Recently, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered a virtual case study on the incredibly complicated world of diplomacy: The same week he met with US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the peace process, he also praised dictator Hugo Chavez…
As the conflict in Syria reaches it’s two-year mark this month, a government official from one of Syria’s neighbors made his own recommendation to end the fighting on Tuesday: broader intervention by the Arab League. Israeli President Shimon Peres, speaking…
Following the release of United Nations peacekeepers who had been held by Syrian opposition forces, Germany’s foreign minister has pointed to the incident as proof the Syrian civil war is a threat beyond the country’s borders. In a statement released…
The situation in Syria is becoming worse. What began as a government crackdown on peaceful protestors has evolved far beyond a civil war. What’s happening now is nothing short of violent chaos. The Bashar al-Assad regime is fighting rebels and…
Commercial oil tanker. Illustrative. The West has imposed oil sanctions on Iran. (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Navy. Photo by Mass Communication 2nd Class Nathan Schaeffer) Roughly two weeks after Iran met with major world powers to discuss Tehran’s controversial nuclear program, the Islamic…
World powers are in the midst of a diplomatic effort to convince Iran to demonstrate its nuclear program is entirely peaceful and bring it into full compliance with international guidelines, but time is running out according to the US. New…