Section: US & Canada
Trump Is Already Implementing an Autocratic Foreign Policy
The government of China doesn’t know what to make of Donald Trump, which is exactly what the president-elect prefers. Last week, he broke a decades-long diplomatic understanding with the country when he spoke by phone with the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen. Trump tweeted that Tsai “CALLED ME,” and Vice President–elect Mike Pence...
NATO urges continued pressure against Russia over Ukraine
Ed AdamczykBRUSSELS, Dec. 7 (UPI) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that economic pressure on Russia over its involvement in Ukraine must be sustained. …read more Source: United Press...
Ukrainian President Rejects Fugitive Lawmaker’s Corruption Accusations, But Shock Waves Extend Abroad
Corruption accusations by a former ally of Ukraine’s president have reverberated beyond the country’s borders, as fugitive lawmaker Oleksandr Onyshchenko says he’s turned damning recordings over to the FBI. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
The Royal Navy Only Has 26 Combat Vessels (And Is Now Killing-Off Its Only Aircraft Carrier)
Robert Beckhusen Security, HMS ‘Illustrious’ heads for the scrapyard. HMS Illustrious, the last of the Royal Navy’s Invincible-class carriers, has set sail from Portsmouth to meet her doom at a Turkish scrapyard. The British government chose to sell her for scrap in 2014, but Illustrious’ final journey nonetheless signals the...
The Lessons Today’s Leaders Should Take From Pearl Harbor
At sunrise on this day in 1941, the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, having sailed across the Pacific Ocean unnoticed. In addition to the 19 ships destroyed, 2,403 American soldiers were killed and 1,178 wounded in the attack. While this attack was 75 years ago, there are pertinent lessons...
Vladimir Putin Hits Out At ‘Idiotic’ Ban On Russian Judges Entering Lithuania
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticised Lithuanian authorities that have denied entry to Russian constitutional judges because of their ruling on Crimea, Baltic news site Delfi has reported. Lithuania is set to host a summit of constitutional judges in March 2017. However, the Russian delegation was blacklisted by the Baltic...
The King’s Speech
President Vladimir Putin addressed the Duma for the 13th time last week. Though there were no revelations in the speech—no bold new visions for the development of the country were proffered—the focus was notably different. Russia’s President talked much less about foreign policy than in the previous three years, and this time his rhetoric...
NATO Chief Urges Continued Pressure On Russia Over Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called for continued diplomatic pressure and sanctions on Russia until Moscow respects a February 2015 agreement aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO chief, urges West to keep pressuring Russia over Ukraine
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Western allies to maintain diplomatic pressure and sanctions on Russia until it respects the peace agreement in Ukraine. After talks with NATO and Ukraine foreign ministers, Stoltenberg told reporters Wednesday of a “massive increase in cease-fire violations” in the...
NATO chief urges Western allies to keep sanctions on Russia over Ukraine
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Western allies to maintain diplomatic pressure and sanctions on Russia until it respects the peace agreement in Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
