by Derek Bolton | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
Reporters have had a field day in recent weeks as stories trickling out of North Korea have shed new light into the country. This has included the emergence of a first lady, images of western themed concerts, amusement parks, short skirts, and a far more open and...
by Craig Hayden | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
As the ever-eloquent and incisive Donna Oglesby recently commented, there’s been a minor dustup in that small corner of the blogosphere dedicated to topics related to public diplomacy. Oglesby notes the reaction to Amy Zalman’s recent essay in the Globalist, which...
by The Long War Journal | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
Mullah Sangeen Zadran, from a propaganda video obtained by the SITE Intelligence Group. A senior Haqqani Network leader, who is on the US’s list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists for supporting al Qaeda and has captured a US soldier in Afghanistan, has...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> The Navy’s next-generation drone, the X-47B, on display Tuesday at the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Maryland.<< Previous | Next >>View all NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland — If you saw it in...
by Noah Shachtman and Robert Beckhusen | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
Alexei Navalny. Photo: Wikimedia Alexei Navalny, the Russian blogger who emerged as a prominent leader of an anti-Putin protest movement fueled by social media, is now facing up to 10 years in prison. On Tuesday, prosecutors from Russia’s State Investigative...
