¡Hola, comrades! This week saw the first commercial flight in over 50 years take-off from the US bound for Cuba, the most significant step toward rapprochement between Washington and Havana since Obama visited back in March. But …
It has been a big week in the Middle East, as Russia became the first foreign military to operate from Iranian soil since at least World War 2. Russian Tu-22M3 bombers and Su-34 fighters took …
The reputation of US vice presidents has come a long way since Richard Nixon moved into the executive branch and filled offices in the White House in 1953. Prior to Nixon’s term, the VEEP held …
US defence secretary Ashton Carter told the world at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue that ‘the US–Australia alliance is more and more a global one. As our two nations work together to uphold the freedom of navigation and …
It was a good week for women in Japan, with the country’s first female Defence Minister (2007), Yuriko Koike, breaking through another glass ceiling to become the first female governor of Tokyo—despite sharp opposition from …