The following text is the first in a series of articles which will present an analysis and evaluation of NATO enlargement in the Balkans, the…
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The threefold rise in hate crimesagainst Muslims since the Paris and San Bernardino attacks and the acceptance of hate speech as a legitimate form of political…
One presidential hopeful's assessment is that the child care system in the U.S. is disastrous. And based on the findings of a new survey, many…
Scientists in the US who have been checking on the health of the Arctic over the last year are worried by what they’ve learned: it’s…
Leading GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump calling for a “total and complete ban on Muslims entering the US” is the worst public insult directed against…
It is a heritage of colonialism that its predatory economic systems outlast its victims’ independence declarations. And so today, paradoxically, slavery remains the top export…
Barack Obama’s conduct as President baffles us – just as his personality eludes us. Design and purpose seem to be equally lacking even as the…
After almost a year of civil war, the conflicting forces in Yemen sat down on December 15 in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the prospect of…
The notion that a political settlement will take place lacks credibility - the realities on the ground in Syria won’t allow it The anti-Assad coalition…
More than half of U.S. states are poorly prepared to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, a new report says. Twenty-eight states and Washington, D.C. did…
Ahead of the holiday recess, Congress on Friday overwhelmingly passed a sweeping $1.8 trillion spending bill – heavily larded with hundreds of billions in corporate…
After an initial rise following the decision by the US Federal Reserve to lift interest rates by 0.25 percentage points on Wednesday, stock markets around…