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How Putin Killed NATO’s Agreement With Russia

Edit Newsweek 03 Jun 2016
Section IV, while entitled “Political-Military Matters,” deals almost exclusively with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty ... Russian intervention in Crimea, followed by its annexation, as well as irregular military actions, and the direct military intervention of Russian troops to the east of Ukraine have provided plenty of evidence of the same Russian disregard of the principles underlying the Founding Act....

Assassinated Activist Berta Caceres Took on the Entire Oligarchy in Her Home Country

Edit Alternet 02 May 2016
When the military moved against the democratically elected government of Manuel Zelaya Rosales in 2009, the Atala family, among others, supported the coup with their means ... They backed the conservative National Party, which now holds the reins of power alongside the military ... On the pretext of legal irregularities, the military moved against Zelaya, arresting him on June 28, 2009....

Political Violence in Honduras

Edit CounterPunch 29 Apr 2016
When the military moved against the democratically elected government of Manuel Zelaya Rosales in 2009, the Atala family, among others, supported the coup with their means ... They backed the conservative National Party, which now holds the reins of power alongside the military ... On the pretext of legal irregularities, the military moved against Zelaya, arresting him on June 28, 2009....

Obama makes Guantanamo tribunals more difficult (Commentary)

Edit Syracuse 24 Feb 2016
Buried in the middle of President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday on closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was a remarkable statement very close to a repudiation of the military commissions trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and nine other terrorists ... Then the president essentially threw the existing military commissions under the bus ... It implies the basic irregularity of the military commissions....

Spotlight: Bolivian referendum to decide future of Morales gov't

Edit Xinhua 21 Feb 2016
by Rene Quenallata Paredes. LA PAZ, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Bolivians will decide whether to give President Evo Morales another term of office in Sunday's referendum ... Should his opponents win, it would allow the country's conservative camp an opportunity to re-assert its influence ... On top of that, there have been allegations of irregularities in the military service and academic degrees of Vice President Alvaro Garcia, Morales's right arm ... ....

Syria ceasefire faces galactic challenges

Edit CNN 12 Feb 2016
This is a stunningly ambitious undertaking -- and it falls somewhere between a long shot and a mission impossible ... Aaron David Miller ... And perhaps there's more room for U.S.-Russian military cooperation against ISIS ... You have pro-Syrian Iraqi Shia groups, Hezbollah units, Iranian forces and a variety of Syrian regular and irregular military forces, not to mention special forces and intelligence units that have done much of the killing ... ....

Police in Norway Proclaim: “Oslo is Lost”

Edit Infowars 04 Jan 2016
George Soros has a list and he’s checking it twice ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... Soros will continue to see to it that Ukrainian regular and irregular military forces continue to cause border problems for the Russian autonomous republics of Lugansk and Donetsk in the east and that sanctions against officials of Lugansk, Donetsk, and Crimea are not only maintained but strengthened. 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 8 ... 9. Whoever the Republican U.S ... 10....

Myanmar Campaign Ends as Voters Weigh Choices in Historic Vote

Edit Bloomberg 05 Nov 2015
8 for the nation’s most important election since 1990, when military rulers refused to hand power to the victors ... The end of direct military rule opened Myanmar to the outside world ... The risk is that the vote is marred by allegations of irregularities or that the military isn’t satisfied with the result, leading to further intervention in politics.Geopolitical Influence.....

Myanmar's Growth, Stability Hinge on General Election Result

Edit Bloomberg 26 Oct 2015
8 since the 2010 vote that ended half a century of military rule and led to the formation of a quasi-civilian government ... The end of direct military rule opened Myanmar to the outside world ... The risk is that the vote is marred by allegations of irregularities or that the military isn’t satisfied with the result, leading to further intervention in politics.Geopolitical Influence.....

U.S. Needs to Either Boost Defense Funding or Limit Military Commitments (RAND Corporation)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Oct 2015
military forces are facing demands that were not anticipated in the development of current strategy and budgets, according to a new RAND Corporation report ... The report incorporates the efforts of strategists, regional specialists, experts in both conventional and irregular military operations, and those skilled in the use of combat simulation tools....

Threats may dull N. Korea’s diplomatic edge

Edit Stars and Stripes 05 Oct 2015
North Korea is right where it likes to be — in the spotlight ... 10. In addition to the traditional military parade of troops and hardware through Pyongyang, the North might conduct a rocket launch, its fourth underground nuclear test, or both ... It also is believed to want investment to help its economy grow ... He advised the international community to watch for any irregular military movements that could be a sign of internal instability ... ....

Threats may dull North Korea’s diplomatic edge

Edit Stars and Stripes 05 Oct 2015
North Korea is right where it likes to be — in the spotlight ... 10. In addition to the traditional military parade of troops and hardware through Pyongyang, the North might conduct a rocket launch, its fourth underground nuclear test, or both ... It also is believed to want investment to help its economy grow ... He advised the international community to watch for any irregular military movements that could be a sign of internal instability ... ....

Brazilian police to probe nuclear submarine program - Folha

Edit Reuters 29 Jul 2015
SAO PAULO, July 29 (Reuters) - Brazilian federal police are investigating potential irregularities in a military program that aims to build a nuclear-powered submarine in partnership with France by 2023, newspaper Folha de S. Paulo reported on Wednesday. ....
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