After several days of speculation, it was confirmed that the leaders of North Korea and China had met in Beijing. This was meant as much for external consumption as it was the relationship between the two nations.
In selecting John Bolton as his National Security Adviser, Donald Trump has signaled to the world that he’s likely to take action that will only serve to make the world a more dangerous place.
A well-meaning journalist brushes off critiques by experts in the field. He owes it to his readers to keep learning.
Turkish security personnel who assaulted peaceful protestors in America’s capital will go free.
Americans actings as agents for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been working hard to manipulate the President.
The Nigerian terrorist group has released an unknown number of the 110 girls kidnapped from a boarding school last month.
To nobody’s surprise, Vladimir Putin has won re-election to another term as Russia’s President.
Theresa May’s government has not hit Russian oligarchs nearly as hard as they deserve because the UK benefits from turning a blind eye.
A contest with no serious challenger will make him the longest-serving Russian leader since Stalin.
Not unexpectedly, Russia has retaliated for Great Britain’s retaliation for Russia’s apparent assassination attempt on British history.
One of the supposed “adults” in the Trump administration has no class.
The Treasury Department has designated five entities and 19 individuals tied to the Russian government for cyber espionage.
The selection of Mike Pompeo as the next Secretary of State makes it more likely that President Trump will take the foolish and dangerous step of withdrawing the United States from the nuclear deal with Iran.
Theresa May has expelled 23 Russian diplomats and convened the North Atlantic Council.
While the nature of Rex Tillerson’s firing as Secretary of State was shocking in its abruptness, taken in context with the rocky nature of his tenure it was hardly surprising.
The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.
Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.
Nine years later, at least one member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee is admitting what seemed at the time a rather obvious fact.
By threatening to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran, Donald Trump is making it far less likely that any upcoming talks with North Korea will succeed.
Service members deployed to Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Niger, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda qualify.
Talking to adversaries is a good idea. Of course, it matters how it is done.
The Russia investigation rolls on with more evidence of questionable conduct on the part of Trump and his team.
In 2017, there were ten Saudis on Forbes’ billionaires list. This year, there are none.
The President suffered a setback in his other job yesterday.
The Kim regime released a statement saying they were open to talks and would not conduct provocative tests while they were ongoing.
After six months, Angela Merkel has apparently succeeded in forming a coalition government.
The latest, and most grave, example of the current tide of right-wing populism can be found in Italy.
Under Nelson Mandela’s leadership, the country made a smooth transition from apartheid. Now it’s going the way of Zimbabwe.
Shots fired: European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker threatens to fight back if President Trump imposes tariffs on steel and aluminum.
I’ve made the sad discovery that longtime friend of the blog John Burgess passed away on February 16, 2016.
John Bolton is leading a cry for preemptive war against North Korea.
Yet more absurdity from Brussels, where regulators seemingly don’t understand how the Internet works.
The President provided a contender for most ignorant tweet this morning, as he makes a proposal that would disrupt the global economy.
President Trump has announced that he’ll be imposing significant tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. This is an unwise decision.
President Trump appeared to change positions on several gun control ideas, but he probably doesn’t mean it.
Few Western democracies have anything quite like our First Amendment. This is a case where the United States gets it right.
The White House chief of staff has downgraded the President’s son-in-law’s access to classified information. We’ll see how long that lasts.
China’s Xi Jinping solidified his hold on power well into the next decade over the weekend.
Mexico’s President canceled a visit to the United States for the second time since Donald Trump became President due to a continued disagreement over who will pay for Trump’s border wall.
A mass wave of mainland Chinese immigration to Australia has led to discrimination against Taiwanese expats there.
Some thoughts on the biggest Marvel blockbuster yet. [Modest spoilers]
President Trump continues to make irresponsible and dangerous threats in connection with American policy toward North Korea.
President Trump has announced a new round of sanctions against North Korea, but they are unlikely to work given the unrealistic nature of the Administration’s current policy toward North Korea.
Continuing a long-standard tradition, the Trump Administration claims it doesn’t need to get legal authorization to keep American troops in Syria.
Pork barrel politics is complicating Germany’s replacement of its 1970s fighter jet.
More security clearance problems for the White House.
