Zelensky warns of Russia’s growing alliance with Iran, North Korea
In an interview with the Associated Press on Feb. 2, Zelensky added that while these countries had previously cooperated on ...
Preoccupied with its troops in Russia, North Korea unlikely to embrace Trump’s overture soon
North Korea lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for calling it a “rogue” state and warned Monday that such ...
President Trump says 'we will have relations with North Korea'; it's a 'big asset' that he gets along with Kim
President Trump met with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at the White House and touted his good relationship with Kim ...
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Trump is Nobel Prize shopping. Here’s what it will take to win one.
Rahm Emanuel, the U.S. ambassador to Japan from 2021 to 2025, has served in Congress, as White House chief of staff under President Barack Obama, and as mayor of Chicago. He will spend the next year ...
State Dept. Fires About 60 Contractors Working on Democracy and Human Rights
The contractors helped enact programs that focus on building up civil society and democratic practices in authoritarian ...
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Russia’s close ties with North Korea and Iran represent diverging goals
Key differences in comprehensive strategic partnership treaties with Pyongyang and Tehran give insight into Moscow's diplomatic strategy On January 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian ...
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Russia is about to sign a pact with Iran - should the West be worried?
"Iran neatly fits into the category." Image: Vladimir Putin with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang last year. Pic: AP The US and UK have already accused Tehran of providing Moscow with ...
The Russia-Iran treaty has as much to do with Syria as the U.S.
While Moscow and Tehran want this deal to signal unity in defiance of the West, it’s also about shoring up losses in the wake ...
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All change as President Trump rewrites the rules of geopolitics
Geopolitics – the interaction of strategy with geography and power – forms part of the mental architecture of every national leader. Most are only dimly aware of the geopolitical framework that shapes ...
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Rubio Aims to Take on the Axis of Anger: China, Russia, North Korea and Iran
They are China, Russia, North Korea and Iran — what some policymakers in ... a core policy of President Biden, to try to deter China from aggressive military actions. However, Mr. Rubio will ...
Why Cuba and 3 other countries are on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list
President Trump placed Cuba back on the State Department's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism just one week after the Biden ...
Here's why US Iron Dome is necessary, but will differ from Israel's
There are significant challenges to overcome if we are to deploy something similar to Israel’s acclaimed air defense network ...