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Trump, despite the advice and warnings of America's security/intelligence agencies and his country's major allies, gives in to Neta...

The United States has launched missile strikes against government targets in Syria. This time Britain and France tossed in a few missiles ...

Ask anyone in the Third World where, if they had their druthers, they would choose to live and their top choice, hands down, would be th...

Tossing ideas around yesterday I came to a "What If" moment .  What if, I wondered, Israeli prime minister re-elect, Benjamin ...

What is it about the International Criminal Court that has so inflamed Israel and the United States?  It's a court of law and a pretty g...

A lot of Americans will be spending this 4th of July indoors, at home.   At least those who still have electricity and air conditioning p...

China has provoked outrage in the Philippines by deploying this oil platform, the country's first deepwater drilling rig, into the South...

It's always grim when a major client goes through some upheaval.   The tighter your own fortunes are tied to that client, the more sever...

He who has the gold, rules.  We're beginning to see that Golden Rule applied to our trade umbilical, the United States, and we can expe...

The US ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual, says the 1,200 National Guard troops president Obama has ordered to bolster security along the ...

It's interesting to see the near total absence of angry resentment as Americans settle in to the idea that the United States' global...

Continental Drift is a reality and it's happening before our very eyes. Europe, Asia, Africa and now even Central and South America ar...

The Americans are demanding to know who's aboard commercial airliners transiting American airspace even if those flights don't land ...

By 2025 America will no longer dominate the world as it has ever since the end of WWII. Says who? America's 50-billion dollar a year int...

Toles, Washington Post Paul Simon wrote, "...it's all happening at the zoo. I do believe it, I do believe it's true." He ...

Trust the New York Times' David Brooks to put a highly spun gloss on a clearly stated problem. This time the columnist weighs in on t...

Absolute Vodka has stirred up a tempest among some Americans with this advertisement it ran in Mexico. The ad depicts North America's b...

The Pentagon has enjoyed the Bush era, transforming defence procurement into one giant pinata party. Every defence contractor is invited, gi...

Nothing like a good old-fashioned arms race to spice up the world's problems. It's curious how they always seem to follow the same c...

Adbusters has published an interview with Dr. Michael Byers who holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at...