Does Al Qaeda Still Matter?
Without its charismatic leader, the infamous terrorist network may be damaged beyond repair.
Nick Ottens
Nick Ottens is a public affairs officer for the Dutch Animal Coalition and a board member for Liberal Green, the sustainability network of the Dutch liberal party VVD. He is a former political risk consultant and a former research manager for XPRIZE, where he designed prize competitions to incentivize breakthrough innovation in agriculture, food and health care. He has also worked as a journalist in Amsterdam, Barcelona and New York for EUobserver, NRC, Trouw, World Politics Review and Wynia’s Week, among others.
Who Benefits from Soaring Gas Prices?
Is is true that only fat cat oil executives and their big companies benefit from rising gasoline prices?
India Plans to Buy European Fighter Jets
Rejecting competing bids from Boeing and Lockheed, India announces plans to buy combat aircraft from European manufacturers.
Despots Who Fight to the Bitter End
Wikistrat wonders what to do about hardheaded old dictators who refuse to go when their time is up.
American Seniors Favor Ryan Plan
For all the Democrats’ demagoguery, nearly half of all seniors support the House budget committee chairman’s reform effort.
Petraeus’ Untimely Departure From Afghanistan
General David Petraeus’ expected appointment as head of the CIA comes at a pivotal moment for the war in Afghanistan.
Fed Sees No Reason to Reverse Stimulus
Ben Bernanke is in no rush to scale back his expansionary monetary policy.
CIA Director to Succeed Robert Gates
Intelligence director Leon Panetta will have to make the army smaller and cheaper.
Obama, UAE Crown Prince Discuss Relations
President Barack Obama met with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi to discuss the ongoing unrest in the Middle East.
EPA Ruling Forces Company to Cancel Drilling Plans
The Environmental Protection Agency denied Shell a drilling permit in Alaska because of 245 people seventy miles away.
Obama: Can’t Let the Rich “Relax and Count Their Money”
The president pretended that America is allowing its rich to sit back and contribute nothing.
China’s Economy to Overtake America’s
China’s economic growth doesn’t necessary foreshadow the demise of American superpower.
Top US Senators Urge Heavier Involvement in Libya
Opposition legislators in the United States called upon Western nations to do more to help Libya’s rebels.
Intervention in Syria Unlikely
Unless the suppression of protests in Syria escalates, the West would be ill advised to mount another intervention.
Is the Arab Spring a Distraction for America?
Kathleen T. McFarland warned that America is diverting its attention from the real threat in the Middle East: Iran.