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When the Cold War ended, Russia looked to establish new relations with the West. But it has since grown frustrated with Western foreign policy. “Russia is determined to veto any UN resolution… it fears that, as happened during the 1999 Kosovo crisis and the 2011 Libya showdown, the US and its Western allies would misinterpret these resolutions as a blank cheque...
America’s National Security Agency’s (NSA) secret Prism spy project has drawn national and international criticism. A recent interview revealed that Germany is the NSA’s most watched EU nation (EU Observer, June 10, 2013). This information has taken top German officials by surprise and stirred animosity toward the U.S.A. (EU Observer, June 12, 2013).
Recent reports highlight a growing problem of lawlessness in the U.S. State Department. The department, “tried to cover up several crimes committed… Some of the allegations are against then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s security detail who allegedly hired prostitutes, a U.S. ambassador accused of trolling public parks for paid sex and a security official...
“Germans might not know it, but they desperately need the moral guidance of a re-instated royal family,” says “the great-great grandson of the last Kaiser, Prince Philip Kiril of Prussia” (The Local, June 6, 2013).
An Australian nurse pleaded guilty to the worst mass murder in New South Wales history. In 2011, he set fire in the nursing home he worked at—apparently to cover up his theft of drugs. The rapidly burning fire killed eleven residents and caused “grievous bodily harm” to eight others (9News, May 27, 2013). Questioned by police, he said, “It was Satan telling [me...
Muhammad died in 632 AD and his followers disagreed over the next Caliph (leader of Islam). Believers in a Muhammadan dynasty chose his cousin and son-in-law, Ali, who was eventually killed. Ali’s followers, feeling betrayed, separated from the majority (Sunnis) and called themselves, Party of Ali or Shiat Ali—thus the name Shiites (Time, September 16, 2009).
With its growing power-base in Brussels, the EU is requiring more fiscal accountability from member-states (EU Observer, May 30, 2013). But responding to Brussels’ directive to revise its pension system, France’s President Hollande commented, “The European Commission cannot dictate to us what we have to do. It can simply say that France has to balance its...
The Boy Scout Oath begins, “On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God…” Last week, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) voted to reverse a long-held policy banning openly homosexual youth from membership—a move its chief executive called “compassionate, caring and kind” (New York Times, May 23, 2013). Interestingly, the socially conservative Mormon church...
Chinese hackers recently gained access to multiple advanced key U.S. weapons systems, which could prove extremely damaging to the U.S. in the future. This espionage could “… give China knowledge that could be exploited in a conflict, such as the ability to knock out communications and corrupting data… It also could speed China’s development of its defense...
In a recent study conducted for the BBC by GlobeScan and PIPA, more than 26,000 people in nations around the globe were interviewed to learn about their views of other nations (BBC, May 23, 2013). This has been a recurring study since 2005. Of the 22 nations asked about in the survey, interviewees reported seeing Germany in the most positive light.