however, militaries overstep this role and become political actors, undermining the system they are intended to protect. The challenge for governments is therefore to establish armed forces capable of protecting the state while at the same time refraining from use of their military power to determine...
They insisted that I and my brother, Todd, not only go to college but also to grad school. But they didn't believe in accumulating debt to earn an undergraduate degree. So I had to opt for the lower-cost tuition at Penn State, which was initially painful for me. I had my eyes set...
Image:Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in Mosul. File pic: AP Central Asia is a fertile recruiting ground, as are the restive republics of the Russian Federation, Ingushetia, Dagestan and Chechnya. As IS was gathering strength in Iraq and ...
“exposed” the White Helmets and to state that he, the journalist has been “attacked”, is to have a dubious connection to the meaning that flows behind words. A journalist should be criticised if the work produced is shoddy, since he or she is expected to present evidence and then to...
No. Dubai is a liberal state within the United Arab Emirates. Some Muslim women do cover up, so don’t be shocked to see full hijabs in practice. However, you’re just as likely to see a Russian instagrammer in next to nothing right beside them. ...
The terrorist group that claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack in Kabul, which killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans, is an offshoot of ISIS, known as ISIS-K. An affiliate of ISIS, the group that spread into northern Iraq from Syria six years ago and once contr...
A tool to assess nutritional status in older persons was really needed. It took 5 years to design the MNA® (Mini Nutrition Assessment) tool, complete
Why was the war on terror different than the Cold War, the Gulf War of 1991, and the Iraq War? From the end of the War of 1812 to the middle of the 20th century, the US has expanded in the size of its territory, interest, economy, and government. Dis...
Although the organization's charter doesn't explicitly state this, OPEC was founded in the 1960s to—put it crudely—fix oil and gas prices. By restricting production,OPEC could force prices to rise, and thereby theoretically enjoy greater profits than if its member countries had each sold on...