For his first trip to Myanmar, correspondent Jeff Howe prepared to visit a country whose military junta was...
Oct 29, 2012
UK brings drone command operations home from US
BY. MICHAEL GOLDFARB LONDON — It seems the sun never sets on the proliferation of drones. A purpose-built...
Oct 26, 2012
China building massive energy lifeline through Myanmar
HSIPAW, Myanmar — The Sino-Burmese Pipeline is a massive, $2.5 billion project intended to ensure China’s energy security...
Oct 23, 2012
Myanmar: A power play on the Irrawaddy River
BY JEFF HOWE YEYWADDY, Myanmar — The villages along the Myitnge River have been inhabited since medieval kings...
Oct 23, 2012
Along the Burma Road, China navigates path to energy security
BY JEFF HOWE MANDALAY, Myanmar — There’s only one land route from here to China: via a pocked,...
Oct 23, 2012
How China wields ‘soft power’ in the Golden Triangle
BY JEFF HOWE THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE — This place has always served as a watery junction where human...
Oct 23, 2012
Drone violence along Armenian-Azerbaijani border could lead to war
BY. NICHOLAS CLAYTON YEREVAN, Armenia — In a region where a fragile peace holds over three frozen conflicts,...
Oct 23, 2012
How Russia and Georgia’s ‘little war’ started a drone arms race
BY. NICHOLAS CLAYTON TBILISI, Georgia — On the night of August 7, 2008, what military experts and historians...
Oct 23, 2012
Israel grapples with blowback from booming drone industry
BY. ARIEH O'SULLIVAN JERUSALEM — The Iranian-built drone that flew along Israel’s coastline and then penetrated deep into...
Oct 16, 2012
DOMA on Trial: Obama administration spares LGBT couples with family ties
Pablo Garcia has been in the United States illegally since 1992, a year after he met the love...
Oct 11, 2012
Pakistan anti-drone protest fizzles out, but sparks strong emotion
BY. SUZANNA KOSTER MANZAI, Pakistan — Anti-drone protesters tried to conquer barbed wire, ditches, police squads, soldiers and...
Oct 10, 2012