From the Syrian war to sanctions on Iran, Russia is playing a visible role in the world. With new legislation passed by the Duma, the lower parliamentary chamber…
According to Senate Resolution 599, passed on November 15, 2012, “ expressing vigorous support and unwavering commitment to the welfare, security, and survival of the State of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state”.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is facing public pressure from protests after a video shows prison guards beating and raping inmates with blunt objects.
The Soviet-esque Pussy Riot trial continues amid protests and division across Russia. The band trio may face 7 years of jail time.
We play at tactical geopolitics in Syria while the Russians do strategy, as witness Putin’s speech vs. Secretary Clinton’s.
The president’s proposed budget will secure a 4.2-percent increase over 2012 for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), bringing its total budget to more than $6.8 billion.
Revolutions begin in righteous idealism but too often end in horror. Nice ideas get bandied about but in the end most things get worse. The essential contradiction, the crux of the matter is that revolutions may entail the highest aspirations of the human spirit for freedom, dignity, and fairness, but when they involve war, everybody loses.
