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Analysis: Behind the scenes, Kazakhstan seeks to resolve Ukrainian stalemate

Outside View // 9 years ago

Analysis: Behind the scenes, Kazakhstan seeks to resolve Ukrainian stalemate

The article details quiet but persistent Kazakh efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis through mediation

Voices of North Korea: Dancer recalls "perfectionism that allows no mistakes"

Outside View // 9 years ago

Voices of North Korea: Dancer recalls "perfectionism that allows no mistakes"

A 35-year-old woman recalls her time dancing in one of North Korea's biggest demonstrations of unity - and practicing to perfection ''to please our leader."

Outside View // 9 years ago

Voices of North Korea: University student decries lack of access to books

A university student of philosophy works to promote unification among South Korean youth. He talks about the social differences between the North and South and how in the North, even the books are on lockdown.

Voices of North Korea: Teenager surprised at South's competitiveness, materialism

Outside View // 9 years ago

Voices of North Korea: Teenager surprised at South's competitiveness, materialism

This 19-year-old high school student fled North Korea with her mother and sister in 2008. She wept at times during the interview, but she also had a strong laugh.

Voices of North Korea: Woman guarded rice supply with machine gun - 'Some were very hungry'

Outside View // 9 years ago

Voices of North Korea: Woman guarded rice supply with machine gun - 'Some were very hungry'

A 40-year-old woman, who was once a professional athlete, shares her experiences as an agriculture employee in North Korea. She fled on her own in 2006.

Voices of North Korea: Ex-government official recounts risks of leaving

Outside View // 9 years ago

Voices of North Korea: Ex-government official recounts risks of leaving

A 50-year-old man who used to work for the North Korean government shares the story of his journey of defection - and being separated from his wife and children since 2006.

One archduke, twenty children and twelve journalists

Outside View // 9 years ago

One archduke, twenty children and twelve journalists

Until blasphemies against Islam perpetrated by those who use terror in the name of Allah are rejected both within and outside Islam, the violence will not end.

Opinion: No more terrorism and patronage under de facto military government in Pakistan

Outside View // 9 years ago

Opinion: No more terrorism and patronage under de facto military government in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- The notorious leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mullah Fazlullah, was killed in an air strike in Afghanistan on Dec. 19.

Opinion: A New Year's resolution, to finally win a war

Outside View // 9 years ago

Opinion: A New Year's resolution, to finally win a war

Isn't it about time that America won a war? Some observe that every war the U.S. started, it lost: Vietnam, the war on terror, Afghanistan and the Iraq war.

Opinion: Let us fight the Islamic State but not with the help of Iran

Outside View // 9 years ago

Opinion: Let us fight the Islamic State but not with the help of Iran

BRUSSELS, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Iraq is burning and despite efforts by the coalition against the Islamic State, little has improved since the central government in Baghdad lost control over large swathes of its territory last June.

Opinion: Dysfunctional geopolitics

Commentary: Arnaud de Borchgrave // 9 years ago

Opinion: Dysfunctional geopolitics

The U.S. faces a historical choice. It's time to regroup on the home front and shed a dysfunctional political system that still poses as functioning democracy.

Analysis: Despite global economic slowdown, Kazakhstan unveils massive investment program

Outside View // 9 years ago

Analysis: Despite global economic slowdown, Kazakhstan unveils massive investment program

Kazakhstan unveils ambitious new economic policy despite global economic slowdown.

Analysis: Why the U.S. is losing the war against the Islamic State

Outside View // 9 years ago

Analysis: Why the U.S. is losing the war against the Islamic State

The Obama administration has preferred rhetoric and half measures so far because it was unwilling to re-engage in Iraq. Rhetoric is no substitute for action.

Outside view: The Islamic State: Existential or exaggerated danger?

Outside View // 9 years ago

Outside view: The Islamic State: Existential or exaggerated danger?

The threat of IS may be exaggerated. But if effective action is not taken now, IS will become an existential threat will extend far beyond the Middle East.

Global conundrum

Commentary: Arnaud de Borchgrave // 9 years ago

Global conundrum

Russia's Putin and China's Xi Jinping have taken advantage of what they perceive to be President Obama's paralysis coupled with a dysfunctional Congress.

Cocoa crunch: The worldwide chocolate shortage

Outside View // 9 years ago

Cocoa crunch: The worldwide chocolate shortage

The trending topic in the food industry: The world faces a shortage in chocolate due to the wide gap between global demand and the limited supply of cocoa.

Outside View // 9 years ago

Obama's peculiar view of economics and law

President Barack Obama has a peculiar approach to public policy. Make up the facts, twist economics and rewrite the law to suit.

Blind man's bluff

Commentary: Arnaud de Borchgrave // 9 years ago

Blind man's bluff

President Obama has decided to double down against IS in Iraq. Meanwhile, U.S. uncertainties have pushed China and Russia into a new relationship.

How a GOP Congress could accommodate Obama's agenda

Outside View // 9 years ago

How a GOP Congress could accommodate Obama's agenda

Getting elected is tough, but for the new Republican majority in Congress, working with President Barack Obama could prove downright daunting.

11/11/11

Outside View // 9 years ago

Unless or until the White House grasps the realities of the Middle East, do not count on another 11/11/11 declaring the end of IS any time soon.

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