Check out highlights of the first installment of The Prague Post Discussion Series from Sept. 23. The topic of discussion was “Can the war in Afghanistan be won?” The event was moderated by Prague Post Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Cunningham, and the panel was comprised of: Akbar Ayazi, associated director of broadcasting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Oldřich [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama’s Democratic Party suffered a major defeat at the polls Nov. 2, losing control of the lower house of Congress and shedding seats to Republicans in the Senate. Republicans picked up at least 60 seats in the House of Representatives, with several races still too close to call. Ohio Republican John Boehner [...]

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will attend the NATO summit Nov. 19-20 in Lisbon. “I will go to the Russia-NATO summit,” he said at an Oct. 19 press conference. “This will further the work for necessary compromises and developing a dialogue between the Russian Federation and the North Atlantic alliance as a whole.” U.S. President Barack [...]

An attempt to end the United States’  “don’t ask don’t tell” policy on gays serving  in the military died in the Senate Sept. 21. The policy dates from 1993, during the presidency of Bill Clinton. At the time, it replaced the  previous policy of the Reagan administration which said that “homosexuality is incompatible with military [...]