European women – and European women’s groups – are beginning to question their rights, and are finding what they consider to be surprising deficiencies – especially when motherhood is removed from the equation. Europe has long been perceived as a bastion of equal rights and equal opportunity; however, Europe continues ...
During October and November 2010, an unexpected friendship has emerged in the Mediterranean. Increased politico-military cooperation between Israel and Greece has been raising eyebrows in the region and around the world. Once cool towards Israel because of its traditionally-good relations with the Arab world, Greece permitted Israeli air force exercises ...
Russia has recently emerged as an important ally of the United States. Not only does the United States need Russian assistance in dealing with uncooperative states and in a supporting role in Afghanistan, but Europe is also finding Russian cooperation to be extremely useful. As the United States and ...
In the 2008 Russia-Georgia crisis, Russian computer programmers, known as crackers, timed cyber-assaults on Georgian government websites to coincide with the Russian military’s ground invasion. The attacks, while apparently decentralized from and unsanctioned by the Russian command, were a proof-of-concept for a new form of warfare.
Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is released after two days of questioning over an alleged prostitution ring but will be quizzed again next month.