Alaska springs to mind - after all, it's historically Russian territory.

He has refused to rule out war with and Denmark, a NATO ally, if they refuse to hand their territory over to him. That feels pretty warmongerish to me. Ditto Panama.

Delivering newspapers in an unacceptably slapdash manner.

At least it was a student.

That'd be great! I'm pretty sure I didn't confabulate the whole thing. Not that anything rides on it, but these things niggle.

Oh, this is a bit random, but if anyone knows it you will. There was another, somewhat similar show - a little later, but pre-Edge of Darkness - that often cut from the action to show the protag as a pig running round a PacMan style maze. I've been trying to remember the title for years. Any ideas?

Was Season 2 the one that ended with an American assassin with a time-delayed fatal stomach punch? I remember thinking it cool at the time.