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Democrats key on Trump’s national security fitness
Jul28

Democrats key on Trump’s national security fitness

With Democrats sensing that Donald Trump is newly vulnerable on national security grounds after startling statements about Russia and NATO, Wednesday night’s convention speakers blasted Trump’s fitness to be commander in chief, suggesting that only Hillary Clinton could keep America safe — and avoid nuclear war. “No major party...

[Ticker] Russia adds troops in Crimea
Jul28

[Ticker] Russia adds troops in Crimea

Russia has deployed a “self-sufficient” contingent of troops in Crimea, Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu has said on Wednesday. He also said Russia had strengthened its south-western flank in response to the Nato build-up along the Russia border. The US state department said Russian troop positions in Crimea counter...

Trump goes it alone on Russia
Jul28

Trump goes it alone on Russia

A day after Hillary Clinton made history, Donald Trump turned history on its head. The nominee of the Republican Party — the party that takes credit for winning the Cold War — on Wednesday appeared to align himself with Russia over his Democratic opponent, in remarks that suggested to many he was urging Moscow to interfere in a U.S. election....

‘Treason’? Critics savage Trump over Russia hack comments
Jul27

‘Treason’? Critics savage Trump over Russia hack comments

Donald Trump’s call on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails has shocked, flabbergasted and appalled lawmakers and national security experts across the political spectrum, with some describing his comments as “treason.” Few would argue Wednesday that what the Republican presidential nominee said will directly cause Russia to conduct...

Trump to look at recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, lifting sanctions
Jul27

Trump to look at recognizing Crimea as Russian territory, lifting sanctions

Donald Trump said Wednesday he would consider recognizing Crimea as Russian territory and lifting the sanctions against the country if he’s elected president. At a wide-ranging news conference, Trump said he “would be looking into that” when asked about his stance on Crimea and Russia. The Crimean Peninsula has been part of Ukraine for...

Poland’s problem with this Pope
Jul27

Poland’s problem with this Pope

Pope Francis will be received by the usual ecstatic crowds when he touches down in Krakow, Poland, this week for a four-day Catholic youth celebration. But look closely at the faces of government officials and bishops in the crowd, and you might see something other than joy in their expressions: wariness, suspicion, anxiety — and in some cases...

Why Putin hates Hillary
Jul26

Why Putin hates Hillary

When mass protests against Russian President Vladimir Putin erupted in Moscow in December 2011, Putin made clear who he thought was really behind them: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. With the protesters accusing Putin of having rigged recent elections, the Russian leader pointed an angry finger at Clinton, who had issued a statement sharply...

Why I fled multiculturalism
Jul26

Why I fled multiculturalism

KIEV — I was born in India to an American mother and Indian father and moved to the United States after high school to study at New York’s Columbia University. Having an American passport from birth, speaking English at home in Hyderabad, and visiting my grandparents in Pennsylvania over the summers, I considered myself an American — or a...

Email hack rattles US effort to rein in Russia on Syria
Jul25

Email hack rattles US effort to rein in Russia on Syria

Allegations that Russia is trying to hack the U.S. presidential election are giving ammunition to critics of President Barack Obama’s struggling effort to bring peace to Syria — a case of bruising campaign politics rattling delicate foreign policy. In recent weeks, Secretary of State John Kerry has been pushing a proposal that reportedly...

Europeans should brace for a post-American world
Jul24

Europeans should brace for a post-American world

I remember spending a fair portion of the 2000s, during the presidency of George W. Bush, fighting the casual anti-Americanism that existed in Europe at the time. I used to explain to my friends on the old continent that Republicans were not the dumb party. Their commitment to a hawkish foreign policy, including two controversial wars in...