by Giulia Lasagni | Dec 10, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. investors and other foreign companies continue to shy away from investing in Afghanistan and Iraq because of security and infrastructure problems as well as government corruption, a critical shortcoming in the two countries’ efforts to grow...
by Giulia Lasagni | Dec 8, 2010 | Topics
Clothilde Le Coz, Washington director of Reporters Without Borders, talks about the importance of freedom of the press. (Giulia Lasagni/MNS)
by Giulia Lasagni | Dec 2, 2010 | National Security
WASHINGTON — While improvised explosive devices are killing an increasing number of U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan, American officials are trying to limit the flow of one the key ingredients in the bombs. Ammonium nitrate, the chemical compound...
by Giulia Lasagni | Nov 22, 2010 | National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The new Republican majority in the House of Representatives could have considerable affect on that body’s approach to national security and foreign policy issues. Rep. John Boehner, who will become the next speaker, has promised that committee...
by Giulia Lasagni | Nov 22, 2010 | Topics
Why She Matters Laetitia “Tish” Long is the fifth director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a major Defense Department agency that provides geospatial information to civilian and military authorities for national-security purposes. Long, who was...
