by Will Field | Jul 1, 2014 | Monitor
In the News Sunnis and Kurds Walk Out of Iraq Parliament Rod Nordland / New York Times Sunnis and Kurds walked out of the first session of the Iraqi Parliament on Tuesday, imperiling efforts to form a new government in the face of a bitter offensive by Sunni...
by Will Field | Jun 30, 2014 | Monitor
On Thursday June 26th, the Royal Norwegian Embassy hosted a breakfast seminar titled “Security Challenges in a Changing Arctic”, during which key issues regarding American security in the High North were discussed. Senator Angus King, who delivered the keynote speech...
by Will Field | Jun 23, 2014 | Monitor
In the News In Victory for Obama, Court Backs Rules on Power Plants Adam Liptak / The New York Times The Supreme Court, in a 5-to-4 decision, largely upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate emissions from stationary sources. Insurgents in Iraq...
by Will Field | Jun 18, 2014 | Monitor
With temperatures expected to rise up to six degrees Celsius by the end of the century, increasing global attention is paid to how carbon dioxide affects our climate. It is an accepted fact in the international scientific community that the more of this greenhouse gas...
by Will Field | Jun 12, 2014 | Monitor
In the News Kurdish Troops in Control of Key Iraqi Town Tim Arango, Suadad Al-Salhy and Alan Cowell / New York Times The presence of well-trained Kurdish forces in Kirkuk added a new dimension to the conflict, as a militant commander urged his allies on...
