Foreign Affairs
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Kim Jong un meets with S. Korean diplomats for first time in landmark meeting in Pyongyang
This landmark meeting follows another important meeting between Kim’s younger sister Kim Yo Jong and the South Korean president in…
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Some West African women take pride in being beaten
Wife-beating is 'a source of pride for some in Mauritania,' an arid country in northwest Africa, notes a recent news…
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Obama band that brought you Benghazi, Iran ‘deal’ gets back together to challenge Trump
Echo chamber rides again.
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Despite what critics say, Donald Trump HAS responded to threat from Russia — 5 times so far
The political firestorm over the Mueller indictment has obscured the true nature of Trump’s policy toward Russia in his first…
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Iranian drone, Israeli counter-strike: Probing defenses is the new normal
Layers of unstable, radiating from the focus point du jour.
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GOP lawmaker calls for sanctions against Turkey over jailed Americans
The Turkish government has imprisoned at least two American citizens on false charges of supporting terrorist groups.
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A tale of spies, Trump ‘kompromat,’ and an attempted cyberweapons buyback
A short story that wouldn't win any prizes.
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The North Korean Defector At Trump’s State Of The Union Has A Message For Kim Jong un
The inspirational young North Korean defector who the president introduced during his State of the Union address Tuesday night has…
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Trump’s plan for Syria is probably illegal but almost no one cares
The text of the 2001 AUMF empowers the president to all use 'all necessary and appropriate force against those nations,…
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John Kerry tells Palestinian president to stay strong, ignore Trump
The Logan Act is a U.S, federal law that criminalizes negotiation by unauthorized persons with foreign governments having a dispute with the…
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As Turkey preps for move against U.S.-backed Kurds, NATO is not the major concern
Realism, geography in the driver's seat.
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox says Trump’s mouth is ‘foulest sh*thole in the world!’
Fox has always seemed a little unbalanced.
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Chinese trade with North Korea tanks as sanctions begin to take their toll
Relations between Pyongyang and Beijing are at a new low, so much so that the North Korean envoy to China…
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Let’s not forget who was ‘like, really smarter’
It doesn’t matter how smart you are, you have to have the best information possible to make the best decision…
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Fiery collision at sea off China: Iranian tanker, Chinese freighter; 32 missing
This is happening a lot.
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A Trap? North Korea’s sudden interest in talks with the South seems suspicious
The North may “finally be at the point where it wants to improve relations with South Korea,” and it may…
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What’s wrong with BuzzFeed’s ‘gotcha’ in re the Left’s hypocrisy toward women?
The image on the right is a screen cap from a video of an unidentified Muslim in Iran standing up…
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As massive Iranian protests continue, what U.S. should and shouldn’t do
Effectiveness from the sideline.
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Iran at the tipping point redux
Protesters in Iran continued to denounce the nation's clerical regime on Sunday, even as government officials promised to crack down…
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Nikki Haley is throwing a New Year’s party; enemies of the U.S. are not invited
Haley tallied up the nations who voted in outright support of the U.S., those who abstained, or those who refused…
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Israel to name new Western Wall train station after Donald J. Trump
Latch on to the affirmative.
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Arab countries now fear Palestinian hysteria over U.S. Jerusalem move will evoke Trump wrath
According to the newsletter Israel Hayom, those Arab states fear the Palestinian-led response will anger the American President and elicit American…
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With all eyes on North Korea, China sinking its teeth into the South China Sea
China is tightening its grip on the contested islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
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India’s economic ‘roach motel’: American businesses check in but they don’t check out
Lured by the promise of a billion potential Indian customers, businesses began moving to the Indian subcontinent. Many are still…
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