•That is counterproductive and dangerous When donald trump arrived in the Oval Office he promised to restore America’s might. His method has turned out to be a wholesale weaponisation of economic tools. The world can now see the awesome force that a superpower can project when it is unconstrained by rules or
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Trump backs Boris Johnson as next British Prime Minister
Nuclear Threat: US, Russia and China in tit-for-tat nuclear arms race accusations
Editor's Note: The Trump administration has already pulled back from one nuclear non proliferation agreement (INF) with Russia accusing Moscow of violations with a nuclear expanding China not included in the initial arrangements. This has attracted counter accusations from both Moscow and Beijing with Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
North Korea executes envoy in a purge after failed US summit: media
Mueller: Charging Trump with obstruction ‘was not an option’
Masood Farivar Special counsel Robert Mueller reiterated Wednesday that charging U.S. President Donald Trump with obstruction of justice was not an option his office could consider under Justice Department guidelines. Mueller also announced the closure of his office after concluding in late March a two-year probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
Trump says he is not seeking ‘regime change’ in Iran
Michael Kranish President Trump on Monday denied that the United States is seeking regime change in Iran, dialing back hawkish rhetoric days after ordering 1,500 additional U.S. troops to the region. Actions by the Trump administration had heightened questions about whether the president was seeking a military confrontation with Iran, starting with
North Korea calls Bolton ‘warmonger’ over missile comment
North Korea on Monday called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a “warmonger” and “human defect” after he described its recent tests of short-range missiles as a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. The statement by an unidentified North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson came as President Donald Trump visited Japan for
Why nuclear diplomacy needs more women
•A homogenous group of policymakers make innovation less likely Elena Souris After months of “fire and fury,” a summit, “beautiful” love letters and a promise the North Korean threat was resolved, the latest nuclear weapons negotiation between the United States and North Korea failed. This isn’t surprising. We haven’t seen a U.S.-North Korea agreement because nuclear policy is
Threats would mean ‘Official End’ of Iran, Trump warns in tweet
Seung Min Kim President Trump warned Sunday that threats from Iran against the United States would mark that nation’s “official end” — taking a sharply more aggressive tone after a rocket landed inside Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone near the US Embassy amid increasing tensions in the region. No one has claimed responsibility
US blacklists China’s tech giant Huawei, 70 affiliates
Huawei hits back after Trump declares national emergency on telecoms 'threat' Order ‘unreasonable’ and will harm US consumers, says Huawei Move bars business with firms posing national security risk Jude Johnson with Agency reports The United States Commerce Department said on Wednesday it is adding Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and 70