Finland joins NATO – Militarism in Eastern Europe on the Rise

Finland joins NATO – Militarism in Eastern Europe on the Rise

NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance inherited from the days of the Cold War between the U.S. and the former USSR, now the Russian Federation. NATO gathers together 31 states in Europe and North America in a military alliance. After the...
Fallujah, Iraq – Fallout from the Iraq War

Fallujah, Iraq – Fallout from the Iraq War

Fallujah, Iraq, a city of just over a quarter million people, was the site of two major military attacks by the U.S. army. The city faced collective punishment in 2004 after four military contractors were captured and killed in the city square. The U.S. army made two...