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A Fresh START? Future of Arms Treaty Uncertain
The new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) is a nuclear arms reduction treaty that follows the expired START I, the START II, and...
Oct 23, 20102 min read
Afghanistan Absent from Midterm Campaigns
Upcoming congressional midterm elections are stirring Washington. All 435 seats in the House are up for grabs on November 2, and...
Oct 23, 20102 min read
Iranian Regime Continues Hegemonic Posturing
Leaders of the Iranian Regime and leaders of Venezuela have joined together in an effort to create a Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Oct 22, 20101 min read
Possible Plea Deal for Canadian Detained in Guantánamo Bay
Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen held in the U.S. detention facility in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was set to be the second detainee tried under...
Oct 21, 20102 min read
Supreme Court to Hear Material Witness Detention Case
The Supreme Court decided on Monday to hear a case on whether former Attorney General John Ashcroft may be held personally liable for the...
Oct 21, 20102 min read
Pentagon Asks Media to Refrain From Publishing Anticipated WikiLeaks Data
The Pentagon on Monday asked media organizations to refrain from publishing any classified war files released by WikiLeaks, anticipating...
Oct 21, 20102 min read
Appeals Court Stalls DADT Injunction
In San Francisco on Wednesday, a three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, issued a one-page order allowing the military...
Oct 21, 20101 min read
The U.S. Election Season Frustrates China
On October 17, Zhang Guobao, the head of China’s National Energy Administration, held an abrupt news briefing and sharply criticized the...
Oct 21, 20102 min read
Piracy Lawsuit Could Ground CIA’s Predator Drones
Al Qaeda and the Taliban haven’t been able to bring down the CIA’s Predator drones. But a new lawsuit alleging parts of their targeting ...
Oct 19, 20101 min read
Is Our Border More Secure Than Ever?
According to the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on her visit to San Diego, California today the United...
Oct 19, 20101 min read
Criminal Charges Won’t be Filed Against Former Blackwater Employee
Federal prosecutors announced that they will not file charges against Andrew J. Moonen, a former Blackwater employee, due to insufficient...
Oct 19, 20102 min read
Round 3: Iran and the U.S. Spar Over Iraq
In Round 1, the Iranian government gained a foothold in Iraqi politics, employing its shared Shia connections to push for a de facto...
Oct 19, 20102 min read
Texas Expands Immigration Program
Lawmakers in Texas have expanded the Secure Communities program across the entire state, representing a prelude to the program’s eventual...
Oct 18, 20101 min read


Somalia Pirates Capture South Korean Vessel, Demonstrates Larger Problem
On October 9, 2010, pirates from Somalia captured a 241-ton trawler Keummi, a South Korean crab fishing vessel, about ten miles off the...
Oct 17, 20103 min read
Are all Terrorists Muslim?
This past week, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade stated that “all terrorists are Muslims,” while discussing Bill O’Reilly’s appearance on...
Oct 17, 20102 min read
Iran and World Bank (con't)
Last week, I wrote that I was going to consider Iran’s complaints about how the World Bank has been handling loans to the country. The...
Oct 17, 20104 min read
White House Hedges on DADT Ruling, DOJ May Appeal
Despite support for Judge Virginia A. Phillips’ calling for the military to “suspend and discontinue” enforcement of the Don’t Ask, Don’t...
Oct 16, 20101 min read
Calderon announces new unified command force to fight cartels
While the world has been captivated by the Chilean miner rescue, the drug wars in Mexico, lodged by powerful cartels against the local...
Oct 16, 20102 min read
Obama Offers Sober Assessment of Middle East Peace Prospects
After hosting an historic two-day nuclear summit, US President Barack Obama offered reporters a sober assessment of the likelihood of...
Oct 14, 20101 min read
Vanishing Ruling Gives Insight Into the Redaction Process
On March 16, 2010, Judge Henry Kennedy, Jr., of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., granted a habeas petition for the release of...
Oct 13, 20102 min read
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