November 2018 - Brian F. Bridgeforth

Russia Escalates Tensions with the Ukraine by Seizing Ships

November 30, 2018

Russia escalated tensions in its ongoing campaign against the Ukraine by confiscating two Ukrainian military vessels and a tug boat that tried to enter the Azov Sea through the Kerch Strait in Crimea on November …

The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the U.S./Saudi Relationship

November 25, 2018

The journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to finalize a divorce before he was due to be married to a new wife the following day. His fiancée …

Brazil Under Jair Bolsonaro

December 7, 2018

Jair Bolsonaro will become Brazil’s next president on January 1 after he handily won October’s election and runoff. Bolsonaro, an ex-paratrooper, and who served 27 years in the Brazilian National Congress, is labeled as a ...
The Last Great President: Remembering George H. W. Bush

December 1, 2018

President George H. W. Bush has passed away. He died yesterday at the age of 94 and will best be remembered for his foreign policy achievements along with the overwhelming kindness he showed to others ...
Russia Escalates Tensions with the Ukraine by Seizing Ships

November 30, 2018

Russia escalated tensions in its ongoing campaign against the Ukraine by confiscating two Ukrainian military vessels and a tug boat that tried to enter the Azov Sea through the Kerch Strait in Crimea on November ...
The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi and the U.S./Saudi Relationship

November 25, 2018

The journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to finalize a divorce before he was due to be married to a new wife the following day. His fiancée ...
New Reports of China’s Oppression of Uyghur Muslims

September 12, 2018

China is being accused of serious human rights violations against Uyghur and other Muslim minorities in the far-west region of Xinjiang. In a report released by the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, ...