Word: provokingness
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Senior Mahdi Army commander Abu Baqir al-Kabi last week sounded a warning to U.S. forces against further escalation. "Now, we are dealing with them politically and peacefully," al-Kabi told TIME. "But if they continue provoking us, they should only expect the inevitable."
The cinematic theme of the moment has moved on, provoking the curious realization that no matter one’s opinion on Bush and Blair’s leadership, they have certainly aided the development of political art. The new group of film tragedies—which also includes ?...
There is also a clearly stated view among some Chinese foreign policy analysts that U.S. financial sanctions over the past year, and its refusal to offer Pyongyang security guarantees, played a role in provoking North Korea's test. Whatever the merits and demerits of this argument, there's clearly a...
Whatever sanctions are agreed on, their purpose will not be to punish and isolate North Korea as an end in itself, but instead to modify North Korea's behavior - to persuade it to disarm and refrain from proliferating. As incensed as they are by North Korea's behavior, China and...
(4 of 4) Birhanu Worku, who cultivates half a hectare or so of potatoes and barley, was one of the first in Banja to build a pit latrine three years ago. It's a simple affair: a hole in the ground, 1 m across and 3 m deep, covered with...