May | 2013 | Watching America

France: Suspicious Mail

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in Le Figaro

Syria: Annual Reports on Human Rights Are the Most Disgusting Abuses Against Humankind

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in al-Thawra

The glaring paradox in all of this is that Washington is the most vocal capital in this area, perhaps in order to cover its own colossal violations of human rights

Malaysia: Obama's Troubles

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in Sin Chew Daily

Chile: Drones on Trial

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in La Nación

Hong Kong: US-Dominated World Now in the Past

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in Wen Wei Po

Germany: Loss of the Old Order

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in Süddeutsche Zeitung

With the U.S. no longer able to play the much maligned yet absolutely essential role of global peacekeeping power, instability and chaos threaten.

Turkey: US in Central Asia Still an Important Balancer?

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in Turkish Weekly

Bahrain: The Management of Dialogue and the Management of Conflict

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in Al-Khaleej

Canada: Munk Debate: Socialist Rhetoric vs. Economic Logic

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in Financial Post

If economic logic and moral clarity have anything to do with it, Messrs. Laffer and Gingrich should have triumphed at Roy Thomson Hall last night, but economics and morality make for uneasy bedfellows. Now there’s a topic for a Munk debate.

Australia: Drones: The Killing Is Cheap but the Price High

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in The Sydney Morning Herald

Canada: Anthony Weiner and the Race to Be King of New York

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in Macleans

Canada: Obama Hasn't Changed Course on Drones, and He Shouldn't

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2013. Published in Ottawa Citizen

Clearly, if the terrorist threat is to come to some sort of resolution, drones are an effective means to exhaust the Islamists and ensure the West emerges as the victor.

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