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.
Obama’s Syrian Conundrum
The United States struggle to come up with a way to hurt Assad.
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.
The Drone Résumé Expands
The United States deploy drone aircraft in Libya in order to tilt the military balance in the rebels’ favor.
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.
McChrystal Reincarnated
An Inspector General Report debunks a controversial Rolling Stone article about NATO’s former commander in Afghanistan.
Intervention in Syria Unlikely
Unless the suppression of protests in Syria escalates, the West would be ill advised to mount another intervention.