran.
How should France answer to the horror in Nice? The country is now deeply entrenched in a long-term war with few hopes of dodging future attacks. The anger of the French population is understandable. But booing a prime minister at the commemoration c
Sputnik News Reports VIAM began working in the 3D-printing area in 2015, when it produced a combustion chamber swirler for the next generation PD-14 turbofan being developed by the Aviadvigatel aeroengine manufacturer.
An 87-year-old lady of high intelligence and spotless reputation, Frau Ursula Haverbeck of Vlotho, Germany, has recently been sentenced to 10 months in prison for speaking out against incessant German-bashing. What did she say?
Iran destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers on Sunday as part of a widespread crackdown against the illegal devices that authorities say are morally damaging, a news website reported.
The Russian News Agency Reports The Sea Breeze – 2016 military exercises that involve warships from the United States and other countries are beginning in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, in the Odessa and Nikolayev regions of Ukraine on Mon
Aaron Kliegman for the Washington Free Beacon reports State Department spokesman Mark Toner appeared surprised Monday to learn of a new report that says key constraints on Iran's nuclear program will be eased in just over a decade, cutting in half
The actual nukes (about 50 of them) stored at the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey are B61 gravity bombs. They are "dumb" bombs first developed back in the days when a tactical nuclear bomber raid of the Soviet Union's Eastern European flank was a p