by Brendan Zehner | Sep 30, 2013 | Monitor
Possible Flights between US and Iran RFE/RL Following his conciliatory speech at the UN, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani raised the possibility of resuming direct flights between Iran and the US. Direct flights between the two countries have not occurred in more...
by Brendan Zehner | Sep 30, 2013 | Monitor
On Tuesday, the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) hosted a briefing entitled: “Trillion-dollar problem: How oil dependency drives US debt.” AEI’s Benjamin Zycher moderated the event and Kenneth Blackwell, a professor at Liberty University, introduced the topic. ...
by Brendan Zehner | Sep 25, 2013 | Monitor
Kerry Signs Arms Control Treaty Nicole Gaouette/Bloomsburg Secretary of State John Kerry signed the first international treaty regulation the global arms market. The treaty attempts to prevent conventional weapons from falling into the arms of those who would commit...
by Brendan Zehner | Sep 18, 2013 | Monitor
The Navy Yard Victims The New York Times 13 people, including the shooter, lost their lives in the Navy Yard shooting Monday. Each victim has a story of their own. US Gun Homicides Amber Hildebrant/CBC News US gun homicides have fallen over the past two...
by Brendan Zehner | Sep 17, 2013 | Monitor
Matt Freear, an adjunct fellow at the ASP, recently wrote on theHuffington Post blog about Somalia’s future. He writes that Somalia is entering a new phase in its development, after tremendous progress. “The military gains made, resulting from the sacrifice of so...
