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An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: U.S President Donald Trump gives a joint statement with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) How Can Trump Make Peace Without a Partner in Palestine?
The aging Mahmoud Abbas is more likely to preside over the collapse of Palestinian institutions than the creation of an independent state.
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (C) arrives at a coca plantation in Pueblo Nuevo, Briceno municipality, Antioquia department, Colombia, on May 15, 2017. The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leftist guerrillas inaugurated a plan to eradicate coca plantations and replace them with legal crops. / AFP PHOTO / RAUL ARBOLEDA (Photo credit should read RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images) Peace, Drugs, and Tough Love for Colombia’s Santos in Washington
With coca production rising, Venezuela melting down next door, and a Trump administration ambivalent about a peace deal with the FARC, the embattled Colombian president has a lot on his plate.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee during an oversight hearing on the FBI on Capitol Hill May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Comey is expected to answer questions about Russian involvement into the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images) FBI Counterintelligence Agents Don’t Forgive or Forget
The FBI has earned a reputation for conservatism. But that was never going to help President Trump.
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BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, NJ - NOVEMBER 19: (L to R) President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he stands alongside retired United States Marine Corps general James Mattis after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) When Will Trump’s ‘Mad Dog’ Get Put Down?
The president has given Defense Secretary James Mattis almost unprecedented power. But Trump won’t tolerate his disobedience for long.
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TOPSHOT - Pro-Erdogan supporters react during a protest at the Sarchane park in Istanbul on July 19, 2016. The Turkish army said on July 19 that the vast majority of its members had no links with the July 15 attempted coup and warned that the putschists would face severe punishment. The armed forces blamed the "Fethullah Terrorist Organisation" (FETO) for the failed putsch, referring to Fethullah Gulen, a one-time ally turned foe of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey's prime minister said on July 19 his government had sent four files to the United States, as Ankara seeks the extradition of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen. / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images) The United States Should Extradite Fetullah Gülen
It is clear to the government of Turkey that the Pennsylvania cleric is a coup plotter. Donald Trump should honor our request to bring him to justice.
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rmeilane Syria’s Kurds Are Not the PKK
Amid the war against the Islamic State, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is bombing our villages and soldiers on an entirely false pretense.
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 10: South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In arrives at the National Cemetery on May 10, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. Moon Jae-in of Democratic Party, was elected as the new president of South Korea in the election held on May 9, 2017. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji-Pool/Getty Images) South Korea Doesn’t Have a Clue What To Do About the North
Seoul needs to formulate a concrete strategy on its troublesome neighbor or risk being permanently sidelined.
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GettyImages-119978328crop The Most Hated Man in Britain Thinks He Can Save the Country
The best thing Tony Blair can do for Brexit and the Labour Party is to stay as far away as possible.
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rouhaniplane Flying Iran’s Friendly Skies to Victory
President Hassan Rouhani's overhaul of his country’s rickety airlines is a centerpiece of his re-election campaign. But will Donald Trump get in the way?
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 10: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (C) leaves the White House May 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Lavrov met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Ukraine, Syria and other bilaterial subjects, according to the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump Should Not Have Met with Russia’s Foreign Minister
Way to give Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants, Mr. President.
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A member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, monitors in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometres (35 miles) west of Raqa city, on April 30, 2017, as they advance in their battle for the Islamic State group's stronghold. US-backed fighters have captured 80 percent of Syria's Tabqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said on May 1, a week after they first entered the town. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Plan to Arm Kurds Lays Bare the Strategic Vacuum in Syria
The administration’s plan to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State could further inflame tensions between Washington, Ankara, and Tehran.
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merkel1 The Forever Chancellor
Angela Merkel was supposed to face a serious threat to her leadership this year. It turns out she knows Germans better than they know themselves.
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 09: South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea reacts after a television report on an exit poll of the new president at the party's auditorium in the National assembly on May 9, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. Polls have opened in South Korea's presidential election, called seven months early after former President Park Geun-hye was impeached for her involvement in a corruption scandal. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) Young Koreans Are Winning Their Generational War
South Koreans are angry about jobs and elite corruption - but that's driven them left, not right.
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SEOUL, REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Members of a traditional dance troupe perform during a ceremony celebrating Confucius and his instructions in Seoul, 09 March 2006. The ceremony was held at Sungkyunkwan, the state college of Korea's old kingdom for the last 500 years. AFP PHOTO/LEE HOON-KOO (Photo credit should read LEE HOON-KOO/AFP/Getty Images) American Universities Are Welcoming China’s Trojan Horse
A growing number of Confucius Institutes are importing Chinese censorship into U.S. campuses.
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South Korean protesters hold placards showing a caricature of US President Donald Trump during a rally against the planned deployment of the US-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system, outside the Defence Ministry in Seoul on February 28, 2017. Residents living near a South Korean golf course on February 28 sued to stop it becoming the site of a controversial US missile system loathed by Beijing, their lawyers said as Chinese media poured scorn on the plan. / AFP / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) South Korea Is More Worried About Donald Trump Than Kim Jong Un
Seoul is used to dealing with an unruly Pyongyang and an imperious Beijing. But it’s the irascible American president who is imposing himself on the country's election.
