A World View

The situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate heading into what looks like a crucial week for the country. The political unrest ...

The ongoing situation in Ukraine is, sadly, another illustration of how quickly conflicts can explode, even among people who previously had ...

Secretary of State John Kerry made a last-minute diversion on his flight home from the Mid-East Saturday night for an emergency meeting ...

One side-effect of getting a Master's Degree in international affairs with a specific focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union is w...

I wanted to try something a little different with this post.   Perhaps it is the result of a few years spent as a DJ, but a lot of times...

Sometimes the most interesting nugget in a story comes buried all the way at the end; that is the case here with this story on Reuters a...

It has been awhile since we checked in with our old friends the Somali pirates. A big part of the reason was simply that 2012 was not a ...

I feel like I'm writing a letter to Dear Abby... See, I'm stuck in a bad relationship, I love her, but she takes off months, even a ...

According to news reports out of Pakistan, groups affiliated with the Taliban have killed several medical professionals working in remote...

In case you missed it, we had a presidential election in the US last month. After a seemingly endless campaign, President Barack Obama de...