Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Rex Tillerson Says Exxon Mobil Didn’t Lobby Against Sanctions. Public Records Suggest Otherwise
WASHINGTON ― Former Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson testified under oath during his secretary of state confirmation hearing Wednesday that he had no knowledge of his company lobbying lawmakers against sanctions.But public records show that between 2006 and 2014, while Tillerson was leading the oil giant, firms representing Exxon Mobil...
Russia Spread Fake News And Disinformation In Sweden, Report Finds
Russia’s propaganda machine reportedly extends far beyond its alleged interference in the U.S. elections. It also took “active measures” to exert “covert influence” on public opinion and decision making in Sweden, according to a report the Swedish Institute of International Affairs released last week.Experts determined that a series of...
Marco Rubio Grills Rex Tillerson On Russia, Ukraine, Syria
WASHINGTON ― Former Exxon Mobil chief executive Rex Tillerson dodged a series of questions from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday about his foreign policy agenda with respect to Russia. Asked whether he would advise President-elect Donald Trump to enforce sanctions against Moscow for its alleged role in...
Let’s Pass a War Powers Resolution for Meddling in Other People’s Elections
Let’s pass a War Powers Resolution for “election meddling” in other people’s countries. In other words: let’s pass a law that before the executive branch can meddle in elections in other people’s countries, a proposal to do so has to be debated and authorized – or rejected – by Congress....
Senators To Unveil Bipartisan Bill To Impose New Sanctions On Russia
WASHINGTON ― In a rare showing of bipartisanship, 10 senators from both sides of the aisle will introduce legislation Tuesday to step up sanctions against Russia. Lawmakers, angered by Moscow’s alleged interference in the U.S. election process, have been discussing retaliatory action for weeks. But the legislation on sanctions that will be...
Dear French Foreign Minister Ayrault
I take the liberty of writing this open letter in the wake of the latest Palestinian terror attack, which killed four young Israelis and wounded many others in an assault eerily similar to the one in Nice in July, and days ahead of the “Middle East peace conference” in Paris you will be hosting. I do so with respect, coming from a...
Four scenarios that give hope to the world in 2017
The United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution on monitoring evacuations from besieged parts of Aleppo. Andrew Kelly/ReutersNicolas Tenzer, Sciences Po – USPCThe year 2017 opens on a world laid to waste. Some areas are littered with mass graves. For future historians, 2016 will be seen as a turning point in human history, one of...
German Government Closely Watching Reports Of Russian Fake News Campaign
BERLIN, Jan 9 (Reuters) – German government officials on Monday said they were carefully examining an unprecedented proliferation of fake news items amid intelligence agency reports of Russian efforts to influence the country’s parliamentary election in September.The BfV domestic intelligence agency also confirmed that a December...
Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy Leaves Behind An Uneasy World
WASHINGTON ― The bombs kept falling after they had destroyed all the hospitals.They kept coming as international aid agencies warned about the thousands of Syrian children they could hit.They didn’t pause as temperatures fell below freezing, threatening families with no shelter, or as pro-regime fighters came close enough to civilians to...
NATO: Seeking Relevance in the 21st Century
NATO headquarters in Brussels Belgium Founded in 1949, the 28-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is now 67 years old. Originally it was a political association. Following the onset of the Korean War it rapidly transformed itself into an alliance for mutual defense. Pursuant to Article 5 of the NATO charter, any member country...
