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If worst comes to worst and Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff is deposed and her widely beloved predecessor, Luiz “Lula” da Silva, is discredited, they will long be remembered for...

Defeated, degraded and disgraced, 15 of the original 276 Chibok girls, abducted by Boko Haram militants from their school dormitories two years ago, have resurfaced in a ‘proof of...

Within my scope of practice there are occasions when I have referenced the work of Transparency International. The “global coalition against corruption” is cited in scholarly papers across the...

Terrorist behavior is probably always determined by a combination of innate biological, early developmental, cognitive and temperament factors along with environmental influences, and group dynamics. The degree to which...

President Obama and the First Lady of the USA were the Chief Guests during the 26 January, 2015 Republic Day Parade in New Delhi, India. The US is the...

The Brazilians have an elected president. They must keep her. If Dilma Rosseff is pushed to resign democracy has failed. Two years ago she won re-election handsomely. That is...

When my second son was still in diapers, I joined the Naval Reserves as a direct commission officer. The process was rigorous. There were interviews with recruiters and peer interviews...

Why do terrorists seek such a wide canvass? Terrorists want to paralyze the normal political procedures and shock political change through threats and violence. By harassing a defined population,...

Erdogan's interactions with President Obama could shed light on long-gestating proposals for retaking ISIS-held areas in northern Syria, as well as the status of recent bilateral tensions and the...

In the 1970s there was a cult film, “Midnight Express”, directed by the young Oliver Stone. It was based on the story of an American who was sentenced to...