Reports that Russian President Putin may have tipped off Turkish President Erdogan about last week’s coup attempt – while the U.S. apparently stayed silent – suggest a possible reordering of regional relationships, says John Chuckman.
Category: Obama Administration
US-Backed Syrian ‘Moderates’ Behead 12-Year-Old
Failed Turkish Coup’s Big-Power Impact
Stomping the Embers of Turkey’s Democracy
VP Choice Pence Reaffirms Israel Devotion
Why Public Needs Go Begging
For decades, Americans have been sold on rugged individualism and told to disdain collectivism and community, a philosophy that has starved many public institutions and fattened up the few at the top, as Lawrence Davidson explains.
GOP Crazy Talk Comes to Cleveland
Turkey’s Nukes: A Sum of All Fears
‘Fraud’ Alleged in NYT’s MH-17 Report
America’s Failure to Protect Voting
America may call itself democracy’s gold standard, but it fails to guarantee the right to vote and permits the dominance of political money, a shameful anomaly that requires a constitutional amendment, writes William John Cox.