A more inconvenient truth
By Jonathan Altman On July 21st, the United States military formally handed over the province of Qadasiyah to the Iraqi...
Iran
Dangerous disarmers
Wednesday marks the 63rd anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima by an American atomic bomb. For most of us, if...
Sainted or Stockholmed?
Highlighted Story: "Ingrid Betancourt: Sainted or Stockholmed?" By John R. Thomson & Dorotea Laserna* Since July 2, when Colombia's armed...
Iran in Latin America
Visit the Americas Report blog at https://themengesproject.blogspot.com and leave your comments Highlighted Story: "An Update on Iran's Activities in Latin America" by...
The war with Iran
Last week's Iranian missile tests prompted another round of fevered speculation that war might erupt between Iran and the United...
Implications of the Colombian Hostage Rescue
The liberation of former Colombian presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt, along with three Americans and eleven Colombian hostages was not just...
Implications of the Colombian Hostage Rescue
The liberation of former Colombian presidential candidate, Ingrid Betancourt, along with three Americans and eleven Colombian hostages was not just...
Congress, free the hostage
Wednesday’s daring rescue of the four most prominent hostages long held by the Colombian narco-terror group known as the FARC...
Bad deal: all carrots, no sticks
President George W. Bush Thursday formally abandoned the last vestiges of a once-robust policy towards a North Korean regime he...
Bad deal: all carrots, no sticks
President George W. Bush Thursday formally abandoned the last vestiges of a once-robust policy towards a North Korean regime he...
Resurgence in need of restraint
By Jared Anderson Russia’s gargantuan state-run gas company, Gazprom, has been touted as the driving force behind the country’s economic...
Guilty knowledge
In recent months, a growing number of U.S. commercial banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions have begun promoting products...
The perils of Shariah-compliant finance
In recent letters to America's largest banks and hedge funds, Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney, Jr. has warned...
Europe after Lisbon
On Friday the 13th (of June), the news came through: The Irish had rejected the EU's Lisbon Treaty. Prophets of...
Can Kirchner last in Argentina?
Highlighted Story: "Can Mrs. Kirchner Last as President of Argentina?" Word through the grapevine is that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner...
Carter 2.0
It isn’t too early to project what an Obama Administration might look like, at least in terms of its foreign/national...