by Brendan Zehner | Oct 30, 2013 | Monitor
Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned natural gas company, is the largest natural gas company in the world, posting net profits of $38 billion in 2012. Its influence partially comes from the fact it is the major provider of natural gas for Europe. Sergii Bondarchuk, a...
by Brendan Zehner | Oct 28, 2013 | Monitor
Tiananmen Square Attack Barbara Demick/LA Times A car crash in Tiananmen Square killed 5 people and injured 38 more. The car managed to come through one of the few openings in the barricades that surround the square. Al-Shabaab Rebuilds Forces in Somalia David...
by Brendan Zehner | Oct 23, 2013 | Monitor
Sharif Says He Wants Serious Peace Talks Rachel Oswald/Global Security Newswire Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that he wants to hold serious peace talks with India. Of particular concern to Mr. Sharif is ending the arms race between the two countries,...
by Brendan Zehner | Oct 16, 2013 | Monitor
Shutdown Doesn’t Stop at America’s Shores Glenn Nye/Forbes As the US is in day 14 of the government shutdown, most of the focus has been on the impact at home. But the shutdown has serious repercussions for US foreign policy as well, including its free trade...
by Brendan Zehner | Oct 7, 2013 | Monitor
He Beat us in War but Never in Battle John McCain/WSJ Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap, the former commander of the People’s Army of North Vietnam, died at the age of 102. Senator John McCain shares his thoughts about his former adversary. Capture of Bombing Suspect in...