A pall of death still hangs over the beautiful Katyn Forest in Western Russia where, in the spring of 1940, thousands of Polish officers were shot to death on orders of Stalin and his principal henchmen. The crime of these Polish officers
THE INDEX — April 12, 2010
A new Israeli military order to go into effect on Tuesday will subject all Palestinians in the West Bank without proper documentation to deportation or imprisonment of up to seven years.
*COUNTERPOINT* William D. Hartung: Obama’s Nuclear Strategy — Incomplete, Not Ill-Defined
William Beecher’s essay earlier today on the World Policy blog misreads or misrepresents the Obama administration’s nuclear policy in several key respects.
*POINT* William Beecher: Obama’s Ill-Defined Nuclear Strategy
With President Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit kicking off Monday evening, it may be an appropriate time to reflect on whether his newly formulated nuclear strategy is entirely consistent with his call for a “world free of nuclear weapons.” Or perhaps more critical&
THE INDEX — April 7, 2010
Violence erupted as protestors and police clashed in Bishkek, capital of the Central Asian nation Kyrgystan, over increasingly oppressive government leadership. More than 5,000 protestors took to the streets in the capital city and surrounding provincial areas to decry abuses and demand the resignation of
Swadesh Rana: A Terrorist Spillover to India
Faced with a growing presence of Taliban militants on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border, the Indian security establishment is no longer merely concerned.
William Beecher: START Is Hardly a Beginning
The Obama Administration hailed the recently concluded strategic arms reduction agreement with Moscow as signaling a newly “strong partnership” with Russia, an initiative to curb or reverse the nuclear weapons programs of Iran and North Korea, and a step toward what the
THE INDEX — March 29, 2010
Two female suicide bombers with hexagon bombs strapped to their chests blew themselves up on the subway in central Moscow during rush hour this morning, killing at least 35 people and injuring another 100. Although no group has