Crimea intervention: Putin saves face
Crimea is going to be part of Russia, and there is nothing anybody else can do about it.
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Afghanistan to return to its default setting
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron rambled a bit on his visit to Afghanistan last December, but ended up sounding just as deluded as United States President George W.
London, EU and business interests rain on Scots parade
Is India about to swing hard right?
Putin backs wrong horse, again
Turkish PM behaving like a cornered rat
It's a ''treacherous attack'' and a ''dirty conspiracy'', claimed Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose image as a devout Muslim and an honest man is the key to his political success.
Ukraine - West must not alienate Russia
From a Ukrainian point of view, the priority is not to throw their revolution away again like they did after the Orange Revolution 10 years ago.
Is crisis in Ukraine Yanukovych's last stand?
When a government announces it is going to launch an ''anti-terror operation'', that generally means that it has decided to kill some people.
Suu Kyi should avoid presidency
On quest to make history
John Kerry has been US Secretary of State for precisely one year, and he has already: 1) rescued President Obama from his ill-considered promise to bomb Syria if it crossed the ''red line'' and use