- Report: Iran used Russian Su-25s to intercept U.S. Predator drone – December 14
- Tunisia reports infiltration by Al Qaida with Libyan arms – December 14
- Meanwhile in Africa: A secret nuclear facility in Algeria and a looming jihadist threat in Mali – December 13
- Europe gets the prize: Sixty years of peace, if not prosperity – December 13
- U.S. files felony charges against HSBC bank for laundering rogue states’ funds – December 12
- Strategy of surrender in the culture wars has failed conservatives here and in UK – December 11
- Spain moves to block exports of nuclear components to Iran – December 11
- Where’s Vladimir? Kremlin spokesmen vague on Putin’s health – December 11
- Turkey getting fewer Patriot batteries from NATO than it expected – December 10
- Russian Navy supplies 30,000 nationals in visit to Syrian port – December 7
- Russia seeks S. Korean firm to counter China’s advances in the North Pacific – December 6
- NATO provides 3 Patriot missile sites along Turkish border with Syria – December 5
- Report: China, Russia missile tech threatens U.S. interests in Mideast – December 2
- Croatia is finally secure, its triumph complete – December 2
- Assad fortifying Alawite state on coast with help from Iran, Russia – November 29
- Russia deal could make Israel a major energy exporter – November 29
- NATO irked by Turkey’s ‘unworkable’ missile defense request – November 28
- Iran warships return to Sudan after Israeli strike on missile site – November 28
- Sudan demands rebels disarm before resuming S. Sudan oil exports – November 28
- Russian navy set to evacuate nationals from Gaza – November 27
- Blackwater founder seeks Asian investors for S. Sudan defense projects – November 27
- Welcome to Soviet America! (Was my 1975 1-act play prophetic?) – November 25
- Sudan thwarts coup, arrests pro-U.S. official – November 23
- Supplier of arms to Syria assassinated in Russian city – November 23
- Recalling how Britain responded to the London Blitz: 42,600 civilians died – November 21
- NATO weighs Patriot defenses for Turkey against Syria arsenal – November 20
- Putin sacks defense chief, ending civilian control over military – November 19
- Venezuela gains seat on UN Human Rights Council: ‘Neither the U.S. nor the EU said a word’ – November 15
- U.S. helped Uzbekistan ship highly enriched uranium to Russia – November 12
- Exxon offers Russian firm major Iraq oil field after pressure to cut ties with Kurds – November 12
- Iraq government split over canceled $4.2 billion arms deal with Russia – November 12
- Morocco blocks journalists seeking to meet Polisario – November 11
- Sudanese rebels say they shot down regime bomber – November 9
- U.S. Stinger missiles held by rebels pose threat to airliners flying near Syria – November 8
- Israel turns to Russia’s Gazprom on gas project – November 7
- Report: Saudis helped ‘Muslim side’ of Obama’s Kenyan family go from ‘rags to riches’ – November 5
- Israel’s successful Sudan air strike delivered a pointed message to Iran – November 4
- Algeria hikes military spending as Al Qaida threat rises – October 31
- Iran sends 2 warships to Sudan 5 days after air strike on its weapons factory in Khartoum – October 30
- Algeria balks at Clinton’s call for military action against Al Qaida in Mali – October 30
- Pro-Al Qaida gangs attack Tunisian liquor stores – October 30
- Algeria for first time joins Morocco in Western exercise – October 29
- Hillary heads to Algeria for strategic dialogue – October 29
- Remind me again: What is so great about Europe? – October 29
- India still relies on Russian weapon systems, but now more on its own terms – October 29
- South Korea moves up in Security Council balance-of-power competition – October 28
- Israel mum on air strike against Sudan weapons factory said to be run by Iran – October 25
- Russian general: Syrian rebels using U.S.-origin Stinger missiles – October 25
- Islamist chaos has Tunisia facing threat of a military coup – October 24
- China media mocks India after Russia delays delivery of ‘second hand’ carrier – October 23
- Intelligence fiasco by Turkey, U.S., plays in Syria’s and Iran’s favor – October 21
- South Sudan to resume oil production – October 19
- IISS: 150,000 Assad supporters seen migrating to North Caucasus in Russia – October 18
- Rights group: Islamist government in Tunisia ignoring Al Qaida attacks – October 16
- Putin friend, an anti-U.S. billionaire, is elected president in Georgia – October 15
- Mauritanian president shot by own troops – October 15
- The politics of Romney’s non-Asian world view – October 14
- Zambia’s unsung success story in Southern Africa – October 11
- Iraq’s Al Maliki signs major arms deal in Moscow – October 10
- Russian-made Antonov crashes in Sudan – October 9
- China new key foreign player in Africa but with a ‘neo-Colonialist’ aura – October 8
- EU expects Gulf piracy attacks to increase – October 8
- Open letter to the American people: We Soviet emigres have already seen this movie – October 7
- Car crash in Mali kills Al Qaida commander, fighters – October 1
- Athens claims collision with Turkish ship in Aegean Sea occurred in Greek waters – September 28
- EU tightens the screws, will search all cargo shipments to Syria – September 26
- UN speakers to a world in tumult: Obama, Hollande, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Mugabe – September 20
- Zawahiri’ post-bin Laden strategy targets crises, promotes chaos – September 16
- Kurdistan ignores threats, expands energy projects throughout northern Iraq – September 14
- Obama sends U.S. Marines to embassies worldwide as attacks continue – September 13
- Israel presses Germany to halt Egypt sub deal – September 12
- Putin seen courting Israel to guarantee natural gas dominance in region – September 10
- Rights nightmare: Egypt fails to free African migrants, tortured and raped by Sinai abductors – September 6
- Bushehr reactor fully operational, under Iran’s control by year’s end – September 5
- NATO states warn Assad on using chemical weapons: ‘Massive and blistering’ response – September 4
- Moscow plays on fears of China in global quest for naval bases – August 31
- Dangerous: An undetected Russian sub and the ‘likeability’ factor in U.S. politics – August 31
- Syria was 2nd largest Russian weapons client in 2011 – August 30
- Polar opposites: Canada counters Russian claims to energy-rich Arctic – August 27
- Stalin’s dentist: Talent, that mysterious quality, is a rare thing – August 23
- Memorializing the D-Day beaches at Normandy – August 23
- U.S. Africa Command expands base in Djibouti – August 23
- Putin bombshell: He planned invasion, war in Georgia 4 years ago – August 21
- Syrian opposition: Maher Assad died of injuries suffered in July 18 attack – August 21
- Congress asks how Russian sub went undetected in Gulf of Mexico – August 20
- Where is the U.S. indictment of Julian Assange? – August 19
- Say this for the French: Passionate about American popular culture – August 16
- From late-night arrests in the USSR to Soros-funded ‘progressive’ assaults on freedom in the U.S. – August 15
- Moroccans hit Islamist government ‘repression’ in nationwide protests – August 13
- Israel, Egypt agree: Coordinating to stop influx of African migrants – August 12
- Russian, Iranian advisors spotted in Syria by opposition – August 9
- Polish Army orders 1,000 tanks from consortium including Israel – August 9
- Report: Russia recorded major military exports to Syria in 2011 – August 8
- After 12 years of de facto dictatorship, a sense of foreboding in Moscow – August 8
- Putin changes his mind again: Flotilla of warships may dock in Syria – August 6
- Sudan, South Sudan sign oil accord – August 6
- Report: Islamic parties preach economic stability, believe they can improve on predecessors – August 5
- How to explain national performance at the Olympics? – August 2
- Moscow acknowledges threat to Russians in Syria, only foreign base – July 31
- From the safety of the West, recalling Stalin’s infinitely dangerous madness – July 30
- Frenchman turns states evidence in murder mystery involving wife of once-powerful Bo Xilai – July 29
- Security walkout could leave Algeria vulnerable to Al Qaida ops – July 27
- Flotilla of 4 Russian ships headed for Syria – July 25
- With Syria set to implode, Russia and China check UN action – July 25
- Syrian Alawites flee Sunni onslaught for coastal cities also populated by Russians, Iranians – July 23
- Assad regime in ‘its last days’; family said to be in Moscow – July 22
- Congress slaps Moscow’s Rosoboronexport on military aid to Syria – July 22
- Escape from the USSR and immigration to USA: We did it our way, and legally – July 20
- Iran, Hizbullah cited in attack on Israelis in Bulgaria – July 19
- Olympic uniform controversary brings bipartisan ‘gotcha moment’ – July 18
- Moscow puts hold on military exports to Syria – July 18
- Soviet health care almost aborted our son – July 17
- Stealth jihad has taken root in Europe, now coming to America – July 16
- Bury Lenin, skip the state honors and hold his cult accountable – July 13
- Russia to base six warships at Tartous, Syria through October – July 12
- Russia sending mixed signals on arms to Syria – July 11
- Uzbekistan exits Russia-controlled pact, joining Georgia, Azerbaijan – July 10
- Clinton: Massive aid from Iran, China and Russia keeping Syria ‘afloat’ – July 9
- Iran sues Russia over cancellation of S-300 – July 9
- Report: Arafat died after massive blood transfusion – July 8
- Desecration of cultural sites at Timbuktu: Does France care? The world? – July 5
- Keeping LIBERTY alive an uphill battle on this July 4, 2012 – July 4
- Putin boasts of record-breaking pace for arms exports in 2012 – July 2
- It’s the oil, stupid: The coming energy revolution – July 2
- Solar plane transits harsh Moroccan conditions without fuel – July 1
- Putin, Netanyahu seal deal on satellite launches – June 27
- Turkey, NATO agee: Iran, Russia would have Syria’s back – June 26
- Shipbuilding tech deal with France boosts India in Pacific region – June 26
- Russia seeks major energy partnership with ExxonMobil in Iraq – June 25
- Russia admits shipping attack helicopters to Syria and will try again – June 24
- Libyan weapons enabled Al Qaida stronghold in northern Mali – June 22
- Iran claim: China to send 12 warships to join Russian fleet at major Syria exercise – June 20
- UK turns back Russian ship reportedly delivering helicopters to Syria – June 20
- Hot air about the Falkland Islands reaches the UN – June 20
- U.S. assures Algeria on $1 billion tank deal with Morocco – June 20
- Russia to deploy amphibious assault ships to protect nationals in Syria – June 19
- Demise of the West: Waiting for Act II, but the stage is empty – June 19
- U.S. hires firm to cultivate rule of law in Iraq, Lebanon – June 19
- U.S., NATO tracking Russian ship with upgraded attack helicopters for Syria – June 18
- Global economics and the future of the planet – June 18
- Memories of lost souls befriended: American communists stranded in the USSR – June 17
- Moscow for first time signals willingness to abandon Bashar Assad – June 17
- Putin pitches Israel on joint combat drone program – June 15
- Love for Obama fades, even in Europe – June 15
- Bedouins in Egypt said extorting money from African migrants bound for Israel – June 15
- Al Qaida reports execution of German hostage in Nigeria – June 14
- Abu Dhabi buys energy stake in emerging central African market – June 14
- U.S. hits Russia for delivery of Mi-24 attack helicopters to Syria – June 13
- Moscow outmaneuvers U.S. diplomats at UN with Serbia win – June 13
- ‘Strategic partner’ Putin hailed in Beijing, but not all is well with anti-U.S. ‘alliance’ – June 13
- Moscow vows ‘response’ if U.S. passes bill named for whistleblower – June 11
- Sudan, South fail to agree on oil-rich border – June 10
- Technology secrets, highly-valued by slave masters, are more precious for the free – June 8
- Britain’s Royal Jubilee — It’s about tradition not celebrity – June 7
- Solar aircraft flies from Spain to Morocco ‘without a drop of fuel’ – June 7
- Libya sentences ex-Soviet ‘mercenaries’ who fought for Gadhafi – June 6
- The Bilderberger protests and other distractions from real threats – June 5
- Sudanese troops kill 45 rebels as Darfour fighting resumes – June 4
- The curse of a golden presidential tongue – June 1
- Apologizing to the mullahs but not to Poland – June 1
- About that long-delayed Iran reactor, Russia now says 2013 – May 31
- Israel hints it launched new cyber attack on Iran: We are ‘blessed with top level high-tech’ – May 30
- Global censorship report reminds that much of the world is in the dark – May 30
- NATO states announce missile shield already in place – May 29
- Somali pirates eye oil tanker ‘jackpot’ in Strait of Hormuz – May 28
- Pearl Harbor, 9-11 and the neo-isolationist temptation – May 28
- New Russian arms shipment arrives in Syria – May 28
- Car bomb kills arms smuggler; Sudan links attack to Israel – May 23
- Turkey warns Israel, Greece offshore energy exploration – May 23
- Australian firm targets Moroccan coast for energy search bid – May 22
- Morocco pardons clerics with Al Qaida ties in ‘national reconciliation’ bid – May 22
- The coming train wreck – May 21
- Algeria captures 200 Al Qaida operatives near Libyan border – May 21
- China demonstrating the will to dominate; West losing the will to resist – May 18
- Tunisia deports Moroccan clerics said to spread Al Qaida tenets – May 18
- ’91 agency brochure said Obama was ‘born in Kenya’ – May 17
- Britain warns visitors to Sinai to travel in convoys – May 17
- As West falters, Asia Pacific region emerging as new global economic engine – May 16
- EU launches air strikes against Somali pirates after hijacking of tanker – May 16
- Greece calls new election, slides toward chaos – May 15
- Putin presses offensive against U.S. missile defense network – May 15
- Emergency anti-aircraft weapons urged for South Sudan – May 15
- Morocco’s king vetoes Islamist cultural reforms to preserve image of tolerant Muslim state – May 15
- Somali pirates hijack first oil tanker near Oman in over a year – May 13
- Putin’s play at democracy is over: The gloves are off – May 13
- Algerian Islamists claim fraud after third place election finish – May 13
- End of Atlanticism and the rise of Germany: The West looks East and yields to unelected bureaucracies – May 10
- France’s pendulum swing to the left jolts a continent’s fault lines – May 9
- The Iranian people are the overlooked victims as Russia and China back a toxic regime – May 9
- Russian admiral pours cold water on idea of China ‘military alliance’ – May 8
- Germany donates decontamination systems to Israel – May 7
- Selling priceless freedom, for a modest profit, to the enemy – May 6
- UN ties weapons shipments for West Africa to Iran’s IRGC – May 4
- Israeli tourists warned of terror strikes in Tunisia – May 4
- How to solve the piracy scourge? Lethal force seems to work best – May 2
- Al Qaida offers Brits swap for release of militant cleric – May 1
- South Sudan reports series of wins on the ground but Khartoum controls the air – May 1
- Collapsing Europe is in crisis and the U.S. bailout option, for once, is not available – April 29
- Morocco’s Islamist-controlled parliament eyes king’s power – April 29
- EU defense cuts erode peacekeeping mission in Lebanon – April 29
- Twilight for two once-great civilizations – April 27
- Obama administration doubles military aid to Islamist-led Tunisia – April 27
- Moscow deploys advanced SA-21 Growler missiles in rebuff to Obama – April 26
- Sudan deploys fighter jets, Mi-24s near border with South – April 25
- Sarko, the waffle and the future of France – April 25
- Major protests in Mauritania backed by Muslim Brotherhood – April 24
- Piracy still a thrivng business in Somalia, backed by international financiers – April 22
- Morocco acknowledges security ties to drug traffickers – April 22
- Iran says Russia, China were eager to inspect captured U.S. drone – April 20
- A U.S. president who placed his own interests above those of the nation he leads – April 20
- Morocco seen having major energy potential – April 20
- Moscow livid over jail sentence to Russian arms merchant Viktor Bout – April 18
- Sudan declares war on South, vows to overthrow its government – April 18
- Morocco to host first Europe-to-Africa solar aircraft flight – April 18
- High stakes at the 5+1 Iran talks: The threat of a ‘big war’ that could involve Russia – April 17
- German firm sold surveillance equipment to Syria – April 15
- Sudan, South Sudan on track for all-out war – April 12
- WikiLeaks’ Assange surfaces in Russia as media star and Putin tool – April 12
- Greece enters into ‘strategic alliance’ with Israel – April 11
- China implements historic accord with Russia over disputed island – April 10
- Western firms investing in Morocco’s aerospace sector – April 9
- S. Sudan has surface-to-air missiles, downs Sudanese MiG-29 – April 6
- Russia sends guided missile destroyer on ‘purely technical’ port call to Syria – April 4
- Vetting Obama in year 4: The Russia connection – April 4
- The U.S. struggle for position on the Eurasian chessboard vs the Iran-Russia-China monolith – April 4
- ‘Arab Spring’ bad for pro-democracy cause: UAE evicts NGOs – April 1
- Opposition: Syria using Russian-made copters against rebels – March 30
- ‘Experts’ on slave states who did not escape from totalitarianism don’t get it – March 30
- Kofi Annan’s Syria deal spares Assad and is backed by China, Russia and Iran – March 29
- 1,200 U.S. Marines in Morocco for ‘Africa Lion’ exercise – March 29
- Geostrategy-Direct: Russia opposes hasty pullout, offers NATO access to supply air base – March 27
- Sudan Army deploying drones from Iran in war with South – March 26
- Consequences of transferring the world’s best technology to a slave state – March 23
- Russia’s LukOil gets Iraq contract on world’s largest undeveloped oil field – March 23
- Terror in France and the chilling prospect of sleeper cells also in the USA – March 22
- Report: Russia arming Syria; Port at Tartous serves as key strategic asset – March 21
- Moscow: Naval mission off Syrian coast for ‘counter-piracy’ – March 20
- Algeria, Morocco will open borders, after 18 years, to fight Al Qaida – March 18
- Khartoum carries out bombing runs on S. Sudan oil wells – March 16
- Kasparov checkmated world’s top computers but could not best Putin’s political muscle – March 16
- Moscow concerned about its thousands of advisers in Syria – March 15
- BP begins drilling in Gulf of Suez – March 15
- Report: China, Russia still arming Sudan for attacks on Darfour – March 14
- Senators target Russian defense contracts over Moscow’s arming of Syrian regime – March 14
- Morality and foreign policy: Once again, the U.S. is asked, ‘for God’s sake, do something!’ – March 12
- Revisiting the ‘Revolution’ of 1917 to put the Putin of today in context – March 11
- From Stalin to Putin: Moscow maintains uneasy balance of power in Northeast Asia – March 9
- Moscow rattled: Syrian rebels ‘trained in Libya’ by militants tied to Al Qaida – March 9
- Next president can cope with Putin redux and China’s sinister rise … if his name is not Obama – March 2
- Sudan border clash called potentially explosive – Feb. 29
- Well-funded Islamist militias challenging Tunisia’s new government – Feb. 29
- The ‘monumental hypocrisy’ of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, a paid agent of Moscow – Feb. 29
- An echo of 1930s Spain in Syria today – Feb. 27
- Plastic explosives found in weapons cache at Libyan embassy in Greece – Feb. 23
- Libyan oil ouput for major firm nearing pre-revolt levels – Feb. 23
- Russian musician rocks Putin and his art world ‘boosters’ in online broadside – Feb. 23
- Russia to resume SSBN patrols of worldwide strategic waterways – Feb. 22
- ‘We have a deal’: Russia replaces Iran as Bahrain’s natural gas supplier – Feb. 22
- S. Korea’s Daewoo wins submarine contract for Indonesia over Turkish-German bid – Feb. 21
- Iran answers EU sanctions by cutting oil to UK, French companies; details unclear – Feb. 20
- The choice for Russian voters: Who will uphold freedom? – Feb. 20
- Classic showdown for Western civilization: Not in Brussels, but in Greece – Feb. 20
- One year after kicking off ‘Arab Spring’, Tunisia appeals for increase in U.S. military aid – Feb. 20
- Roadside bombing of Algerian bus by Al Qaida kills 4 – Feb. 20
- Obama State Department set to cede oil-rich Alaska islands to Russia – Feb. 20
- Al Qaida said to control entire desert region of northern Mali, posing regional threat – Feb. 19
- Russian military drafts options for responding to attack on Iran – Feb. 15
- Falklands redux: Where there’s oil, Hugo Chavez and Sean Penn, will there be fire? – Feb. 15
- Moscow’s arms to Syria would prevent NATO op of kind used in Libya – Feb. 14
- Regime security, not national security, is dominant priority in Beijing and Moscow – Feb. 13
- Moroccan king bows to military protests, pledges salary boosts, reforms – Feb. 12
- Introducing Putin’s real No. 2 man: The sinister Vladislav Surkov – Feb. 11
- UK offers assistance to Syrian opposition – Feb. 10
- U.S., Morocco plans fifth ‘African Lion’ exercise – Feb. 10
- What reset? What Arab Spring? Veto of Syria resolution reminds world of its Russia-China problem – Feb. 8
- India gets 1st nuclear sub, guards sea lanes with ‘axis of democracies’ – Feb. 7
- Assad ramps up counter-offensive as senior Russians arrive in Damascus – Feb. 6
- World waits for someone to do something, and then waits some more – Feb. 6
- Russian SS-26 missile in Syria seen shifting Mideast balance of power – Feb. 5
- Russia vows to continue arms deliveries to Syria: ‘no restrictions’ – Feb. 3
- China’s dictators are not stupid like Stalin and Obama is their ally – Feb. 2
- U.S. intel: Syrian regime could survive 2012 with backing from China, Russia, Iran – Feb. 1
- Libyan revolution spells disaster for Russian defense contractor – Feb. 1
- Algeria, Morocco end ‘cold war’, agree to open borders – Feb. 1
- Pakistan and Central Asia greet stark 2012 landscape minus U.S. strategic dominance – Jan. 31
- S. Sudan plans end run around Khartoum with own refinery, pipeline – Jan. 30
- Key ministers tangle over Israel’s relations with Russia – Jan. 29
- U.S. doubts new war in Sudan as jets bomb refugee camps – Jan. 27
- The real Margaret Thatcher story – Jan. 26
- State of the globe nothing to cheer about: UN report warns jobs crisis ignored, downturn looms – Jan. 25
- NATO flotilla sends message, steams through Iran-claimed Strait of Hormuz – Jan. 24
- Syria buys 36 Russian Yak-130 jets – Jan. 24
- EU slaps oil embargo on Iran after months of U.S. pressure – Jan. 24
- S. Sudan to completely shut down oil production by Feb. 7 – Jan. 23
- Canadian firm drilling for Somalian oil: First such venture in decades – Jan. 20
- Syria on the brink? Russia upgrades major port at Tartous to accommodate aircraft carriers – Jan. 19
- From a prison state to a dream country, now endangered – Jan. 19
- Sudan still blocking oil from South through pipeline – Jan. 18
- Moroccan military’s purchase of F-16s marks shift from French platforms – Jan. 15
- Morocco seeks investors for oil, gas development – Jan. 13
- N. African states take down major narcoterror drug network – Jan. 11
- New ‘tough’ head of Algerian security named after Al Qaida abductions – Jan. 11
- Al Qaida affiliate in Africa using Twitter to attract potential recruits – Jan. 10
- Russian carrier arrives in Syria – Jan. 9
- PLO infuriated by preferential treatment Hamas now gets in Arab states – Jan. 9
- Obama okays defense exports to South Sudan – Jan. 9
- Moroccan king maintains control over new Islamist government – Jan. 6
- Cyprus reports major gas discovery in eastern Mediterranean – Jan. 6
- Report: Bin Ali gone, but his huge security force remains a problem for Tunisia’s Islamist government – Jan. 4
- Eight strategic factors bearing on 2012, the year of ‘Great Power Impotence’ – Jan. 3