One professor’s database cites 81 attempts by the United States to influence elections in other countries, notably in Iran, Guatemala and Chile. Nina Agrawal Update: President Obama on Thursday slapped Russia with new penalties for meddling in the U.S. presidential election, kicking out dozens of suspected spies and imposing banking restrictions […]
Source: The Local For 70 years after the end of the Second World War, the brutal dictator’s manifesto remained unpublished in Germany. Its copyright was owned by the state of Bavaria, which prevented new editions from being printed in Germany for fear of reinvigorating Nazi sentiments. But when its copyright […]
12/30/2016 Marjorie Cohn Professor Emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law One of the most alarming developments in U.S. foreign policy in 2016 was the ratcheting up of the new iteration of the Cold War. Looking back at U.S. foreign policy in this last year of Barack Obama’s presidential tenure, […]
01/02/2017 Ahmet S Yayla Professor & Deputy Director International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) Anne Speckhard Director, International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism, Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry – Georgetown University ISIS attacked again in Turkey, this time on New Year’s Eve in the […]
Source: MSN Last month it was announced that 2017 is going to be the Year of Giving in the UAE, and they weren’t joking. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al […]
Harsh political rhetoric, combined with the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, has made the risk of global catastrophe greater than ever. By Eric Schlosser December 23, 2016 A dilemma has haunted nuclear strategy since the first detonation of an atomic bomb: How do you prevent a nuclear attack while […]
How the Jihadist Movements Thrived Ideologically Despite Their Militarily Defeat: Examples from Arab History By Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi, New Age Islam 02 January 2017 As the New Year 2017 arrives, one of the most sought-after questions is: will the Islamic State—the chief jihadist cult in the current history— end in […]
Source: Scifeeds.com By Grace Larson, who is a PhD candidate at Northwestern University Few things knock your emotional world off its axis like a breakup. When my first long-term relationship ended, […]
Source: CNN By Susan Scutti, CNN (CNN)An estimated 10 million to 15 million Americans abuse alcohol, meaning excessive drinking negatively affects their lives. Now, research suggests a link between too […]
Source: The New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN A week after Stephen K. Bannon helped engineer the populist revolt that led to Donald J. Trump’s election, Buzzfeed unearthed a […]
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter Americans have little confidence in President-elect Donald Trump’s abilities to handle his presidential duties, with less than half of Americans saying they trust him to prevent […]
Source: Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer The founder of Facebook has found religion, it seems, according to a cheery holiday message he posted on the social network he created. On […]
Source: Time BY Ian Bremmer With the election of Donald Trump, the G-zero world is now fully upon us. The triumph of an “America first” foreign policy marks a fundamental break […]
Source: BBC By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst A leading US Republican says she fears for the future of her seven grandchildren with Donald Trump in the White House. Christine […]
Source: BBC So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. The group said in a statement it was carried […]
Source: Huffington Post By Marina Fang Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post President Barack Obama will deliver a farewell address next week in his adopted hometown of Chicago, just 10 days […]
Source: The Gospel Herald By LEAH MARIEANN KLETT In an ironic turn of events, the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) who led the charge against the Christian governor […]
Source: Science Daily Date:October 25, 2012 Source:California Academy of Sciences Summary:Australopithecus afarensis was an upright walking species, but the question of whether it also spent much of its time in […]
Source: Time (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — President-elect Donald Trump says that “no computer is safe” when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online […]
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