OPEC has decrease their oil output dramatically. By doing so they have recover some loses from the crisis of the mid-2014. Saudi Arabia has refused to restrain its output when Iran is growing in nuclear-related sanctions. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said that Iran wanted to increase its daily output to levels of 4 million barrels from the 3.8 millions…. Read more »
Out of the four articles I chose, the most interesting one was the article on the Taleban possibly threatening Turkmenistan to join in on combating terrorism. Due to the fact that Turkmenistan borders Afghanistan it is understandable that Turkmen could possibly be overcome by the terrorist group. So far it has done a great job at staying neutral in the… Read more »
The drone strike I feel was awful because it killed 18 people, I think that drone strikes do more harm than good. I think they kill innocent people and yes it “gets the job done” for Isis members but who is to say another member won’t rise up to take the newly deceased persons job? The article says “Between January… Read more »
In the article “Sri Lanka’s Troubling Turn”, the US contemplates whether or not to take action against the human rights violations that took place in their civil war with the Tamil Tigers. This sparked my attention because I am concerned about the country and where its allies may fall, if the US continues to investigate and persecute on these crimes.
For my first analysis post, I said that the U.S. needed to increase our military presence in Afghanistan in order to combat the Taliban and train more Afghan soldiers. I still support this stance but defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan will require more than simply sending in more troops. First and foremost is the sorry state of the Afghan forces… Read more »
We invaded Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 with the purposes of bringing peace to a war-stricken country and preventing another 9/11–scale attack on U.S. soil. Fifteen years, thousands of lives, and hundreds of billions of dollars later, the Taliban still controls roughly half the country. There is a concern that the Afghan government could fall by October, thereby plunging the… Read more »
In the article Kyrgyzstan: Islam and Secularism Clash Again, it talks about how religion and politics are starting to create controversy. This is interesting to me because this isn’t the first time Kyrgyzstan has had problem with religion and government. Despite being known as a majority Muslim country, Kyrgyzstan’s constitution gives equal rights to all citizens and it has secular basis; which… Read more »
In the article, “Big Success Story” it states that Sri Lanka is officially free of malaria. This sparked my attention because when I visited the country in 2011, I was told to “drench myself in bug spray”. Even when I went to bed, I had to put mosquito nets up and use citronella candles so I wouldn’t be bitten by… Read more »