BLOG Post #201: The Coming Crisis with Iran 3 Apr 20183 Apr 2018 With the appointments of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state and John Bolton as national security adviser, Donald Trump has signaled his preparedness by the May 12 deadline to withdraw…
BLOG Post #200: A Blank Check for Repression? A Saudi Leader Visits Washington 21 Mar 201824 Mar 2018 It’s a classic narrative: the foreign dignitary of a US ally visits Washington, the Pentagon and State Department are intent on selling him a large weapons package, a munitions maker…
BLOG Post #199: Trump’s War on the Environment—Part 2, Resistance and Innovation 12 Mar 201813 Mar 2018 (Note to readers: This is the second of a two-part commentary, continuing reporting of good and bad news on the environment that began with my very first blog in 2014.…
BLOG Post #198: Getting to “Yes” With North Korea 8 Mar 20187 Mar 2018 For the first time in quite a few years, direct US-North Korea dialogue seems within reach thanks to North-South Korea talks involving Kim Jong-un and top officials of the Moon…
BLOG Post #197: Trump’s War on the Environment—Part 1, Ignorance and Greed 3 Mar 20182 Mar 2018 (Note to readers: This is the first of a two-part commentary, continuing reporting of good and bad news on the environment that began with my very first blog in 2014.…
BLOG Post #196: Was There Really a Breakthrough in US-North Korea Relations? 15 Feb 20182 Mar 2018 (Note: An updated, longer version of this blog is at https://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/2018/0302/16170.html.) In the aftermath of the “Korean spring” at the Winter Games, some observers waxed euphoric over the potential for direct…
BLOG Post #195: The Middle East Peace Process: A Cruel Joke 1 Feb 201830 Jan 2018 Three brief reports on January 25 concerning Israel-Palestine-US relations sum up the new situation created by Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the US embassy…
BLOG Post #194: Dubious Partnership: The US and Saudi Arabia 18 Jan 201817 Jan 2018 In recent months Donald Trump has shown no hesitation to comment critically on political developments in Iran, Pakistan, Venezuela, and North Korea. He supported protests in Iran against “the brutal…
BLOG Post #193: “Sunshine” Reemerges in Korea, But Will Trump Accept It? 6 Jan 20185 Jan 2018 The White House has said it has no objections to direct North-South Korea dialogue, which will start shortly thanks to a surprise invitation to President Moon Jae-in by Kim Jong-un.…
BLOG Post #192: A Scenario of Planet Earth’s Survival: Far-out Thoughts at the New Year 1 Jan 2018 What does the future hold for our planet? It is easy to prophesy doom: a nuclear war, irreversible climate change, hordes of dispossessed people converging on well-to-do cities, a contagion…
BLOG Post #191: The Calculated Destruction of America’s Government 7 Dec 20176 Dec 2017 It is truly extraordinary: the still-new Trump administration keeps appointing people whose common priority is the destruction of the agency they head. Their mission is therefore the opposite of their…
BLOG Post #190: Trump and Xi in Beijing: A Snapshot 19 Nov 201718 Nov 2017 Note to Readers: This post expands the previous APB. It was published Nov. 17 in China-US Focus, https://www.chinausfocus.com/foreign-policy/trump-and-xi-in-beijing-a-snapshot. Donald Trump gave Xi Jinping endorsements; Xi gave Trump face. Trump heaped praise…
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