Though Somali pirates have stayed out of the spotlight for the better part of a year, two days ago, Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa successful attacked and hijacked a Greek-owned oil tanker. The oil tanker is reported to be carrying nearly a million barrels of oil. Though various security measures have been employed [...]
May 10, 2012 -- Cody Knudsen
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Last month, Argentina and Great Britain commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands Conflict in which Argentina attempted to take possession of the island about 250 miles off its coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Argentina’s claims for the the Falklands, or the Islas Malvinas as the Argentines call them, go back into the 19th [...]
May 8, 2012 -- Mike Godfrey
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To coincide with the anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin laden, the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point released 17 de-classified documents obtained in bin Laden’s Abbattobad compound. These 17 documents are a small fraction of the thousands of documents recovered from the raid. Despite their small number, these documents add color [...]
May 4, 2012 -- Margaret Seeley
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The Obama administration’s “pivot” to Asia has received much attention lately among policy analysts. An article from the Council on Foreign Relations concisely summarizes the main points of the new strategic focus on Asia as a natural result of shifting U.S. attention away from Iraq and Afghanistan and stemming from a desire to hedge against a [...]
April 30, 2012 -- Evan Mecham
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Largely forgotten in the media, America has been engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom in the Philippines since 2002. While the mission has been one primarily of training and supplying the Filipino military, it is currently unclear how long the mission will continue; given the increased emphasis of U.S. influence in the region, it would seem [...]
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May 15, 2012 -- Evan Mecham
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