by Piper Bayard | Jul 18, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, News, US/Asia-Pacific Alliances
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On July 12, 2016, a landmark event occurred for the South China Sea — the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled against the People’s Republic of China in a case filed by the Philippines under the United Nations Convention on the...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 17, 2014 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes The United Nations News Center released a report on February 8, 2014, stating that civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose by 14% last year. It also indicates that 2014 was the worst year since 2009 in terms of the number of women and children killed or...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 29, 2013 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes When we last published an analysis of the war in Syria in April 2013, this was where things stood: Various factions of Islamic fundamentalist-branded gangs had hijacked the conflict. Russia had announced its continuing support for Assad. Turkey’s own...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 8, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Since I published my last update on Syria in late November, the conflict remains in overtime, waiting for a tie breaker. It’s easy enough to watch the events play out from this safe distance, but for the 22.5 million people living in Syria, things...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 17, 2011 | Apocalypse, Foreign Affairs, Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes Western governments have, thus far, declined to use any portion of their massive military superiority to intervene on behalf of the anti-Gadhafi rebels in Libya. It appears that, after their initial, timid response to the rebels, Gadhafi’s...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 10, 2011 | Special Edition Libya
By Jay Holmes In 1984, the United Kingdom broke off relations with Libya when a Libyan Embassy staff member gunned down London policewoman, Yvonne Fletcher, in front of the Libyan Embassy. The British SAS was called in to storm the Libyan Embassy. US Navy Sixth Fleet...
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