by Naman Jain | Sep 15, 2014 | Monitor
International News Coverage Terrorism and Counterterrorism Islamic State Crisis: World Leaders Pledge Iraq Support BBC Thirty countries have pledged to help Iraq fight Islamic State (IS) militants “by all means necessary”. US Won’t Rule Out...
by Naman Jain | Sep 5, 2014 | Monitor
International News Coverage NATO, Russia, and Ukraine NATO Approves New Force Aimed at Deterring Russia John-Thor Dahlburg and Julie Pace / Associated Press Seeking to counter Russian aggression, NATO leaders approved plans Friday to create a rapid...
by Naman Jain | Aug 26, 2014 | Monitor
Defeating the ISIL Threat – For Good Fadi Elsalameen / Huffington Post ISIL is barbaric and violent. The brutal murder of journalist James Foley last week showed the true realities of ISIL to an American audience, but throughout the region under their control, their...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 2, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Whoever convinced Vladimir Putin that it would be a cup of afternoon tea by the samovar to send arms and irregulars into Ukraine in the name of “protecting” the greater Russian speaking population and then to hive off the...
by Jeffrey Lloyd | Jun 10, 2014 | Monitor
MIT at Center of Political Power Play Tracy Jan / The New York Times The school’s prized fusion reactor was dead; its federal funding axed. Then its political allies went to work. Iraq Militants Control Second City of Mosul BBC Iraq’s prime minister has asked...