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Daniel R. DePetris
Security, Diplomacy, Asia
A policy toward Pyongyang must deal with more than the provocations.
Remember North Korea, that horrible, tyrannical, family-owned dictatorship that enslaves its citizens, devotes a considerable amount of its national capital towards improving its weapons of mass destruction programs and uses its nuclear capability to extort economic and political benefits from the international community? Of course you do. Ever since Kim Jong-un... Читать дальше...
Justin T. Johnson
Security, United States
Americans deserve an honest debate about the costs of national security.
We’ve all seen the click-bait headlines.
“You won’t believe how much the U.S. spends on its military.”
“The U.S. spends more than the next 13 countries on defense!”
But military spending is a big ticket item, and it’s perfectly legitimate to question military spending.
Next month, President Obama will propose his FY2017 budget,... Читать дальше...
Amy Schafer
Security, military, United States
Congress owes U.S. service members honest engagment on an AUMF.
Fifteen years after the last Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) and one week before President Obama delivered the State of the Union address, yet another service member was killed in Afghanistan: a new father who was a Green beret and serving with the Washington National Guard. The incident serves as a stark reminder that today, we are coming face... Читать дальше...
Bassam Barabandi, Sasha Ghosh-Siminoff
Politics, Diplomacy, Middle East
An ambitious timeline for transition in the war-torn country is possible.
Negotiations between the Syrian opposition and governing regime start in just a few days. The challenges are numerous and many analysts are quick to proclaim the process already dead. Despite the momentum of the Vienna process, a myriad of factors continues to make Syria a complicated case: a messy situation on the battlefield... Читать дальше...
Alex Joffe
History, Security, Terrorism, Middle East
The goal is not simply economic profit but psychological control.
Why does ISIS destroy and loot antiquities? Two explanations have been offered. This first is Islamic antipathy towards the pre-Islamic past. The second is that the group profits from selling looted antiquities. But there is a third and equally sinister reason that has barely been mentioned. Both destruction and looting comprise a system of social control over captive populations... Читать дальше...
Born 134 years ago today, Virginia Woolf was a true writer’s writer.
Traffic is queueing back on the M2 after an earlier crash.
A discussion on the conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia that had been scheduled for Jan. 26 will be 12:15 p.m. Monday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 84th and South streets.
The Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., president and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, will present “How Long, Not Long,” a program on climate change and social justice at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Centennial R…
FLORENCE, Colo. (AP) — In handwritten letters to hundreds of supporters and curiosity seekers, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski expressed shock over the 9/11 attacks and wrote that he preferred Hillary…
FLORENCE, Colorado - In handwritten letters to hundreds of supporters and curiosity seekers, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski expressed shock over the 9/11 attacks and wrote that he preferred Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential race.
FLORENCE, Colo. (AP) — In handwritten letters to hundreds of supporters and curiosity seekers, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski expressed shock over the 9/11 attacks and wrote that he preferred Hillary…
FLORENCE, Colo. (AP) — In handwritten letters to hundreds of supporters and curiosity seekers, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski expressed shock over the 9/11 attacks and wrote that he preferred Hillary…
(AP) — In handwritten letters to hundreds of supporters and curiosity seekers, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski expressed shock over the 9/11 attacks and wrote that he preferred Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential race. Kaczynski also wrote to pen pals from federal prison in Colorado asking for more information about Osama bin Laden and the origins of al-Qaida, and has relied on others to inform him about the rise of the Internet and social media. In 2010, Kaczynski engaged... Читать дальше...
Coloured people have become the latest victims of a scathing race attack on Facebook.
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Ten U.S. sailors are back home in San Diego after being briefly detained earlier this month by Iranian authorities.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Criminal justice reform has become a hot topic around the nation amid a conversation about easing three-strikes sentencing laws, scaling back mandatory sentencing laws an…
SANTA FE, New Mexico - Criminal justice reform has become a hot topic around the nation amid a conversation about easing three-strikes sentencing laws, scaling back mandatory sentencing laws and focusing on rehabilitation.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Criminal justice reform has become a hot topic around the nation amid a conversation about easing three-strikes sentencing laws, scaling back mandatory sentencing laws an…
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Criminal justice reform has become a hot topic around the nation amid a conversation about easing three-strikes sentencing laws, scaling back mandatory sentencing laws an…
Nearly 20 pieces of proposed legislation aim to crack down on criminals and extend prison terms for violent career felons, repeat DWI offenders, parole jumpers and others. The proposals include a mandatory-minimum sentencing measure, expansion of the state's three-strikes law, making the targeted killing of a police officer a hate crime and a constitutional amendment to overhaul bail rules in New Mexico. Lawmakers regard the hard-line crime legislation as a prelude to the fall election season,... Читать дальше...