The issue of whether women should be permitted assignment in combat units is the kind of issue on which almost every American has a view, but by which almost no Americans are affected.
American power is an offshore balancer—deterring pugilistic regimes that fancy the land or resources of neighbors, and serving as a caution to dictators possessed of outlandish ambitions.
The tea leaves say that the Kremlin elite, dubbed by some as Politburo 2.0, is currently deciding whether Putin should go before he makes a bad situation worse.
First, Europeans must never be deprived of their sacred right to a summer vacation. The negotiations that begin early in 2015 were concluded in principle just in time for German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her fellow Eurozone leaders to take their annual summer vacation.
As Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces took over Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in early 2014, the interim Ukrainian government was debating whether or not to fight back against the "little green men" Russia had deployed.
Thursday, August 20, 2015 to Saturday, August 22, 2015
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The purpose of the North American Forum is to create the political and conceptual basis for increased cooperation among countries and across sectors. North American Forum members are selected based on their commitment to the NAF’s goals and their ability to effect positive change. Emphasis on how to keep North American momentum going in a competitive world through political, economic, and security perspectives.
