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Bounties Uproar Casts a Shadow Over a Rare Trump Foreign Policy Achievement
For a president with few tangible foreign policy accomplishments under his belt, Afghanistan had come to look something like a bright spot. His nuclear talks with North Korea...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump threatens to reduce US troop numbers in Germany
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President Donald Trump said he would reduce the number of US troops in Germany to 25,000 unless the country spent more on defence, in a move that threatens to further strain t...
By Richard Fontaine
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Mattis says Trump ‘tries to divide us’ in stinging rebuke
Jim Mattis, a retired general and former defense secretary, castigated Donald Trump as an immature president making “a mockery” of the constitution, as he joined a chorus of r...
By Richard Fontaine
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As he seeks to punish China, Trump faces criticism at home over his own attacks on democratic values
The setting was the Rose Garden. The topic was China. And for President Trump, the goal of the White House event Friday was to condemn the communist nation as a threat to demo...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump announces unprecedented action against China
President Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Beijing Friday, naming misdeeds that range from espionage to the violation of Hong Kong's freedoms, and announced a slew...
By Richard Fontaine
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For most of Afghanistan war, U.S. ‘never really fought to win,’ Trump declares
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President Trump on Monday declared that the United States had “never really fought to win” in Afghanistan, except early in the nearly two-decade-long war, making a sweeping st...
By Richard Fontaine
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Pandemic Shatters World Order, Sowing Anger and Mistrust
While the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc across much of the globe, political and business leaders are already starting to think about what the world might look like once th...
By Richard Fontaine
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As Trump faces heat on coronavirus response, Republicans try to elevate China’s role in domestic political debate
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For months, national Republicans hoping to wrest back control of the House this fall have targeted first-term Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), hitting him on his vote to impeach Pre...
By Richard Fontaine
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One controversial aspect of Trump's response to COVID-19 is right
President Trump's response to COVID-19 has been rambling, chaotic, and petty. Lagging rather than leading international efforts to fight the virus, the US is grappling with cr...
By Richard Fontaine
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Coronavirus rattles America's national security priesthood
In The News
If the U.S. foreign policy establishment were a high school cafeteria, the popular kids would be the terrorism and nuclear weapons analysts. And the global health specialists ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump’s ‘Disaster Diplomacy’ Has So Far Had Few Results
As the coronavirus raced across the globe earlier this year, the Trump administration offered assistance to a pair of longtime American enemies, Iran and North Korea. The resp...
By Richard Fontaine
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Pentagon reluctantly moves to help combat coronavirus
The US military has begun to slowly step in to aid the federal government’s coronavirus response despite reluctance among Pentagon leaders, who are concerned the domestic depl...
By Richard Fontaine
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Tensions With China Help Ease Trump’s Visit to India
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When Donald Trump makes his first visit to India as president next week, there will be one thing keeping U.S.-India relations on track: China. Bipartisan support for India ha...
By Richard Fontaine
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Spread of coronavirus threatens to strain U.S.-China relations along with global health system
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China on Monday accused the United States of contributing to public hysteria over the deadly novel coronavirus, as the struggle to contain the illness adds further strain to d...
By Richard Fontaine
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Flanked by Military Brass, Trump Backs Off War Footing
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed off threats of military retaliation after Iran launched more than a dozen missiles against American and coalition targets in Ir...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump: No Americans harmed in attack by Iran, which 'appears to be standing down'
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President Donald Trump said no American troops were injured or killed in an attack Tuesday night by Iran, which launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases ho...
By Richard Fontaine
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The two words that could tip the debate on Iran -- and help decide the next election
The fierce political debate over President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of a top Iranian military leader ultimately may turn on just two words. Republicans ch...
By Richard Fontaine
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Congress unlikely to check Trump’s power to start war with Iran
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Last year, months before the United States killed a senior Iranian commander in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East, bipartisan majorities in both the House a...
By Richard Fontaine
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The U.S.-China Trade Deal Means a Long Cold War for Business
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With a new trade deal, the U.S. and China have agreed to stand down, but look for the war to go on, with the potential to rattle trade and markets across the globe for years a...
By Richard Fontaine
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The missing voice of John McCain in impeachment and Ukraine
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If there was ever a time and a place where the voice of John McCain was missing from Congress, this is it — at the intersection of an impeachment, an election and a constituti...
By Richard Fontaine
