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Peace Talks Are In The Air At The NATO Summit, But Will Things Ever Change?

09/04/2014 Published on Forbes.com
The NATO summit in Wales has begun and crisis in Ukraine is the main topic of conversation. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that he is seeking a “bilateral cease-fire” between Ukraine’s army and the pro-Russian separtists who have taken…

Memo to Obama White House: The new normal isn’t ‘tranquility,’ it’s terror

07/23/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Last week, before a Russian-made surface to air missile shot down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine and before Israel began ground combat operations against Hamas in Gaza, Fox News correspondent Ed Henry asked White House spokesman Josh Ernest…

MH17, Israel invasion: Mr. Obama, abandoning our allies isn’t a strategy, it’s a disaster

07/22/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
“We have enormous input about this that points fingers,” Secretary of State John Kerry told CNN’s State of the Union Sunday. “It is pretty clear that this was a system from Russia, transferred to separatists. We know with confidence that…

A dramatic shift in Middle East alliances: Egypt, Israel and Hamas

07/17/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Egypt’s initial failed effort to mediate an end to the latest confrontation between Israel and Hamas reflects a dramatic shift in Middle Eastern alliances since the last eruption of intense violence between Palestinians and Israelis, the third in nearly six…

New Crimean Parliament Votes In Favor Of Leaving Ukraine While U.S. Imposes Sanctions

03/06/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It seemed that the situation in embattled Ukraine couldn’t get any more complicated, but it has. Today, Crimea’s new pro-Russian regional government voted in favor of leaving the country for Russia and will put it to a regional vote in…

The U.S. Backs Japan Against China, But Needs To Do More

12/03/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Aerial photo of Okinokitaiwa in the Senkaku Islands (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “The pivot is based on the supposition that China wasn’t serious about asserting their primacy – Washington underestimated China’s ambitions.” If the last week has proven anything, it’s that…

Hunt for lost Spitfires comes up empty

01/19/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
A Spitfire LF Mk IX, seen flying in 2005. A British official told SkyNews recently that the Spitfire is arguably the most important plane in the history of aviation, playing a crucial role in the Second World War. The Supermarine…

Experts suggest Hamas overestimated Arab world support for strikes on Israel

11/19/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have drawn a more muted response from Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi than Hamas might have hoped for. (AP) If Hamas thought provoking an Israeli crackdown by raining rockets down on the Jewish state would rally Arab…

President Obama jokes with Buddhist monk asking for prayers on budget

11/18/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
BANGKOK, Thailand – President Obama joked with a Buddhist monk at the Wat Pho Royal Monastery in Bangkok that, “yes we’re working on this budget we’re going to need a lot of prayer for that.” Obama made the remark after…

The Other Davos

10/17/2012 Published on Forbes.com
When the One Young World conference begins tomorrow, Pittsburgh will play host to the largest international gathering other than the Olympics or the United Nations — with emerging leaders from nearly 200 countries sharing ideas about global solutions. This event…