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Putin, Duterte, Assad, Xi, Erdogan: Why 2016 was the worst of years
There’s no getting around it. The year 2016 was a dirty, filthy year. A look back over the annus horribilis reveals a bleak and broken corpse-strewn terrain. There were rays of light, and there is a case to be made for optimism in the long run. We’ll come to that. But first, the hard part. Never in its 71-year history has the United...
Russia worried U.S. will supply Syrian rebels with shoulder-fired air defence missiles
Russia has voiced concerns the U.S. is planning to provide Syrian rebels with shoulder-fired missiles, warning that such equipment to shoot down aircraft could fall into the hands of jihadists. But the U.S. is denying that it has any plans to supply such weapons. “Our position on MANPADS (man-portable air-defense systems) has not changed,” U.S....
Trump signals shift from Obama’s focus on multilateralism
For eight years, President Barack Obama’s foreign policy doctrine has been rooted in a belief that while the United States can take action around the word on its own, it rarely should. “Multilateralism regulates hubris,” Obama declared. His successor, President-elect Donald Trump, has derided some of the same international...
Israel to do ‘all it takes’ to emerge unharmed by UN vote
JERUSALEM — Israel pressed forward with promises of retaliation and damage control Sunday following a U.N. vote last week on an anti-settlement resolution that passed thanks to an abstention by the U.S., Israel’s close ally. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said it began summoning the ambassadors of countries who voted in favour of the...
Netanyahu says ‘no doubt’ U.S. behind UN vote on West Bank settlements
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up his broadside at the U.S. government after the UN Security Council declared Israel’s settlements illegal, saying President Barack Obama’s administration “initiated and stood behind” the resolution. Netanyahu said Obama broke a long-standing U.S. commitment not to allow the UN to impose...
Trump, Putin echo each other on nukes, Democrats
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – President-elect Donald Trump has stepped away from his typically tempered view of U.S.-Russia relations, vowing to expand America’s nuclear capabilities while warning that the two global powers should restore collaboration so they don’t “have to travel an alternate path.”...
Trump vows nuclear expansion, warns of ‘alternate path’
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump has stepped away from his typically tempered view of U.S.-Russia relations, vowing to expand America’s nuclear capabilities while warning that the two global powers should restore collaboration so they don’t “have to travel an alternate path.” Trump’s transition...
Today’s letters: Climate change, language training, Aleppo
Climate change is the least of Kiribati’s problems Re: Migration with Dignity, Dec. 17. I found the article on Kiribati interesting. However, permit me to add a few details in the spirit of helping understand these issues. First, most of Kiribati’s GDP is mainly government revenue from tuna fishing licences to Japanese and American...
Trump’s cabinet, in summary: How rich, how conservative, how friendly to Canada?
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has now named most of his cabinet picks, including the senior positions. Here’s what the next U.S. administration looks like: —Quite conservative Trump is only occasionally a conservative. Some members of his team are true believers. His proposed education secretary, billionaire Betsy DeVos, promotes alternatives...
Trump: US must ‘greatly strengthen’ nuclear capability
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” until the rest of the world “comes to its senses” regarding nuclear weapons. His comments on Twitter came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin said strengthening his...
