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Commentary: Pivot to oblivion?
Sep 03, 2013 (UPI)
Eighty percent of Americans asked say they favor a pivot -- but it isn't to Syria. Following the $2 trillion geopolitical disasters of Iraq and Afghanistan, the...
Outside View: Seriously? Scoring zero
Sep 02, 2013 (UPI)
The current tracking of Congress' popularity shows that only 15 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. Now, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Oh...
Russia to deploy jets to Belarus
Aug 30, 2013 (UPI)
Belarus Defense Minister Iuri Zhadobin stated Russian fighters will be deployed in Belarus before the end of the year. Where the aircraft will be deployed is un...
China warns US against meddling in Hong Kong politics
Aug 29, 2013 (AFP)
The United States refused to back down Thursday in its support for democracy in Hong Kong after Beijing accused Washington's envoy to the city of meddling in Ch...
Hagel issues warning over Asian maritime disputes
Aug 29, 2013 (AFP)
Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel warned fellow defence ministers Thursday that a growing number of maritime incidents and tensions in disputed Asian waters increase t...
Japan irritated by comments from UN's Ban
Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)
Japan voiced irritation on Tuesday over comments by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who called on Tokyo to face up to the past and improve ties with its neigh...
Walker's World: China's worried elites
Aug 26, 2013 (UPI)
Not since Mikhail Gorbachev began speaking of "Glasnost" and "Perestroika" in what turned out to be the twilight years of the Soviet Union has there been such f...
Japan could be 'main player' in Asia conflict: minister
Aug 26, 2013 (AFP)
Japan could be a key participant if conflict breaks out in Asia, the defence minister said Monday, warning China is seeking to exploit difficulties between alli...
Outside View: No easy fixes for NATO
Aug 21, 2013 (UPI)
To paraphrase Shakespeare: Alas poor NATO. We knew it well. My second column for 2013 bemoaned the absence of even the mention of NATO in the strategic dialogue...
Pentagon chief to tour Southeast Asia
Aug 21, 2013 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will depart Thursday on a tour of Southeast Asia to bolster US military ties with regional partners who face increasing concerns o...
Spain tells Britain to remove Gibraltar reef
Aug 20, 2013 (AFP)
Spain told Britain on Tuesday it must remove a concrete reef laid in the waters off Gibraltar before Madrid will agree to dialogue in a row over the British out...
Outside View: The Gore-ing of America
Aug 20, 2013 (UPI)
The sole purpose of a "for profit" corporation's existence is to make money. There is a line -- sometimes clearly visible, sometimes not -- over which corporate...
Walker's World: As the world slows
Aug 19, 2013 (UPI)
This is eerie. Everything has suddenly gone upside down in the global economy. Europe is growing and China is slowing. Emergent markets are faltering and mature...
China will defend its maritime rights: defense minister
Aug 19, 2013 (AFP)
Military relations between China and the United States are steadily improving but Beijing remains determined to defend its maritime rights, the country's defens...
Commentary: Geopolitical amnesia
Aug 19, 2013 (UPI)
The powers that be in the nation's capital, including the dominant media culture, are suffering from collective geopolitical amnesia. CBS's Ned Calmer and this ...
China's Bo Xilai to go on trial Thursday
Aug 18, 2013 (AFP)
Disgraced politician Bo Xilai, whose downfall heralded China's biggest political scandal for decades, will stand trial from Thursday for bribery, graft and abus...
Gibraltar still strategic asset for Britain: analysts
Aug 18, 2013 (AFP)
Situated in sight of unstable north Africa and on the shipping route to the Middle East, Gibraltar has military and intelligence facilities that still make it a...
Ecuador-U.S. trade in the balance after Snowden row
Aug 16, 2013 (UPI)
Ecuador's trade with the United States is in the balance after a diplomatic row over the OPEC country's offer to grant former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward ...
China's defense minister at Pentagon for talks Monday
Aug 16, 2013 (AFP)
The Pentagon will host China's Defense Minister General Chang Wanquan for talks Monday at a time of "positive momentum" in military relations between the two co...
US to 'maintain' military ties with Egypt: Hagel
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
The United States will retain its military ties with Egypt but more violence by the army could jeopardize the relationship, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told t...
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