His latest purge has shocked not only traditional adversaries in Seoul and Washington but also a longtime partner in China, which had maintained close lines of communication with the slain official.
Kim leads North Korea away from China
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Monthly Archives: December 2013
Russia turns to drones and robots as army shrinks
Russian drone technology is behind that of the United States —according to some — by perhaps twenty years.
Nigeria’s ex-president unloads on successor
The man who made Goodluck Jonathan’s political career is now telling the country he’s a corrupt creature of the establishment.
Mexico’s PRI bets on energy overhaul
The injection of private (foreign) capital into the energy industry could help consumers and boost trade, but it also risks further alienating labor and other key pieces of center-left party’s governing coalition.
Xi takes corruption purge to new heights — with new risks — in China
The president’s reform drive is about building his profile throughout China but comes at the price of feeding skepticism within the Communist Party apparatus.
Paul takes stand on U.S. right with bipartisan budget pact
Helping avert another government shutdown could earn him more respect from the press even as it raises eyebrows among conservative faithful.
With Mandela gone, Mugabe looms and lingers
The death of South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero places the regional spotlight squarely on that other, more complicated revolutionary and what he might leave in his wake.
The meaningless Obama-Castro handshake
Barack Obama has been chastised by the American right for paying respect to controversial foreign leaders, and his chance encounter with the Cuban president was no different.
Argentina marks 30 years since junta’s end
The Argentina junta was called the “National Reorganization Process” (Proceso de Reorganizacion Nacional). While its intended goal was bring back stability to the country after the death of the popular leader Juan Peron in 1974, the military regime will be remembered in perpetuity for the human rights violations that it carried out.
Putin consolidates state media (again)
The latest effort by Russia’s authoritarian president is likely intended to boost his regional trade cooperative, a counterweight to the more liberal European Union.
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