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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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9Mar 2026
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China Inside and Out: Politics and Policies in a Turbulent World (Bloomsbury Academic). THIS BOOK OF FOCUSED READINGS AND DOCUMENTS…

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Post #497: Aggression in Iran

Conduct that Defies Logic, Law, or Sound Purposes As the invasion of Iran grinds on and its boundaries expand, the…

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APB: A Dangerous Game of Chicken

6 Apr 20186 Apr 2018
As the “tit-for-tat” trade fight between the US and China escalates, Donald Trump is likely to find that he doesn’t “know China” the way he once thought.  When he said…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Defying the Hawks on the Way to a Trump-Kim Summit

9 Mar 20189 Mar 2018
Donald Trump’s extraordinary decision to meet with Kim Jong-un has taken all the policy hawks by surprise—and led them to issue all kinds of warnings of impending disaster.  Trump’s decision…
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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…
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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.…
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Is There a Trump-Russia Conspiracy?

19 Feb 201818 Feb 2018
Now that Russia’s interference in US politics since at least 2014 is “official” with Robert Mueller’s indictments—the evidence is “incontrovertible,” H. R. McMaster, the national security special assistant says—we need…
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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…
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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…
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Kushner and China: Where Money Talks

23 Jan 201823 Jan 2018
Add Jared Kushner’s all-too-cozy relationship with the Chinese to the long list of Trump administration corruption, conflicts of interest, and unholy foreign entanglements.  In a previous post (#177) I reported…

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