![Image Saudi women granted driver's licenses still have a long road ahead [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Saudi-women-granted-drivers-licenses-still-have-a-long-road-ahead-Lima-Charlie-News.png)
Saudi Arabia stepped into the 20th century this week by granting ten women driver’s licenses, with 2,000 more expected. But what does reality really look like in the Kingdom when the rubber meets the road?… Keep Reading
![Image Ignoring Puerto Rico is not the American way [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Mario Tama]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ignoring-Puerto-Rico-is-not-the-American-way-480x320.jpg)
Puerto Rico was already in crisis before Hurricane Maria hit the island, and increasing casualties have added urgency to the need for reform. Both Republicans and Democrats have plans to help the island, yet neither… Keep Reading
![Image Marketing to Islam - Does the holy month of Ramadan affect economic growth? [Lima Charlie News][Photo: Anniesa collection]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Marketing-to-Islam-Does-the-holy-month-of-Ramadan-affect-economic-growth-480x320.png)
Islam-related commerce is on a sharp rise throughout the world, at a growth rate twice that of the baseline global economy. Does observing the holiest month of Islam, Ramadan, a sacred duty that any true… Keep Reading
![Image Memorial Day may soon be a remembrance of democracy and those who had the courage to defend it [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Memorial-Day-may-soon-be-a-remembrance-of-democracy-and-those-who-had-the-courage-to-defend-it-Lima-Charlie-News-480x320.png)
To the classical mind, a society in which political authority is divorced from military service was practically beyond the imagination. Worth remembering, as we greet another Memorial Day with 1,281,900 U.S. military personnel the world… Keep Reading
![Image America's obsession with plastic [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Americas-obsession-with-plastic-480x320.jpg)
While plastic continues to pose a real threat to our environment and health, America’s leadership, America’s lobbyists and America’s plastic culture all fight to keep us drowning in plastic. Now it has fallen to local governments… Keep Reading
![Image Giving the Afghan Air Force Blackhawks is a terrible idea [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Afghanistan-Black-Hawk-Helocopters--480x320.jpg)
After then President Hamid Karzai declared Afghanistan’s Air Force ‘reborn’ in 2008, NATO poured money and equipment into the country. However, the initiatives have consistently fallen flat, and the US should think twice about a Blackhawk… Keep Reading
![Image En Marche! France’s economy stands at a crossroads and for Macron, failure is not an option [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/En-Marché-France’s-economy-stands-at-a-crossroads-and-for-Macron-failure-is-not-an-option-480x320.png)
France has long been considered the weakest of Europe’s big three economies, Europe’s black sheep. Yet, under the leadership of President Emmanuel Macron, it appears at long last to be moving in the right direction.… Keep Reading
![Image America’s failed seaports - Trump’s ‘America First’ policy isn’t the only barrier to free trade [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/America’s-failed-seaports-480x320.jpg)
While the Trump Administration’s “America First” policy may be damaging to U.S. free trade worldwide, America’s inability to maintain deep water access at its seaports is a far more critical enemy than any new tariff… Keep Reading
![Image 'Sanctions and the Rise of Putin's Russia' - starring oligarchs, siloviki, Rossiyskaya mafiya and Oleg Deripaska [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Putin-oligarchs-Lima-Charlie-News-480x320.png)
‘Sanctions and the Rise of Putin’s Russia’ contains an all star cast that includes oligarchs, siloviki, Chekists, and Rossiyskaya mafiya. Special guest star, Oleg Deripaska, makes an appearance as a ‘special case’ along with a… Keep Reading
![Image The world has no option but to let Assad stay where he is ... for now [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/The-world-has-no-option-but-to-let-Assad-stay-where-he-is-...-for-the-time-being-480x320.png)
After the alleged chemical attack on the Syrian city of Douma, a coalition consisting of France, the UK and the US launched a large scale attack against Bashar al-Assad’s chemical warfare capability. If the coalition’s… Keep Reading
![Image Kim Jong-Un isn’t as crazy as you think [Lima Charlie News][Image: Reuters]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Kim-Jong-Un-isn’t-as-crazy-as-you-think-480x321.png)
It is widely believed that North Korea and its leaders are crazy or irrational. Incoming National Security Advisor, John Bolton, has said that Kim Jong-Un is irrational and cannot be deterred. His predecessor, HR McMaster,… Keep Reading
![Image Syria chemical weapons attack is not without skeptics [Lima Charlie News][Image: White Helmets]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Syria-chemical-weapons-attack-is-not-without-skeptics-Lima-Charlie-News-e1523325777112-480x320.jpg)
Russia and Syria deny the alleged chemical attack against the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma and question whether the use of chemical weapons against a defeated enemy makes any sense. A Syrian rebel group has… Keep Reading
![Image Is China's Belt and Road Initiative signaling the West's setting sun? [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Is-Chinas-Belt-and-Road-Initiative-signaling-the-Wests-setting-sun-1-480x320.png)
China’s Rise: Needs Must When The Devil Drives. While America, and Europe along with it, focuses on the Trump administration’s hawkish tendencies towards the Middle East, Russian influence, and far right fringes in Europe, China… Keep Reading
![Image Fracking, BREXIT and an oil and gas shale bonanza [Lima Charlie News][Image: Ben Stansall/AFP]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Fracking-BREXIT-and-an-oil-and-gas-shale-bonanza-480x320.png)
As the U.K. celebrates its final year as part of the European Union, it is standing on the brink of a major boost to its economy and prosperity as it awaits the first economic benefit… Keep Reading
![Image North Korea mistakes: how Trump can overcome the shortcomings of Clinton’s 1994 Agreement [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/North-Korea-mistakes-how-Trump-can-overcome-the-shortcomings-of-Clinton’s-1994-Agreement-480x320.png)
Avoiding the Mistakes of the Past: How Trump can overcome the Shortcomings of Clinton’s 1994 Agreement with North Korea. On March 8th, President Trump made history by accepting an invitation to join the North Korean… Keep Reading
![Image Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt's President for life? [Lima Charlie News]](https://limacharlienews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Abdel-Fattah-el-Sisi-Egypts-President-for-life-480x320.jpg)
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. On March 26th, Egypt will hold its presidential “election.” This coming election has received little coverage in the West, and for good reason. Its outcome is… Keep Reading
