Die Nato erörtert mit Russland weiterhin künftige Maßnahmen zur Risiko-Minimierung militärischer Zwischenfälle und ist laut dem Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg bereit, den Russland-Nato-Rat für eine Fortsetzung dieser Diskussion einzuberufen, wie die Agentur RIA Novosti berichtet.

Obama administration officials say they have tried to shore up Tunisia’s fledgling democracy and position the country as a key counterterrorism partner in the region. Though the drones operating out of Tunisia currently conduct only surveillance missions, U.S. officials said they could be armed in future, if Tunisia gives the United States permission. The Tunisian embassy in Washington declined to comment.

(6.4.2016) Let’s face it: in times of war, the Constitution tends to take a beating. With the safety or survival of the nation said to be at risk, the basic law of the land — otherwise considered sacrosanct — becomes nonbinding, subject to being waived at the whim of government authorities who are impatient, scared, panicky, or just plain pissed off.

The examples are legion.

(19.10.2016) But unlike the wars that Washington has embarked on in the Middle East, no-fly zones have clear objectives and limits. They have been enforced three times – in Iraq, Bosnia and Libya – with various degrees of success.

Syria is in many ways a much more difficult situation, mainly because a large and well-equipped air force is already operating there with impunity. But that’s arguably why a no-fly zone is so urgently needed.

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So it‘s been a bit bizarre watching people try to insist that the troves of John Podesta emails that Wikileaks has been releasing are somehow fake, doctored or manipulated. We recently wrote about Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald going crazy insisting that he had proved that Wikileaks and the Russians teamed up to „manipulate“ an email. Of course, the reality turned out to be that a young American part-time reporter for a Russian-owned news site, had simply misread a tweet and turned it into an article. No big conspiracy. No manipulation. And, certainly, none of that has anything to do with Wikileaks (amusingly, Eichenwald then deleted all his tweets claiming proof that Wikileaks was a part of this conspiracy, and apparently tried to silence the young reporter by telling him he‘d try to get him a job elsewhere).

Ganz Europa haben die EU-Funktionäre auf Linie gebracht und für die Unterzeichnung des umstrittenen Freihandelsabkommens CETA gewonnen. Ganz Europa? Nein. Die belgische Region Wallonien leistet erbitterten Widerstand.

The ‘pivot to Asia’ did not shift existing resources from the Middle East, it added military commitments to the region, while provoking more conflicts with Russia and China.

The “pivot to Asia” meant that the US was extending and deepening its regional military alliances in order to confront and encircle Russia and China. The goal would be to cripple their economies and foster social unrest leading to political instability and regime change.

The US onslaught for greater empire depended on the cooperation of proxies and allies to accomplish its strategic goals.

It is understood the troops will work at bases in Turkey and Jordan.