Politics

  Bangkok (5/4-37.50).      Myanmar's National Unity Government, set up by opponents of army rule, said on Wednesday it had formed a "people's defense force" to protect...

  Washington (6/5-25).   The bad news is the CIA hates you, and exists to ruin your country. The good news is the CIA is fast becoming a butt...

    Washington (26/4 - 36.36).   Last week, Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), told the Senate Intelligence Committee that DIA has no...

  (Brussels 25/4 – 57.14). In the times of a global infodemic, misleading information, conspiracy theories and outright lies seem ubiquitous. It would be almost tempting to see disinformation as an unpleasant...

  Naypyitaw, Myanmar (2/2-57.15).     The Associate Press reports that Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi —...

  Denver (26/1 - 25).    Among the more ambitious foreign policy objectives of the Trump administration was its pursuit of a decisive resolution to the war in...

  Washington (30/1 - 57.14).   Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States...

  Washington (27/1 - 60).     Incoming secretary of state Anthony Blinken experienced his right of passage last Wednesday, when he was grilled by senators, both Democrats and...

  Washington (16/1).      A brief introduction from the editorial board. The below opinion piece by Leonid Bershidsky is a worthwhile read out of the following reasons....

  Washington (16/1).   In an earlier article titled DOJ Watchdog & Other IGs Launch Probes Into Response to Capitol Riot: Questions Abound, I reported on a Friday announcement...