By Scott Lucas and Umer Karim | – At times, the press conference in the White House was surreal. While Imran Khan, Pakistan’s prime minister, looked on, Donald Trump said he could “kill 10m people” in Afghanistan to “win a war within a week”, but had decided not to. And the US president said he […]
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US Foreign Policy
Don’t Expect Trump to do a North Korean-style Pivot in his Relations with Iran
Originally published in Hankyoreh. (Foreign Policy in Focus ) – It was not very long ago that Donald Trump was calling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “Little Rocket Man” and threatening to rain “fire and fury” down on North Korea. In response, Kim called Trump a “dotard” and promised an equally fiery attack on […]
The ‘inept’ Mr Trump – and the Lost Art of the Diplomatic Cable
(Al-Bab.com) – The point of diplomatic cables, and the cause of excitement when they are leaked, is that they are meant to be private – from which we might assume they contain information that is not generally known and is perhaps too interesting to be shared with the public. Sadly, that wasn’t the case with […]
The Bigger Picture: Trump didn’t Start America’s Decline, and Can’t Stop It
(Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump was partly voted into office by Americans who felt that the self-proclaimed greatest power on Earth was actually in decline — and they weren’t wrong. Trump is capable of tweeting many things, but none of those tweets will stop that process of decline, nor will a trade war with a rising […]
Syria Kurds Reject proposed “safe zone” under Turkey Control
“Other options cannot be accepted because they infringe on the sovereignty of Syria.”
Ostracized by Neighbors, Qatar aims to Invest $45 bn in United States
The value of bilateral trade between Qatar and the US has doubled in 10 years
Trump’s Erratic Foreign Policy in 2019: Will it put us in More Danger?
President Trump’s ‘America First’ policies, which drove the global economy into chaos last year and caused a stir in the international community.
“Dangerous!:” Israel Denounces Trump’s withdrawal from Syria
Syrian Kurds also protest “Stab in the Back”
Erdogan warns Trump: Drive YPG Kurds from Manbij or Turkey will Invade
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed Friday to “more effective coordination” between their countries’ operations in Syria, after Ankara threatened to launch a new offensive in the war-torn nation. The two leaders spoke after Erdogan warned of a fresh Turkish operation against a Syrian Kurdish militia that risks aggravating […]
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