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Post #527: The Crimes of the Trump Regime

(Note to the Reader: This is the fifth iteration of a blog originally posted after the first two weeks of…

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APB: The US Denies Visas to Palestinian UN Delegation

For a second consecutive year, the US State Department has denied visas to members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and…

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Post #526: Is Xi Coming, and Will AI and Human Rights be on the Agenda?

Xi Jinping has indicated that if the US approves a second major arms shipment to Taiwan, it would cross a…

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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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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…
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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.…
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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…
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With Friends Like These: The UN Vote on Jerusalem

26 Dec 201726 Dec 2017
An old saying is that people are judged by the company they keep. So, perhaps, are countries. Consider which few countries voted with the US (8) or abstained (35) in…
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Out of Control: Nikki Haley’s UN Rant

21 Dec 2017
When the Egyptian-drafted UN Security Council resolution calling for a reversal of Trump’s decision recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital passed by a 14-1 margin, Amb. Nikki Haley voted to…
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APB: An Unfortunate Revelation on Securing North Korean Nukes

18 Dec 201718 Dec 2017
Specialists on North Korea have cited many reasons over the years for why China cannot be relied on to stop the DPRK from continuing its nuclear and missile buildup.  The…
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APB: Momentum for Talks with North Korea?

13 Dec 2017
Possibly, just possibly, a new momentum for direct US-North Korea discussions is developing.  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson provided some of it when, in a talk at the Atlantic Council…

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