By Russ Read In an apparent attempt to further consolidate power, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his plan to create a Russian “National Guard” that will take over the duties of several other security agencies, potentially upsetting the precarious balance of power in the Russian security apparatus. The new force will be comprised of personnel…
By Russ Read Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave a grim warning that failure to resolve the conflict in Syria could result in a “new world war.” “The Americans and our Arab partners must think well: do they want a permanent war?” Lavrov said to German newspaper Handelsblatt Thursday, “all sides must be compelled to sit at the negotiating…
By JP Carroll Communist North Korean officials said Thursday a “declaration of war” has been made by South Korea after the country pulled out of a jointly-run industrial complex Wednesday, according to The Guardian. North Korea responded to the claim, stating its military will take over the complex, according to USA Today. The Kaesong Industrial Complex, located inside North…
Russ Read Major world events have made headlines throughout 2015, but not all of them were expected. ISIS, unsurprisingly, continued to wreak havoc in the Middle East. China continued to assert dominance in the South China Sea, literally creating islands where once there was nothing but water. Vladimir Putin continued to run roughshod over Ukraine,…