It’s already clear by now – Hamas has changed its combat strategy. In recent weeks the organization diverted its main effort from “statistical” rocket terrorism, aimed at indiscriminately hurting Israeli civilians both physically and mentally, to what can be characterized as focused and complex “guerilla operations” mostly targeting IDF forces operating along the fence.
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Russian oil output in 2003 was increasing at such a swift pace even Saudi Arabia worried about upstart energy companies – including Yukos and Sibneft – then posting production gains of more than 20 per cent.
But from 2004 the Moscow government changed its tax regime and began to take over privately held assets, including Yukos, [...]

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Brazil is a rising power politically, economically and militarily. Not only is it South America’s largest country in terms of population, economic heft, military strength and land area, its geopolitical power is expanding while most of its traditional competitors — namely Argentina and Venezuela — are contracting.
But while Brazil is almost certain in the next [...]

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Just as French interceptors arrive to signal, in midair if necessary, that Russian bombers are not pals enough to enter NATO defense areas unannounced, the European Union plans to reopen talks on its dormant “partnership” agreement with Russia.
France, which takes over the rotating EU presidency in July, could be essential in carrying the ball.
Ah, partnership. [...]

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The reason I welcomed the invitation of The Israel Project to talk to you about this is because it is hard sometimes, in the daily flow of events, to understand that something of truly historic proportions is taking place. There are two momentous processes taking place before our eyes that will be seen, in retrospect, [...]

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Since the all out attack on Estonia last year, the threat of cyberwar has been reevaluated. Now it’s considered a real possibility in terms of major attacks on whole nations. The NSA and other security organizations are looking at actual scenarios.
The theory is that the Estonian attack was caused by a group of Russian nationalists, [...]

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He was once a firebrand nationalist politician who led rallies against illegal immigration, met indicted Serbian war criminals and ran a campaign ad that seemed to compare dark-skinned southerners to garbage.
Now, Dmitry Rogozin lives in a brick house located in a quiet, leafy neighborhood of Brussels. Inside, only a Russian flag, a picture of St. [...]

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The agenda below is only the beginning of Rep. Myrick’s important work on these issues. As she continues to move forward, you can count on Family Security Matters to keep you informed on her progress.

Will call for a government investigation of all U.S. military chaplains who were approved by Abdurahman Alamoudi.
Will call for a government [...]

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Lands have been confiscated and artificial price and wage controls are imposed on everything. Food shortages suddenly spring up and not surprisingly people are hoarding. There is virtually no investment in infrastructure and deterioration is evident everywhere. What is not obvious to many Venezuelans is that current government actions will take decades to remedy, even [...]

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Energy demand in the Middle East is growing as fast as in industrial powerhouse China and will help to offset any decline in the United States, the world’s top fuel burner, as well as keep prices high.
Although it has only a fraction of the population, huge fuel subsidies and an economic boom fuelled by record [...]

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Thanks to high oil prices and hefty subsidies, corn-based ethanol is now all the rage in the United States. But it takes so much supply to keep ethanol production going that the price of corn — and those of other food staples — is shooting up around the world. To stop this trend, and prevent [...]

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