“It is not controversial to say that U.S.-Russian relations are at their lowest point since the 1980s. President Trump’s bizarre affinity for President Putin aside, the U.S. security establishment is squarely at odds with Moscow, while the Kremlin largely opposes American interests.”
Read MoreLast week, a Saudi-American journalist and the Chinese head of Interpol went missing, and many suspect at the hands of their respective governments. This week’s foreign policy recap discusses the disappearances, the upcoming Brazil elections, and more.
Read MoreLast week across the world, a tsunami in Indonesia killed an estimated 1,000+ residents, Macedonia continues to battle Greece and Russia in its quest to join the European Union, and another particularly fiery round of Gaza protests results in the deaths of six Palestinian demonstrators.
Read More“Despite the detractors, though, a trade war pursued in the right fashion has the potential to fulfill American economic interests and ensure an even playing field for US companies within international markets.”
Read MoreA Ugandan MP returns home to face charges of treason, Cuba continues to deny involvement in mystery illnesses of American Embassy employees, the EU denies the Brexit Chequers Plan, and the Maldives hold elections that could decide the fate of a burgeoning democracy.
Read More“Most economists are not thrilled with category-defying hodgepodge economies. But behavioral economist and Nobel laureate Richard Thaler is world-renowned for embracing the outliers.”
Read More“It is both ahistorical and asinine to claim that Poland, and the Polish people, did not play any role in the destruction of European Jewry.”
Read MoreChina and Russia stage joint military exercises, Egyptian courts sentence 75 people to death for alleged roles in 2013’s demonstrations, and another shooting carried out by an organized crime syndicate strikes Mexico City.
Read MoreSweden’s far-right party picks up seats in parliamentary elections, India’s Supreme Court decriminalizes gay sex, and American government officials meet with Venezuelan rebels.
Read MoreHungary’s collection of communist-era statues might provide a lesson for Silent Sam’s future.
Read More“From Ukraine to Yemen and Afghanistan to Somalia, this beloved weapon of the Taliban and ISIS has enabled ragtag militias across the world to compete with American military muscle.”
Read More“In the latest chapter of history’s oldest transatlantic relationship, the United Kingdom and United States have found themselves on strikingly similar trajectories.”
Read More“China came under fire on Friday in a new United Nations report detailing the horrors of Uyghur “re-education” camps that are found in the country’s westernmost provinces.”
Read More“In 2014, for the first time since the eighteenth century, a non-Western country was the world’s largest economy.”
Read More“With millions of lives, billions of euros, and the very ideas of European integration and regional cooperation hanging in the balance, Brussels must study up — this is one test it can’t afford to fail.”
Read MoreThe right to vote is being challenged in Russia and elsewhere.
Read MoreAs President Trump continues to struggle with an investigation into his campaign’s connections to Russia, any sort of concessions his administration may allow Russia will continue to be put under intense scrutiny.
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