The US Wants to Sanction Away Russia’s “Great Society”

The US Wants to Sanction Away Russia’s “Great Society”

Congress is deliberating whether to promulgate the so-called “Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act of 2019” (DASKAA) that would impose a new round of sanctions against Russia’s financial, shipbuilding, and LNG industries. The timing of this bill shouldn’t be seen as coincidental either, nor should its targeted industries, because it’s part of the US’…

2019 Science Award Retracted Amid Controversy Over Glyphosate’s Danger

2019 Science Award Retracted Amid Controversy Over Glyphosate’s Danger

Since 1980, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) — the world’s largest scientific society and publisher of several journals, including Science — has presented an annual award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility to “scientists, engineers or their organizations, whose exemplary actions have demonstrated scientific freedom and responsibility in challenging circumstances.” As explained…

India and Pakistan on the Brink: A Nuclear Nightmare in Southeast Asia

India and Pakistan on the Brink: A Nuclear Nightmare in Southeast Asia

With last week’s U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi, Congressional Democrats’ revolt against President Donald Trump’s state of emergency and Michael Cohen’s testimony before the House Oversight Committee; you may have missed the news that the Indian Air Force launched airstrikes against targets in Pakistan. This was quietly one of the dangerous crises of the post–Cold…