Arthur I. Cyr – Page 35

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listens during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 13.

Cyr: Turkey remains vital

November 22, 2019 at 9:51 a.m.

On Nov. 13, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey visited in Washington with his counterpart in the United States, Donald Trump. Both leaders are controversial, in different ways, both at...

French President Emmanuel Macron waits to welcome Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

Cyr: France, NATO and mistaken media

November 15, 2019 at 9:27 a.m.

President Emmanuel Macron of France has issued a dramatic declaration in favor of European independence from NATO, and the United States. Instead, he favors establishing a distinctive European military organization...

Cyr: The real lessons of the Great Depression

November 8, 2019 at 9:41 a.m.

"The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression" became standard shorthand for the global financial crash and resulting severe recession early in this century. A decade ago, the international financial...

A statue of former British prime minister Winston Churchill is shown in the shadow of Victoria Tower on the southwest end of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the Houses of Parliament.

Cyr: Churchill’s enduring leadership example

November 1, 2019 at 8:55 a.m.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson likes to compare himself to Sir Winston Churchill, the great leader who preserved his nation through the truly terrible, highest-stakes early challenges of World War...

A U.S. patrol plane flies over a Soviet freighter during the Cuban missile crisis in this 1962 photograph. Former Russian and U.S. officials attending a conference commemorating the 40th anniversary of the missile crisis October 2002 in Cuba said that the world was closer to a nuclear conflict during the standoff between Cuba and the U.S., than governments were aware of.

Cyr: Remember Cuban Missile Crisis lessons

October 25, 2019 at 10:32 a.m.

Editor's note: This column contains observations previously shared by the author on the anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the event's ongoing relevance. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred more...

Children watch as army tanks are transported on trucks in the outskirts of the town of Akcakale, in Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, at the border of Syria on Thursday, Oct. 1.

Cyr: United States troops, national interest and the Middle East

October 18, 2019 at 9:13 a.m.

President Donald Trump's surprise decision to withdraw United States military forces from Syria has generated intense controversy, and encouraged Turkey's incursion seeking to destroy Kurd forces. Analysis benefits from placing...

The entrance to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. Earlier this month, the court supported an Austrian court ruling that offensive online content could be removed.

Cyr: Freedom of speech and our freedoms

October 11, 2019 at 8:36 a.m.

At the start of October, the European Court of Justice handed down an important decision regarding Facebook that should be generating extensive debate, but so far has not. Implications for...

Ashraf Ghani, center, shakes hands with an election worker before casting his vote in the Afghanistan presidential election in Kabul on Sept. 28.

Cyr: Afghanistan election represents pronounced progress

October 4, 2019 at 8:49 a.m.

Afghanistan's Sept. 28 presidential election provides some promising evidence of long-term political progress, even as violence and terrorist acts continue. The United States is trying to find an exit, characteristically...

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and U.S. President Barack Obama review a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi in May 2016 during a landmark visit that capped two decades of post-war rapprochement, as both countries looked to push economic cooperation.

Cyr: Vietnam is a battleground – for commerce and investment

September 27, 2019 at 8:52 a.m.

Vietnam today has risen dramatically in importance, for reasons having to do with commerce rather than communism. According to a new survey by U.S. News & World Report, the nation...

A protester holds anti-Japanese banners during a rally against Japan's decision to remove South Korea from a so-called "white list" of favored export partners, near the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Aug. 3.

Cyr: Growing conflicts between Japan and South Korea must be reduced

September 13, 2019 at 9:07 a.m.

Two powerful Asia nations with increasing global reach and influence, Japan and South Korea, are engaged in acrimonious conflict. The two nations have a bitter, difficult history. Japan's long-term occupation...

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