Just how strong is Iran’s supposedly fearsome Revolutionary Guard if it’s both fearful of local karate clubs and reliant on them for training and assistance?
WikiLeaks XV: Does Tehran Really Press-Gang Ninjas Into Its Services?
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Assange’s Arrest: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
Is the WikiLeak founder’s threat to drop the rest of the documents motivated by revenge or concern for WikiLeaks?
WikiLeaks Western Sahara Cables Reveal Role of Ideology in State Dept.
The U.S. embassy’s view of the conflict over Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara is an example of the role of ideology plays in shaping the perspectives of State Dept. personnel.
WikiLeaks XIV: Mexican Government’s Drug Policy Benefits Drug Cartels
One cable describes a Mexican government pursuing losing tactics in the name of an unfocused strategy that leaves everyone worse off, with the exception of the country’s increasingly drug cartels.
Ireland: The Great Famine 2.0
With both the potato famine and the current economic crisis, the devastation resulted from conscious policy choices by the powerful.
WikiLeaks XIII: Cables Reveal the Extent to Which U.S. and Russia Vied for Prized “Bout-y”
Viktor Bout’s Russian supporters may have used perjury and bribery to keep the U.S. from extraditing Viktor Bout from Thailand.
To Chalmers Johnson, American Militarism Was to Colonialism as Overseas Bases Are to Colonies
Perhaps because he didn’t discover it until later in life, Johnson’s outrage at American militarism was a well that never ran dry.
Japan May Become Both More Independent and More Allied With the U.S.
The attempt to revise the weapons export ban is part of a dual-hedge strategy of Japan’s defense policy and its alliance with the United States.
Insert Your Own Julian Assange Slur Here: __________
Seldom in recent memory has the wrath of God been called down on anyone like it has been on the WikiLeaks founder.
WikiLeaks XII: If It Had Its Druthers, Would North Korea Take the U.S. Over China?
North Korea may feel that the time has come to establish relations with the United States as a hedge against unpredictable future relations with Beijing.