Section: US & Canada
Is Christie telling the truth about Clinton’s Libya record?
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered one of the campaign’s most methodical and specific Republican critiques on Hillary Clinton’s record as Secretary of State on Tuesday night, swiping Clinton’s policy record in several key countries and introducing some new lines of attack.Although Christie has no foreign policy track record...
Putin May Be Turkey’s New Buddy after the Failed Coup
Nikolas K. Gvosdev Politics, Middle East Erdoğan is set to turn to Russia. As we continue to sort through the aftermath of the failed attempt at a military coup against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, one unexpected (and potentially unwelcome, from a U.S. standpoint) development is that this botched attempt to remove Erdoğan...
Don’t Buy The Hype About Turkey And NATO
WASHINGTON ― After news spread Friday of a coup attempt in Turkey, outside observers rushed to speculate about what the events meant for NATO: Were the Turks jeopardizing their status in the mutual defense alliance, and were fellow NATO members ready to respond to the overthrow of Turkey’s elected government?The answer was clear. Turkey has...
Unconventional quartet Syrene Saxofoonkwartet jazz up classical music
This year’s Chamberfest is, as usual, full of different themes ranging from a focus on Bach to Canada’s Ukrainian community, to performances highlighting the cello. Another major theme is the presence of female performers in large numbers. From the Swedish a cappella quartet Kongero to Jane Bunnett and Maqueque, women are getting...
The Real Winner At The GOP Convention Is Vladimir Putin
CLEVELAND ― While the nation obsessed over Melania Trump’s plagiarism and other oddities during the first day of the Republican National Convention, something much wilder ― and more telling about the substance of a potential Trump presidency ― went down largely unnoticed.Team Trump proved that they now have such a tight grip on the...
Women in Russia, Ukraine Unite Online against Sex Abuse
Women across Russia and Ukraine are uniting and speaking out – for once, not about the tensions between their two nations, nor the Russia-backed separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine – but about their experiences of rape and sexual violence.Victoria Ivleva was just 20… …read more Source:...
How History Can Help Our Fight Against ISIS
Once again, the world is reeling at the news of yet another terror attack. A truck plowed it’s way through a crowded street, mowing people down, and when it was all said and done 84 people have been reported dead with dozens more injured. AP Photo/Luca BrunoAnd the world asks – When will it end? I don’t like seeing the images...
Russian stars who could miss the Rio Olympics
MOSCOW (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says it is exploring the legal options for a possible ban of the entire Russian team from next month’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro as a result of the country’s repeated doping scandals. Russia finished fourth in the gold medal table at the 2012 Olympics in London and third in the...
How John Kerry Handled Turkey’s Coup
For the last five days, Secretary of State John Kerry has been locked in a fight between order and chaos, and it’s not clear who is winning. After standing with French President Francois Hollande to celebrate Bastille Day in Paris on Thursday morning, Kerry flew to Moscow for four hours of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an...
Kilford: What Canada can do about Turkey
These days, even the most forgiving observer of Turkish politics is having a difficult time glossing over the disturbing news coming out of Turkey. Certainly, the recent aborted coup attempt is important enough. But well before this, journalists, academics and civil society activists critical of the government found themselves under arrest and...
