Section: The Huffington Post (USA)
Australia Says MH17 Missile Suspects Might Be Confirmed By Year-End
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Sunday the names of those responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014 might be confirmed by the end of the year.“By the end of the year, maybe early next year, the list of those that we believe should be held accountable will be confirmed and then there must be...
Latest Vote on Next UN Leader Goes to Guterres Again
Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, whispering to Sameh Shoukry, Egypt’s foreign minister, at a UN Security Council meeting on Sept. 21, 2016, on Syria. The next UN secretary-general will inherit the gruesome war in that country. AMANDA VOISARD/UN PHOTO António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal who most recently was...
Is America’s Problem it Doesn’t Go to War Enough?
A couple of Rand Corporation scholars have discovered America’s problem vis-à-vis Russia: Washington isn’t willing to use its military as much. This has given Moscow an apparently unfair advantage in challenging America. Maybe Washington should reconsider its policy, they suggest. Vladimir Putin appears to be working overtime to...
First Debate Showed that Both Major Candidates Are Severely Wanting in Foreign Policy
Although Hillary seemed more likeable than usual in the first presidential debate and Trump was his old angry and agitated self, they both still have record-breaking unfavorable ratings as candidates. Yet that is because overwhelmingly, people just don’t like their normal personalities. And sadly, most voters never get beyond a superficial...
Gdansk as a bridge between East and West
I feel that we, the countries recently accepted to the European Union, are well positioned to help the aspiring, new democracies reach their dreams of EU accession. That is the reason why I decided to engage in CORLEAP, the forum of local and regional authorities from the European Union and six Eastern Partnership countries. It is the only EU...
Crash in Ukraine: War Crime, Stupidity or Both?
A Dutch-led investigation team said it had “irrefutable” evidence that a Russian-built missile shot out of the sky a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people, 193 of them Dutch citizens. It said the launch was in an area controlled by pro-Russian fighters battling the Ukraine government since early 2014. The report,...
Fortune Favors the Bold
An intelligence surge is appropriate, lawful, timely, necessary, and critical to achieving the foreign policy aims of the next administration. This election is a turning point for American foreign policy. Disengagement has emboldened our adversaries. Violent, sadistic non-state actors like the Islamic State, Hezbollah, and the Badr Organization...
OPEC Agrees To Limit Oil Output For First Time Since 2008
OPEC agreed on Wednesday modest oil output cuts in the first such deal since 2008, with the group’s leader Saudi Arabia softening its stance on arch-rival Iran amid mounting pressure from low oil prices.“OPEC made an exceptional decision today … After two and a half years, OPEC reached consensus to manage the market,” said Iranian Oil...
Russia Dismisses MH17 Findings As False, Politically-Motivated
Russia on Wednesday flatly dismissed a report from international prosecutors which concluded that Malaysian airliner MH17 had been downed by a Russian-made missile launched from a Ukrainian village held by pro-Russian rebels in 2014.In a strongly-worded statement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the Dutch-led...
MH17 Downed By Missile From Pro-Russia Rebel-Held Territory: Investigators
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (Reuters) – International prosecutors investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner two years ago have concluded it was shot down by a Russian-made missile fired from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, victims’ family members said on Wednesday.Families were informed of the prosecutors’ findings...
