by John M. Curtis | Jan 22, 2016
Expressing alarm over Russia’s troop buildup on the Syrian border, 61-year-old Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan telegraphed his concerns to NATO, hoping for backing from the beleaguered Western alliance. Shooting down a Russian fighter jet Nov. 24, 2015 for...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 21, 2016
Since the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party emerged in 2008, a new brand of conservatives hijacked part moderates like former Sen. Bob Dole (R-Ks.), Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). McCain tried to jump on the parade running against...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 20, 2016
Meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in posh Davos, Switzerland, 65-year-old Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and 70-year-old Secretary of State John Kerry tried to hash out an acceptable list of players in the long-awaited Syrian peace talks in...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 19, 2016
Showing unacceptable bias against Israel, U.S. envoy Daniel Shapiro ripped Israel for vigilantism in the West Bank, claiming Israel has one justice system for Israelis and another for Palestinians. Shapiro’s apparently oblivious to the ongoing Palestinian war against...
by John M. Curtis | Jan 18, 2016
Feeling the walls closing in on her, 61-year-old German Chancellor Angela Merkel rolled the dice with the Syrian refugee crisis, now facing a backlash that could break the European Union. Brussels entrenched bureaucracy costing, billions from 29 its members, faces its...