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Lavrov: North Korea Ready to Open Direct Talks with U.S….

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North Korea is open to direct talks with the US over their nuclear standoff, according to the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, who said he passed that message to his counterpart, Rex Tillerson, when the two diplomats met in Vienna on Thursday. There was no immediate response from Tillerson but the official position of the […]

Don’t Blame Donald Trump for Eclipsing the State Department…

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The bad news? President Donald Trump may be dismantling the State Department. The good news? No recent president has made much use of those diplomats anyway, so they are unlikely to be missed. And that’s really bad news. Recent stories try hard to make the case that something new and dark has crept into Foggy […]

Rex Tillerson Is Underrated…

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Over the past year, Rex Tillerson seems to have doggedly pursued the title of Worst Secretary of State Ever. The New York Times editorial board accuses him of “making war on diplomacy,” and contributing writer Jason Zengerle’s recent profile of Tillerson was headlined “Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department.” Nik Steinberg of […]

Central Americans and Haitians No Longer Need Protected Status…

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More than 300,000 Central Americans and Haitians living in the United States under a form of temporary permission no longer need to be shielded from deportation, the State Department told Homeland Security officials this week, a few days ahead of a highly anticipated DHS announcement about whether to renew that protection. On Tuesday, Secretary of […]

U.S. Upholds Cuba Embargo in UN Resolution Vote…

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The United States defended its decades-old embargo against Cuba on Wednesday, voting against a United Nations resolution condemning the restrictions. The no vote from U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley marked an about-face from a year before, when the U.S. abstained from a vote for the first time in 25 years. Despite the U.S. […]

Syria, Iraq – Why The Kurdish Independence Project Failed

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The bid of the Kurdish Barzani clan for an independent Kurdistan in north Iraq and beyond has utterly failed. Masoud Barzani, the strongman of the Iraqi Kurdish region, had called for the referendum to divert from his government’s financial problems. Other Kurdish powerhouses saw it as a last attempt by Barzani to save his failing […]

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