TRUMP WATCH: CHEMICAL ATTACKS IN SYRIA
Chemical attacks in Douma (Syria), a small town near Damascus, were the Big Story this week-end. Trump immediately sent out a couple of tweets, blaming Putin by name, and more broadly, Russia and Iran, for “backing Animal Assad": Many dead, including
What to do with Erdogan?
By the evening of August 24th, the last ISIS stronghold on the Turkey-Syria border fell to Turkish military forces that had stormed the city earlier that day. Supported by American air strikes, Turkish tanks, aircraft and special operation forces cleared
Don’t Call it a Comeback: Russia’s Triumphant Return to the World Stage
After nearly five years and a quarter of a million dead, the Syrian Civil War appears, at least for the moment, to have calmed. The two-month-old cease fire that is currently in place is largely the result of foreign mediation;
Drowning in Oil: Four Countries Suffering from Low Oil Prices
In the wake of this new shift in oil prices, countries that rely heavily on exporting crude oil are beginning to feel their budgets tighten. To stave off unemployment and possible social unrest, some states are taking drastic measures