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    Russia tricked Ukrainian pilot into easing hunger strike, lawyer says
    Mar11

    Russia tricked Ukrainian pilot into easing hunger strike, lawyer says

    Friday, March 11 , 2016 - 7:36 (EET) Section: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (USA)

    MOSCOW — Nadya Savchenko, a captured Ukrainian military pilot who in a show of defiance raised her middle finger to a Russian judge and sang the Ukrainian national anthem in court, ended a dry hunger strike on Thursday by drinking water, according to her lawyer. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...

    A Sea Island Conspiracy?
    Mar11

    A Sea Island Conspiracy?

    Friday, March 11 , 2016 - 7:21 (EET) Section: The American Conservative (USA)

    Over the long weekend before the Mississippi and Michigan primaries, the sky above Sea Island was black with corporate jets. Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, Napster’s Sean Parker, Tesla Motors’ Elon Musk, and other members of the super-rich were jetting in to the exclusive Georgia resort, ostensibly...

    The US is planning to blame Iran for a cyber attack on dam in New York
    Mar11

    The US is planning to blame Iran for a cyber attack on dam in New York

    Friday, March 11 , 2016 - 1:51 (EET) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Thomson ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration is planning to publicly blame Iranian hackers for a 2013 cyber attack against a small dam in New York state, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Justice Department has prepared an indictment against the hackers, two of the sources said, and a public...

    Ukrainians Call for Actions, Not Words, to End Corruption, Mismanagement
    Mar11

    Ukrainians Call for Actions, Not Words, to End Corruption, Mismanagement

    Friday, March 11 , 2016 - 1:51 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Ukraine’s war drags on and the country continues to suffer through the worst crisis of its post-Soviet era, one that many Ukrainians say is owed to corruption that made them vulnerable to Russian aggression. Many Ukrainians say they see improvements, but they also say leaders have yet to make good on promises to end graft and mismanagement....

    Ukrainians Call for Actions, Not Words, to End Corruption
    Mar11

    Ukrainians Call for Actions, Not Words, to End Corruption

    Friday, March 11 , 2016 - 1:51 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Ukraine’s war drags on and the country continues to suffer the worst crisis of its post-Soviet era, one that many Ukrainians say is a result of corruption that made them vulnerable to Russian aggression. Two years after the Maidan Revolution sought to end corruption, many Ukrainians say they see improvements, but that the leadership has yet...

    4 Alternatives to U.S. Troops in the Baltics
    Mar11

    4 Alternatives to U.S. Troops in the Baltics

    Friday, March 11 , 2016 - 1:21 (EET) Section: The National Interest (USA)

    Alexander Kirss Security, Eurasia America can raise the costs for Russia without boots on the ground. It didn’t take long following the Russian annexation of Crimea for foreign policy analysts to agree that the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were potentially vulnerable to a similar form of aggression. In recent months the...

    Ukrainian Women Face Tough Battle for Equality in Military
    Mar11

    Ukrainian Women Face Tough Battle for Equality in Military

    Friday, March 11 , 2016 - 1:21 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

    Nadiya Savchenko’s fight against Russia’s justice system captures headlines, but it is her persistence in the face of discrimination in Ukraine to which many women relate. The 34-year-old is Ukraine’s only female military pilot and a veteran of Ukraine’s mission to Iraq, with a military career spanning 13 years. When her...

    U.S. To Blame Iran For Hack Of Small New York Dam: Sources
    Mar11

    U.S. To Blame Iran For Hack Of Small New York Dam: Sources

    Friday, March 11 , 2016 - 0:21 (EET) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

    The Obama administration is planning to publicly blame Iranian hackers for a 2013 cyber attack against a small dam in New York state, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.The Justice Department has prepared an indictment against the hackers, two of the sources said, and a public announcement could come as soon as next week.U.S....

    Obama’s Biggest Bet
    Mar11

    Obama’s Biggest Bet

    Friday, March 11 , 2016 - 0:05 (EET) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    Jonathan Ernst / ReutersThe title of Jeffery Goldberg’s very fine essay notwithstanding, there is no Obama Doctrine. Indeed, over the course of his on-the-job education in statecraft, President Obama has developed a pronounced aversion to doctrines—grand statements of principle that subsequently provide an enduring basis for policy. Such,...

    One President’s Stand Against the Washington Herd
    Mar10

    One President’s Stand Against the Washington Herd

    Thursday, March 10 , 2016 - 23:51 (EET) Section: The Atlantic (USA)

    Reuters / Pete Souza / White HouseIn October 2007, Senator Barack Obama, then a struggling Democratic presidential candidate, stood before a few hundred students at DePaul University in Chicago and delivered a speech that few in the foreign-policy world noticed. Five years after his famous statement against the disastrous Iraq invasion, Obama...