Section: US & Canada
Lviv Journal: In Ukraine, Bones of War Dead Re-emerge to Stir Political Passions
The regular discovery of World War II remains in mass graves in western Ukraine reignites resentments over which invading army or partisan group was to blame. …read more Source: The New York...
Marco Rubio Lays Out Hawkish Foreign Policy Doctrine Invoking Kennedy
NEW YORK — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) set forth a foreign policy vision Wednesday that invoked President John F. Kennedy in an assertive call to project American power abroad. In comments delivered at the Council on Foreign Relations, the conservative senator vying for the GOP presidential nomination said the world would be safer if the...
The 10 smartest countries based on math and science
Singapore is the smartest country in the world, followed by Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Finland, Estonia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Canada rounding out the top 10. The BBC says this is the conclusion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an economic think tank that outlined its findings in a new report...
NATO-Russia Cold War? Military, Political Tension Downplayed By Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg
The current tensions between NATO’s member nations and Russia should not be considered a new Cold War, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg cautioned Wednesday. Both the Western alliance and Russia have conducted extensive military drills in recent months while at odds over Russia’s March 2014 annexation of Crimea and its purported...
Ukraine Faces Its Western Creditors
Debt talks appear to have stalled in Ukraine weeks ahead of a June deadline. The Ukrainian government released a strongly-worded statement lambasting its creditors for their opacity and intransigence. At stake is whether the creditors will be forced to take a haircut on their holdings. The Financial Times has more: Negotiations between...
Syrian Lies, and an Iranian Surmise
In light of the latest dispatches from Syria, we ran a short post on Monday recalling my argument, from back in the early autumn of 2013, that the Syrian government had never given an honest declaration of its chemical weapons stock to the OPCW. The excerpt the guys in the machine room pulled out was not bad—it made the main points: The Syrians...
Simmer Down on Islam Neo-Cons: Don’t Lead Us Into Another War
From Maher to Geller and Frum, pundits want to fight back hard against Islam. This kind of talk always ends badly. Jeffrey Tayler, a contributing editor to the Atlantic, has joined the Atlantic’s David Frum and Jeffrey Goldberg to warn Western liberals against quieting, solely at their own discretion, the kind of “free speech” that shocks...
Saudis to design, manufacture new model of the Antonov-32 transport
Richard TomkinsKIEV, Ukraine, May 13 (UPI) — A Saudi Arabian company is to locally modernize and manufacture an Antonov light cargo aircraft for Saudi and international military and civilian markets. …read more Source: United Press...
Finland, Once a Eurozone Point of Pride, Is Now Faltering
Hurt by the sanctions on Russia and the fall of Nokia, the Finnish economy has contracted for two consecutive quarters. …read more Source: The New York...
A Post-Mortem for European Shale
Europe has watched the American shale revolution with envious eyes these last few years, and a number of countries—from the UK to Poland to Lithuania—have attempted to replicate U.S. success. But no one has been able to manage to put together the unique set of circumstances that have helped shale flourish here in the states, and the momentum...
