David Petraeus

Delphi Economic Forum IX to discuss Ukraine, Middle East, Western Balkans

Geopolitics, security and diplomacy will be some of the main issues discussed at this year's Delphi Economic Forum (DEF) scheduled to take place from April 10 to April.

Talks will focus on the developments in Ukraine and in the Middle East as well as on the Western Balkans EU course, the transatlantic relations and others.

Meet the venture capitalist who launched a kickstarter for war

It was December in northern Syria and the temperature was dropping fast. Local militias fighting the Islamic State had suffered heavy casualties after a tough battle, and U.S. special operations forces urgently needed to get blankets to their partners. They turned to a small charity run by Jim Hake, a former venture capitalist who made his fortune on tech startups in California.

Trump taps 'Mad Dog' Mattis for defense secretary

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Dec. 1 that he has picked the tough-talking retired general James Mattis to be his defense secretary as he kicked off his post-election "thank you tour" by railing against globalization, promising the return of manufacturing jobs to American workers, and vowing to shut U.S. borders to some Middle East migrants.