The Dragon Brings Peace? Why China Became a Major Contributor to United Nations Peacekeeping
…attach greater importance to creating a more benign international image, it also displayed more flexibility on the peacekeeping issue. In 2004, for example, it approved and dispatched peacekeepers to MINUSTAH,…
Geneive Abdo quoted in Ourwindsor.ca on Mideast rivalries and ISIS
Last month, Iran and the United States shook hands and agreed to disagree on the long-contentious issue of containing Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, for now. But their willingness to keep calm…
King Abdullah has given reform and Saudi their best chance yet
…of the killing of TV executives who broadcast “decadent programming” and opposed essential judicial reforms. And the appointment of the first woman as deputy minister. One can stop at the…
Russell Rumbaugh is cited as source in PolitiFact on Congress and DoD budget cuts
Hagel says Congress responsible for defense cuts, not Obama President Barack Obama released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2015 on Tuesday. One point of contention is that the budget…
Can Arab States Help De-escalate the Israel-Gaza Crisis?
…Mosque under the protection of the Israeli police,” a foreign ministry statement read. Saudi Arabia, which has been negotiating with the U.S. and Israel over the terms of a normalization…
US-Iran Nuclear Talks Echo Familiar Tunes
…with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein still in place. In 2013, Khomeini’s successor, Ali Khamenei, despite similar defiant rhetoric, allowed Iranian officials—notably then-Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and nuclear scientist Ali…
Okinawa’s Election: A Glimmer Of Hope For The U.S.-Japan Alliance
…the Japanese government under the leadership of the long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) agreed with American officials that despite local discontent with the major U.S. military presence, removing the base…
Robert L. Suettinger quoted in The New York Times on Hu Yaobang
…ousted contentiously in early 1987, and his abrupt death two years later inspired public mourning that expanded into the Tiananmen Square protests. -snip- But Mr. Xi and other leaders appeared…