by Kendall Strong | Jul 11, 2014 | Monitor
Kurds withdraw support, leaving Iraq without a president Mark Tran / Guardian Deepening rift between Kurds and prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, also causes loss of foreign, trade and health ministers, after the prime minister accused them of harboring terrorists in...
by Kendall Strong | Jun 27, 2014 | Monitor
As Pakistan wages an offensive against militants, tensions with Afghanistan rise Tim Craig and Shaiq Hussain / Washington Post Pakistan has evacuated more than 450,000 civilians from a terrorist-plagued district in the northwestern part of the country, but its...
by Kendall Strong | Jun 25, 2014 | Monitor
Rising sea levels and flooding caused by climate change will have marked consequences on the world’s population, particularly the most impoverished. Consequences will include extensive flooding, leading to the loss of inhabited and arable land. The environmental...
by Kendall Strong | Jun 20, 2014 | Monitor
Energy diversity is a national security imperative Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) / The Hill When Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, first visited my office last year, I was one of the newest members of the House Armed Services Committee. I was eager to...
by Kendall Strong | Jun 5, 2014 | Monitor
Obama Encourages Russia to Open Talks with Ukraine Nedra Pickler / Associated Press President Barack Obama on Thursday encouraged Russia to open talks with the new government coming into power in Ukraine or face continuing costs imposed by the world’s leading...