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An Unpredictable Trump and a Risk-Prone Kim Mean High Stakes and Mismatched Expectations
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When Alex Wellerstein, a nuclear historian who has studied crises and breakthroughs dating to the earliest Cold War arms races, tried to imagine the possible outcomes of Presi...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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7 Big Things to Understand About Trump’s Talks With North Korea
President Trump has accepted North Korea’s invitation for direct talks with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to be held by May. It’s a big deal, but you’re probably wonde...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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In confronting North Korea, Trump risks disaster
President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday was heavy on misleading claims and nationalist vitriol, yet rather light on foreign-policy chat. What Trump did discuss...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Trump's Asia Trip: Personal Diplomacy or U.S. Diplomacy
President Trump’s five-country trip to Asia in early November provided an opportunity for Trump to address some important issues for the United States, specifically strategies...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Donald Trump returns North Korea to US list of terrorism sponsors
Donald Trump has put North Korea back on a US list of “state sponsors of terrorism” after almost a decade, as his administration intensifies efforts to convince Pyongyang to a...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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An Emboldened Xi Will Greet a Troubled Trump in China
President Donald Trump arrives in China with a first-year record that includes sagging approval ratings and an investigation into Russia’s connections to his campaign, but als...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Where’s Rex?
President Donald Trump’s administration came out swinging at North Korea after its latest nuclear test. Trump threatened to cut off all trade with any country that traded with...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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The frightening new developments in Trump’s standoff with North Korea, explained
North Korea test-fires a new missile. Some of the Pentagon’s most advanced warplanes fly over South Korea in a grim display of strength. Seoul’s new government nervously start...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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U.S. warship sails near disputed island in South China Sea
A U.S. warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam on Sunday in an operation meant to challenge the competing claims of a...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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US faces struggle to ease nervous Asian allies’ fears of a retreat
When James Mattis speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, the US defence secretary will face a very different landscape from the one that greeted his prede...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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US patrol sends signal to Beijing's claims in South China Sea – but how strong?
Fifteen years ago, when China and the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations committed to establishing a code of conduct to govern actions in the South China Sea, t...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Trump told the Philippine president that he’s doing a “great job” killing drug dealers
Most American presidents wouldn’t heap praise on a foreign leader for spearheading an anti-drug campaign that has killed more than 7,000 people, including children as young as...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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The Lawfare Podcast: Mira Rapp-Hooper on the Slow-Motion Crisis in North Korea
It's been a long and stressful week on the domestic front, so we at the Lawfare Podcast are bringing you a podcast on a cheerier subject: the looming crisis on the Korean Peni...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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North Korea just conducted its scariest missile test yet
North Korea conducted its 10th missile test on Saturday. It was a major turning point in North Korea’s missile program — and potentially its nuclear program too. The tested pr...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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3 Reasons North Korea Is a Bigger Threat Than a Month Ago
It’s not just the unpredictability of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that make the volatile situation in and around the Korean Peninsula incre...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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US, Japan, France, UK practice amphibious landings on Guam
Troops from the U.S., Japan and two European nations are gathering on remote U.S. islands in the Pacific for drills they say will show support for the free passage of vessels ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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As Trump and Kim Jong Un Unleash War Rhetoric, Allies Urge a Slower Hand
Ahead of another test of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities expected to occur as soon as this weekend, Washington is ratcheting up the rhetoric against the Hermit Kingdom and ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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China’s Xi to hold first meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in April
President Trump said Thursday he faces tough meetings with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a Florida summit next week, one with a full agenda that ranges from Trump's attack...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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U.S. Says Military Strike Is Among Its North Korea Options
President Donald Trump and his top diplomat hardened the U.S. approach to North Korea, ruling out direct talks and raising the option of a pre-emptive strike in statements tha...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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U.S. Allies Are Learning that Trump’s America Is Not the ‘Indispensable Nation’
On Saturday night, President Donald Trump dined at his new D.C. hotel with the governor of Florida, Rick Scott, his daughter Ivanka, her husband and powerful senior White Hous...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
