
George H. Wittman
There is a rule acknowledged by all who ply their trade in politics that whatever one has written or said…
It was not an auspicious beginning in November-December 2001 as Osama bin Laden was pursued from Jalalabad to the White…
Before Vladimir V. Putin’s election as president of Russia — once again — he sarcastically told a friendly group that…
In the typical Hollywood action film a special operations unit daringly raids an enemy camp and rescues innocent victims of…
An article I wrote in 2005 contained the following: “… Unfortunately, no matter the appearance of any agreement that might…
The Chinese do not appoint a president so much as anoint him. The recent process began in 2007 when the…
Just a few months over three years ago the chief anti-drug officer of Mexico, Noe Ramirez Mandujano, was arrested for…
During the past year a wave of popular uprisings was extolled by the West as the emergence of Middle Eastern…
There is a phenomenon in Russia these days, grown out of the Putin era, of encouraging and utilizing the nationalistic…
The return of Aung San Suu Kyi, the dynamic Burmese political figure and international icon, from long-term house arrest to…