Pakistan is working to buy helicopters from Russia, in an arms deal that has little precedence. But this shift in Cold War-era alliances (Pakistan with the U.S., India with Russia) is only the latest reminder that geopolitics is in flux all over the world.
Germany has nixed an arms deal with Russia, to Moscow’s predictable fury. Meanwhile, European sanctions aren’t quite having the desired impact, and Russia is massing even more troops at the Ukrainian border.
The first U.S.-Africa Summit, now in session, will discuss strategic responses to the growing threat of terrorism on the continent. But despite its involvement in many African countries, the U.S. is still searching for a strategy.
Under-built pipeline infrastructure is forcing drillers in North Dakota to set on fire the gas they can’t get to market. Flaring, as this process is called, hurts gas companies and Gaia alike, and landowners aren’t happy with it, either.
The proposed CA high speed bullet train is our country’s biggest and most misguided boondoggle. But Gov. Jerry Brown is determined to double down on it at all costs.
With Ukraine advising civilians to leave Donetsk ahead of a battle with the separatists, and given Putin’s well-known unwillingness to back down, the situation could escalate into outright war.
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