Amid signs that Armenia and Azerbaijan may once more be edging towards armed conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Wayne Merry argues that the West needs to act fast, rather than allow an old and fruitless mediation process to meander on.
After a two-year manhunt, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency last week arrested Colombian drug kingpin Javier Antonio Calle Serna, a senior leader of Los Rastrojos, one of the country’s most formidable drug-trafficking organizations. After being indicted last summer by the Eastern District of New York, Serna reportedly felt so squeezed by the agency and rival drug dealers that he began negotiating for his surrender.
Syrian hackers attack Qatar and Saudi Arabia;
Hamas and Islamic jihad elections;
Israeli nuclear submarines to counter Iran;
Tajikistan cracks down on Islamist groups
Ma reaffirms "
Three Nos"
China and Russia hold joint large scale naval exercises
Taiwan places hopes in Myanmar reform movement;
Beijing will have to wait for Russian air defense system