Foreign Policy
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Horn of Africa diplomacy will fail without serious investment
Last weekend, diplomats, presidents, and prime ministers gathered in the tiny East African nation of Djibouti. The meeting was apparently initiated by the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, or maybe Donald Yamamoto (the U.S. ambassador to Somalia), or perhaps it was Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh. Participants receiving the invitations said they were not quite sure. Nor did those invited initially know the agenda. Evidently, the State Department forgot to include it. Or perhaps it was not ready until the dignitaries arrived.
Balkan showdown coming to the White House
President Trump has invited the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia to the White House on June 27 to resolve their long-standing dispute over Kosovo’s final status. The minisummit will be presided over by Richard Grenell, Trump’s special envoy for the dialogue. Grenell has urged an accelerated resolution to the conflict, thus setting the stage for a dramatic Balkan summer.
Guyana election battle matters to the US
A contested election held on March 2 in the South American nation of Guyana may be more important to the United States than meets the eye. At stake for the people of Guyana is the long-awaited prosperity that could come from its newly acquired status as a major oil-producing nation. At stake for the U.S. is having a stable ally in an unstable part of the world.North Korea blew up the liaison office because diplomacy has stalled
The liaison office which has served as a de facto embassy between North and South Korea since 2018 collapsed in ruin Tuesday, blown to pieces by the Kim Jong Un's regime.John Kerry: Trump victory could provoke a revolution
June 19, 2020 10:52 AM US seizes advanced Russian military system in Libya
June 19, 2020 08:57 AM Trump administration rightly keeps up the pressure on Nicolas Maduro
June 19, 2020 08:24 AM 'Traitor': Mike Pompeo accuses John Bolton of lying and hurting US with memoir
June 18, 2020 09:32 PM Grassley lifts hold on Trump nominees after getting answers on firings of inspectors general
A top Senate Republican withdrew his objection to two Trump national security official nominees on Thursday after receiving more answers from the White House about President Trump’s reasons for removing two independent watchdogs this year.
Why is the Georgian government OK with Ramzan Kadyrov trying to kill its citizens?
You might think that a democratic government would be rather upset to find out that a foreign adversary had plotted to assassinate one of its prominent journalists.
Dirty Harry, The Searchers, and True Lies do not need warning labels
The nation's preeminent entertainment magazine has a rather sad piece out this week. In "10 Problematic films that could use warning labels," Variety suggests films which "need disclaimers and discussions before and after a screening."Amnesty International's violations of human rights extend beyond Gaza
It beggars belief. Amnesty International defines its core values as the desire to form “a global community of human rights defenders based on the principles of international solidarity, effective action for the individual victim, global coverage, the universality and indivisibility of human rights, impartiality and independence, and democracy and mutual respect.”Head of US Central Command: Iraqi army ‘good enough’ to fight ISIS
June 18, 2020 02:22 PM Former NATO commander warns against withdrawing troops from Germany
June 18, 2020 02:14 PM John Bolton was dead wrong about Venezuela, and Trump was right
June 18, 2020 02:03 PM Peter Navarro slams as 'revenge porn' claims by 'warlord' John Bolton
June 18, 2020 01:58 PM Trump: John Bolton 'set us back' with North Korea
President Trump said the "dumbest" comment John Bolton ever made hurt the administration's ability to deal with North Korea.