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Is China Really Meddling in U.S. Elections?
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When U.S. President Donald Trump slapped steel tariffs on the European Union this spring, Brussels responded with what it hoped would be a politically painful set of retaliato...
By Abigail Grace
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How the US-China trade war may be good for Beijing
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The opening salvos of the trade war between the US and China were deafening, and while the battle is far from over, a rift between the countries may be beneficial to Beijing i...
By Abigail Grace
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Trump's accusation opens new front in stand-off with China
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US President Donald Trump has opened a new front in his stand-off with China on trade, accusing Beijing of interfering with America's elections. The accusation was made on Wed...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Mike Pompeo floats prospect of officially ending Korean War ahead of Trump-Kim summit
Given the Trump administration's goal of a complete, verifiable denuclearization of North Korea during President Trump's first term, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is eager to...
By Duyeon Kim
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China thinks the trade war isn’t really about trade
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The trade war is not about trade. The trade war is about the United States trying to contain China and undercut its rise. That’s the increasingly common theory percolating in ...
By Abigail Grace
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South Korea's Moon Jae-in: Caught between Trump and Kim
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Moon Jae-in is the man in the middle. The South Korean president has become the mediator between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un and is leading the diplomatic efforts to try to ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Moon Jae-in prepares for make or break inter-Korean summit with Kim Jong-un
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The South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, will seek to salvage stalled nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the US during a summit with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Tues...
By Duyeon Kim
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When Moon travels North, will he return with a gift for Trump?
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For the first time since he chose to engage with the world, North Korea's Kim Jong Un has proposed a possible timeline for ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons: by ...
By Duyeon Kim
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China extends Uighur crackdown beyond its borders
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After years of persecution by Chinese police, Uighur businessman Mehmet fled his home in northern Xinjiang for neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, only to be harassed by Kyrgyz police an...
By Abigail Grace
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Trump called off top U.S. diplomat’s Pyongyang visit after belligerent letter from North Korea: report
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The White House last week canceled a planned trip to Pyongyang by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, just hours before the top U.S. diplomat was due to leave, after receiving a b...
By Duyeon Kim
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Trump’s Cancellation of Pompeo Trip Dashes Hopes in South Korea
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The past few days have been a roller-coaster ride for President Moon Jae-in of South Korea. On Thursday, the United States secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, announced that he ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Unified Korean Team, Victor on the Court, Tries to Win Hearts, Too
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When North and South Korea fielded a joint women’s ice hockey team for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, the decision turned out to be more symbolic than practical: The team lo...
By Duyeon Kim
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What does North Korea want from the US?
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Less than three months after the pomp and ceremony of the Singapore summit, relations between the US and North Korea are stuttering and the point of contention is clear: Pyong...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea is still developing nuclear weapons, says IAEA
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North Korea is continuing to develop its nuclear weapons programme, according to a report by the UN atomic watchdog, raising questions over the country’s commitment to denucle...
By Duyeon Kim
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South China Sea militarization part of larger Chinese challenge to U.S. power
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Tensions are rising in the South China Sea as China builds up military resources in contested waters and the United States Navy asserts its presence in the region, but experts...
By Daniel Kliman
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China: We Might Help Assad With the War in Syria
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China has long avoided entangling itself in direct military conflict abroad. But the Chinese ambassador to Syria last week suggested that China is considering doing just that ...
By Abigail Grace
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Book Review Roundtable: America’s Hot and Cold Relationship with Its Counterterrorism Partners
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With many Americans — led by the current occupant of the White House — questioning the value of global partnerships and talking as though the United States would b...
By Stephen Tankel
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As Trump Thanks Kim Jong Un, North Korea's Military Leadership Gets Another Shake-Up
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appointed a new military chief in the latest shake-up of his military top brass. The country’s state media said that Ri Yong Gil is taking...
By Duyeon Kim
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Now North Korea has returned US remains, the next move is on Trump
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It's one of the four points listed in the joint statement US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un signed on June 12, the day of their historic meeting in Singa...
By Duyeon Kim
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In private, Trump vents frustration over lack of progress on North Korea
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When he emerged from his summit with Kim Jong Un last month, President Trump triumphantly declared that North Korea no longer posed a nuclear threat and that one of the world...
By Duyeon Kim
