John Foo

Arrests, Torture, Murder Accompany Reforms (Washington, DC) – Important social reforms enacted under Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have been accompanied by deepening repression and abusive practices meant to silence dissidents and critics, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 62-page report, “‘The High Cost of Change’

A car burned during a raid by the Khost Protection Force in Tani district, Khost province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2019.

This presentation updates a talk I gave to ISAA just over two years ago, in August 2017, on the topic, ‘Western policy on Putin and a resurgent Russia’. The previous three years 2014-17 had been momentous in Russia – West relations. The last two have been equally action-packed. Ukraine In 2014,