Trump during the Commander in Chief Forum.
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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appeared in the ‘commander-in-chief’ forum this week. This roundup looks at what the experts have to say about our nation’s biggest vulnerabilities.
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The problem with Syria is that all sides have their own reasons for acting the way they do – and they all think they’re right.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in center.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has not dropped below 80 percent since March 2014. Russians overwhelmingly support their president’s aggression in Georgia and Crimea. Here’s why.
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Cooperation between Tehran and Moscow is strictly limited to Syria.
Russian bomber targeting ‘Islamic State’ in districts of the Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr.
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Critics claim that Russia and Syria are targeting civilians with thermobaric ‘vacuum’ bombs.
A girl stands near fighters in Aleppo. August 7, 2016.
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The survival of civilians seem forgotten in a new U.S. and Russian agreement to root out IS and other terrorists in Syria.
Journalism has always been key to the way the world understands Russia – and its leaders have long known that.
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In the West, the public perception of Stalin and the Terror lingers from the period immediately after his death in 1953. It shouldn’t.
In the future, will Turkey be a little, or a lot, democratic?
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A professor at Ohio State surveyed Turkish citizens about their views on democracy. What he learned helps explain the current crisis in the EU wannabe.
Donald Trump’s boastful and bullying leadership style encapsulates many of the worst features and sentiments of today’s world.
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In a world out of balance, one in which arrogance and unaccountability combine in a corrosive synergy, humility can offer a powerful alternative vision of how to approach democratic government.
General Sir Richard Shirreff when serving as commander of the British forces in Kosovo in 2000.
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We should welcome the latest intervention from General Sir Richard Shirreff – he knows what he is talking about.
Godwin’s Law? Bring it on.
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Carl Schmitt rejected the Nazis, but his political philosophy paved the way for the likes of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
The 82nd Airborne taking part in NATO exercises in Spain.
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No election in recent times has so clearly presented American voters with such a stark choice when it comes to U.S. foreign policy. A guide to the major differences.
‘Et tu Brute?’
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Make no mistake: the odds of a palace coup just narrowed slightly.
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Real estate has become a ‘soft’ power tool in the world of international politics.
How much do you care about all this Mr President?
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Revelations about offshore tax dealings have caused a global storm, but reactions in Russia have been distinctly Pana-meh.
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News from Syria that the ancient town has been taken back from Islamic State is good news – but especially for Putin and Assad.
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The Russian president is proving he has learned what America didn’t: to quit while ahead.
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The Russian president’s announcement he will be pulling troops out of Syria has taken everyone by surprise.
Marina Litvinenko has called for action against Russia over her husband’s death.
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Putin’s personal involvement is speculative, but report findings will cast a long shadow over Anglo-Russian relations.