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Post #500: No Exit in Iran

A Hopeless US Proposal Donald Trump thinks a 15-point plan will end the war with Iran. Seems like a hope…

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Post #499: Cuba is Trump’s Next Imperial Project

Another Nonexistent Threat Regime change in Cuba may be the next stop for the Trump war machine. Here’s what he…

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Post #498: Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump’s War

I have previously commented about the strategic blunders the Trump regime has made in its war on Iran. Add this…

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“Gangsterism” or “Progress”? Examining North Korea’s Latest Statement on Denuclearization

9 Jul 20188 Jul 2018
Most US news reports are suggesting that the North Koreans may be backtracking on their commitment to denuclearization,calling the US position “gangster-like” following the visit of Secretary of State Mike…
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Post #210: At Home and Abroad, Trump Abandons Human Rights (Part 1)

7 Jul 20187 Jul 2018
In January 1941, with the prospect looming of US involvement in another European war, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke of America’s purpose in the world: to protect and promote “four freedoms.”…
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Post #209: After Singapore, is Iran the Next US Target?

23 Jun 201822 Jun 2018
Predictably, both sides at the Singapore summit are claiming victory. Kim Jong-un, having shared the stage with Donald Trump, can say that North Korea is now recognized de facto as…
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Post #208: What Happened? Assessing the Singapore Summit

13 Jun 201813 Jun 2018
“Peace and prosperity,” “lasting and stable peace,” “peace regime,” “denuclearization,” “new US-DPRK relations”—these fine words and phrases dominate the joint statement of Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. Yet it’s difficult…
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Post #207: Trump’s War on the Poor: An Impeachable Offense

6 Jun 20187 Jul 2018
Were it not for the source, it would hardly be news to learn that the United States can’t take care of its most needy—that it may be the richest country,…
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Who Is Kim Yong-chol?

30 May 2018
General Kim Yong-chol is arriving in New York to discuss North Korea’s denuclearization with top US officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo whom Kim has met twice. The meetings…
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Post #206: In Iran and North Korea, China Holds Some Cards

25 May 201825 May 2018
Donald Trump made his television reputation by telling people “You’re fired.” The same bullying approach now substitutes for his international diplomacy, with Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran…
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Who’s To Blame if the US-North Korea Summit Isn’t Held?

16 May 201817 May 2018
Virtually everyone in the US faults North Korea for threatening to cancel the Trump-Kim summit scheduled for June 12 in Singapore. No one, including the liberal media, bothers to address…
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Post #205: Breaking the Iran Deal: the Delusion of Victory

10 May 20189 May 2018
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has undoubtedly been sipping Champagne these days in celebration of his successful effort to lobby Donald Trump over the Iran nuclear deal. Netanyahu’s crude interventions to…
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Post #204: The Korean Summit and After: What the Experts Say, and Miss

1 May 201830 Apr 2018
In the wake of the inter-Korean summit meeting, analysts are having a field day taking apart the Panmunjom Declaration of Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in and speculating about how Donald…
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The Three Inter-Korean Summit Final Statements

29 Apr 2018
(1) June 15, 2000 Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong-il Declaration: The leaders of the South and the North, recognizing that the meeting and the summit talks were of great significance…
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Post #203: Will Abe Shinzo “Make Japan Great Again”?

24 Apr 201822 Apr 2018
(Note: A somewhat shorter version of this article appears in China-US Focus, April 20, 2018, https://www.chinausfocus.com/peace-security/japans-shifting-security-posture-under-abe.)   Abe Shinzo, Japan’s prime minister, has now held his sixth meeting with Donald Trump.…

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