Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Britain’s ‘veto’ of eurozone plan causes angry recriminations Sarkozy downplays threat that France will lose AAA credit rating France’s former PM Dominique de Villepin to run for president Russia’s Circassian issues intensify as 2014
Good thing we’ve moved on from George W. Bush’s cowboy diplomacy and become a kinder, gentler United States–a nation that asks “pretty please” when foreign despots steal its military technology. From BBC News: President Barack Obama has said the US
New Jersey Nets owner and Russian oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov has announced today that he will challenge Vladimir Putin for the Russian presidency. From the AP: The announcement Monday by Mikhail Prokhorov underlines the extent of the discontent with Putin, who
Last Friday, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, did something revolutionary. He told the truth about the Palestinians. In an interview with The Jewish Channel, Gingrich said that the Palestinians are an
The U.S. Armed Services are preparing to absorb billions of dollars in budget cuts over the next decade, over and above sweeping cuts that have already taken effect, and a large number of defense reforms currently under way. They are
Tuvia Tenenbom is the author of “I Sleep in Hitler’s Room: An American Jew Visits Germany,” a publication of The Jewish Theater of New York. A German edition of the book, titled “Allein unter Deutschen,” will be published next year
It’s been mentioned here before that foreign policy has largely taken a back seat during the GOP debates. To a certain degree, it is understandable. Our nation is currently facing dire domestic problems from the economy, unemployment, political paralysis, and
(AFP) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s attempt to placate the masses who rallied against a disputed poll backfired on his own Facebook page Monday when it became flooded with irate comments. More than 10,000 people posted replies, many of them insulting,
PARIS (AP) – Enthusiasm for riskier assets such as stocks and the euro faded Monday as investors worried that Europe’s new pact aimed at fixing the continent’s debt crisis would be insufficient. Markets had rallied on Friday, when the European
In the “Israel [x] to Prevent Islamic Violence” headline template, today’s entry will definitely make it as one of the year’s top ten. From Reuters: Israel on Monday closed a footbridge it deemed unsafe at Jerusalem’s holiest and most volatile
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * NATO vacates the Shamsi air base in Pakistan * Islamic Jihad challenges ‘moderate’ Hamas in Gaza * Israel to expel tens of thousands of illegal African immigrants * Huntsman: China’s Fifth Generation will
We have been hearing a lot about the Muslim Brotherhood lately – and none of it is good news. Get used to it. With the Brotherhood’s ascendancy in the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and beyond, the world is going
Our Austrian correspondent AMT sent us a tip about a post at SOS-Österreich and included this note: The following papers were left in the mailboxes in heavily subsidized public housing (Gemeindebau) in Vienna. These public housing projects were for many
Energized by a early parliamentary election victory where they and other hard-line Islamist parties will make up two-thirds of Egyptian national parliament, the Muslim Brotherhood has been quick to exert its influence and newfound legitimacy. First they sent a signal
This Sunday morning, on CNN’s State of the Union, Candy Crowley attempted to “fact-check” Sen. Rick Santorum for his statement to the Republican Jewish Coalition on Dec. 7 that President Barack Obama had pursued a foreign policy of “appeasement.” Her
From the New York Times: Tens of thousands of Russians took to the streets in Moscow on Saturday shouting “Putin is a thief” and “Russia without Putin,” forcing the Kremlin to confront a level of public discontent that has not
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Tens of thousands protest in Russia as anti-Putin civil unrest grows * Hamas, embarrassed by Syria’s violence, may be forced to move * Taliban claims to be talking peace with Pakistan government Except
Last Thursday, in an address before the Association for Public Law’s annual conference at the Dead Sea, Israeli Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch launched an unhinged attack on the Knesset and the government. Beinisch accused Israel’s elected officials of “inciting
Excerpt from “The Persian Night: Iran Under the Khomeinist Revolution,” by Amir Taheri: Mohammed Mossadeq By 1953, it had become clear that Mossadeq had reached a political impasse of his own making. He had rejected every offer extended to him
Call us crazy, but maybe–just maybe–at some point you’re only looking for an excuse. From Reuters: Palestinian leaders said on Saturday U.S. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich had invited more conflict in the Middle East by calling the Palestinians an
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. * Euro Zone leaders reach an agreement to save the euro * Hopes for ECB intervention are dashed once again * Bond yields for Italy’s debt fall slightly * Britain opts out of the
Cynthia Farahat joins Fred to discuss her role as one of the principal witnesses that testified in front of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on December 7th. As a Coptic Christian who recently escaped Egypt, Cynthia has had a
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The British coalition government led by Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected a new treaty, favored by France and Germany, which attempts to “save” Europe’s common currency by committing member states to balancing their budgets and sacrificing some of their
This week, Egyptian political activist Cynthia Farahat testified before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the House of Representatives. Reps. Frank Wolf and James McDermott presented Under Threat: The Worsening Plight of Egypt’s Coptic Christians. Ms. Farahat spoke about
