WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Lurking behind the good news from the Pakistan election is the threat of a geopolitical nightmare.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Where next for the United States? Foreign policy begins at home, says the head of the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass.
WASHINGTON, April 24 (UPI) -- In Afghanistan it is later than one thinks; in Pakistan, even later.
WASHINGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. has lost the media war in Pakistan. Popular talk show hosts have already made up their minds that America is preparing a war against their country.
WASHINGTON, April 1 (UPI) -- Cyprus was headquarters for Russia’s new class of wealthy entrepreneurs – until disaster struck last month.
WASHINGTON, March 25 (UPI) -- On his quick trip to Israel and Jordan, President Obama repaired broken diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey in exchange for Iranian sanctions.
WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- A former national security adviser says the United States faces its biggest threat since the fear of nuclear war with the Soviet Union: Cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare.
WASHINGTON, March 15 (UPI) -- The dark side of the financial moon is the U.S. Treasury that says financial institutions file more than 15 million “suspicious activity reports” every year.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Sequestration, or confiscating something of value, gave pause to reassess a U.S. defense budget that is now 46 percent of the entire world’s defense spending.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- “Why the U.S.-Pakistani Alliance Isn’t Worth the Trouble,” says former Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Inspector Sopko is slowly but surely unraveling the biggest scandal of the decade -- U.S. aid to Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Former Secretary of State and Labor Secretary George Shultz shares his view of the current world situation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The Middle East’s kaleidoscope was shaken vigorously over the year-end festivities but the new shapes and colors were eerily reminiscent of last year. But more alarming.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. troop involvement in African crises should never an option in areas the French already have a strong presence.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Karzai reached a rough understanding on how to wind down the longest war in U.S. history, the agreement didn't include the key ingredient -- Pakistan.
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