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EU, China warn of chaos from Trump threats

EU, China warn of chaos from Trump threats

Beijing hosted the 20th annual China-EU political and business summit Monday. This landmark event provided a timely, important opportunity for the two powers to develop a more unified front on a range of issues they are in dispute with the Trump team over, from trade to climate change, to leverage each other against Washington after the U.S. president called them both key “fo...

2018-07-18 16:36

North Korea wins when denuclearization resolve falters

North Korea wins when denuclearization resolve falters

It would seem that before the ink on the joint statement signed between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore had figuratively dried, prospects for North Korea's negotiated denuclearization are already beginning to dim.

2018-07-16 17:01

Shinzo Abe is trying to carve a global role

Shinzo Abe is trying to carve a global role

Shinzo Abe is proving to be one of the most atypical prime ministers of Japan in recent history. Not just one, but there is a long list of attributes that make Abe stand out among the big club of Japanese premiers.

2018-07-15 17:23

Pompeo probes NK in post-Singapore trip

Pompeo probes NK in post-Singapore trip

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Hanoi on Monday after a lightening Asia trip which also saw stop-offs in Pyongyang and Tokyo before heading to Abu Dhabi and Brussels.

2018-07-10 17:20

Europe's woes go far beyond the Donald

Europe's woes go far beyond the Donald

The American mainstream media template, dutifully reflected and jaded by most of the European press, paints a tempestuous picture of the relationship between our European partners and what is presented as a capricious and domineering Trump administration.

2018-07-09 17:20

Agenda for Trump-Putin summit

Agenda for Trump-Putin summit

President Donald Trump will meet Russia's Vladimir Putin in mid-July in Helsinki, Finland. President Trump long sought this summit and talking is better than silence. However, without a change in U.S. policy it isn't clear what positives will result.

2018-07-04 18:04

Is Sara Sanders the harsh defender?

Is Sara Sanders the harsh defender?

Not for a good reason, of course, but White House press secretary Sara Huckabee Sanders is again in the headlines. The controversy over her “polite” expulsion from the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, has not surprised many.

2018-07-02 15:30

Battle for Germany's soul

Battle for Germany's soul

STOCKHOLM - One year after the death of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the country he led for 16 years seems to be struggling with whether or not to follow his legacy.

2018-06-29 16:41

World Cup football and politics

World Cup football and politics

Witnessing the early stages of the World Cup Football extravaganza offers an amazing sporting experience. Indeed the enthusiasm is palpable and contagious as the early matches kicked off in a near carnival atmosphere. For a full month, football games across Russia will lead to the coveted World Cup to be decided in Moscow, July 15.

2018-06-27 16:36

Iran running out of options in Syria

Iran running out of options in Syria

The last month has been very rude to Iran, which is suddenly finding itself in a very tight corner. In the first week of May, President Donald Trump decided abruptly to execute his campaign promise and take the United States out of the international agreement to restrain Iran's nuclear program, on the pretext of a vague and trivial excuse of redesigning a new deal on the same...

2018-06-25 17:19

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