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(Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images/Foreign Policy illustration) U.N. Brief: The Laugh is on Trump
China and Russia foil Pompeo’s maximum pressure campaign for North Korea.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and National Security Advisor John Bolton attend the opening ceremony at the 2018 NATO Summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels on July 11. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Bolton Puts Mattis in a Tight Spot on Syria
Legally, the U.S. has to use troops there to fight the Islamic State. But the White House wants them to deter Iran.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on Sept. 26 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. (Nicholas Kamm /AFP/Getty Images photos) U.N. Brief: Trump Says China Out to Get Him; Venezuela’s Besieged Leader Comes to Turtle Bay
The U.S. president presides over a defiant Security Council that still loves the Iran nuclear deal.
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U.S. President Donald Trump listens during the U.N. Security Council briefing on counterproliferation at United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 26. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images) Trump: China Is Out to Get Me
The White House accuses China of engaging in election interference.
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A health worker shouts slogans demanding fair and higher wages during a protest of the lack of medical supplies and poor conditions in hospitals, in front of a line of police in Caracas on Aug. 16. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Ramps Up Pressure on Venezuela, But Maduro Keeps Hanging On
The United States has announced new sanctions on Venezuela and may threaten further action—but there’s little sign that will bring the regime down anytime soon.
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An MQ-9 Reaper drone is parked in an aircraft shelter at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015, in Indian Springs, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) A Silicon Valley Start-Up That Loves the Pentagon
Google may balk at military contracts, but Hivemapper founder Ariel Seidman believes working with the U.S. Defense Department can help save lives.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on a screen as he addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25. (Eduardo MunozAlvarez/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images) U.N. Brief: Trump Manages to Unite the U.N. — Against His Isolationist Vision
Trump and Rouhani dismiss prospects for face to face talks for now.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks next to European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini during a plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria on July 14, 2015. (Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images) Is the Iran Deal Finally Dead?
Europe’s frantic efforts to save the nuclear pact at the U.N. probably won’t work.
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U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25. (John Moore/Getty Images) Trump Takes Aim at Iran, China, and the Global System in Big U.N. Speech
And draws a rare laugh from world leaders while boasting of his accomplishments.
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New U.S. special representative to North Korea Stephen Biegun speaks after being named by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 23. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images) Pompeo’s New North Korea Envoy Wades Into Diplomatic Minefield
Stephen Biegun is widely considered a great pick for the job. But it may be an impossible task in the first place.
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U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in New York on Sept. 24. (Ludovic Marin /AFP/Getty Images) U.N. Brief: Trump Calls Kim Jong Un ‘Terrific,’ Prepares ‘Strong Words’ for Iranian Leaders
America’s European allies make case for international cooperation.
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U.S. natural gas cargoes, such as this shipment from Louisiana on Nov. 6, 2017, have increasingly gone to China but could be at risk from the trade war. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Trump’s Trade War With China Could Hit Energy Exports
China places tariffs on natural gas, a fast-growing U.S. export.
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, 2017. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) U.N. Brief: Trump to Tackle Globe Drug Trade, Confront Iran
U.N. summit clouded by failure to end Middle East wars, America’s retreat from multilateral solutions to the world’s crises.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the CFE Arena during a campaign stop on the campus of the University of Central Florida in Orlando on March 5, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Trump Has a New Weapon to Cause ‘the Cyber’ Mayhem
The U.S. president and his advisor John Bolton want to take the gloves off in cyberspace—but experts worry offensive attacks could backfire.
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Charles Hodges (left) and airmen from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command meet with Royal Thai military officials and a Thai engineering company to advise and assist in the rescue operation at the Tham Luang cave system on June 30. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Jessica Tait) Mission Impossible: Inside the Dramatic Cave Rescue of a Thai Soccer Team
Two U.S. special operations airmen recall the ordeal.