Robert Gates
Obama Nominates Ashton Carter for Defense Secretary
President Barack Obama has nominated former senior Pentagon official Ashton Carter as US Secretary of Defense.
If confirmed by the Senate, Carter will replace outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who resigned in November.
Obama settles on Ashton Carter as Pentagon chief, sources say
Administration sources said on Dec. 2 that U.S. President Barack Obama has settled on the 60-year-old Ashton Carter as his fourth defense secretary, with an announcement expected in coming days once he is thoroughly vetted.
Shifting geopolitics
By Alexis Papachelas
The developments in Ukraine have given rise to a very interesting discussion over whether we are on the cusp of a major events that will affect global geopolitics. Some believe that we will return to the bipolar state of the Cold War, while others say that Russia is simply not powerful enough to form a rival pole to the West.
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