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What Does Trump Really Think about U.S. Alliances?

Tue, 07/02/2017 - 10:25
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Tue, 07/02/2017
Trump U.S. Alliances


Robert L. Gallucci

Time for a genuine and open discussion about America’s role in the world.
Conventional wisdom about what sustains America’s security at the most fundamental level has not changed much in seventy years. In fact, for a hundred years or so, we understood that if another country achieved hegemony in Europe or Asia, it would eventually mean trouble for the United States. 

The Limbo of the Israel Embassy Controversy

Fri, 03/02/2017 - 09:46
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Fri, 03/02/2017
US Embassy Controversy

by Aaron Eitan Meyer
President Trump says he and his staff are doing "detailed studies" about moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
The internet and international community are abuzz over President Donald Trump's unprecedented consideration of whether to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem after nearly three quarters of a century. 

Making China Great Again

Fri, 03/02/2017 - 09:41
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Fri, 03/02/2017
China Trump

Gwynne Dyer
“Passing the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] is as important to me as another aircraft carrier,” said former U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter two years ago, as the negotiations on the huge new free trade organization were nearing completion.

Is Trump’s Agenda Starting to Show “Shades of Brown”? The Million Dollar Question

Thu, 02/02/2017 - 10:24
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Thu, 02/02/2017
Trump’s Agenda


By Peter Koenig

Where is Mr. Trump coming from and where is he going to? What is really on his agenda, what is trustworthy, and what is sheer farce and eventually killed by its own weight of controversy? – While out there, the different agenda items are spun around by the presstitute as anti-Trump and pro-establishment propaganda.

Turkey squeezed between Russia, US in Syria

Thu, 02/02/2017 - 10:20
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Thu, 02/02/2017
Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Author Semih Idiz

Developments in Syria may once again be slipping through Turkey’s fingers. The new Donald Trump administration in Washington has already disappointed Ankara. Rather than being welcomed, Trump’s advocacy of safe zones in Syria — an idea first proposed by Turkey — has ruffled official Turkish feathers. Ankara now fears that such zones will be a step toward granting Syrian Kurds autonomy. Turkish officials have been noticeably mute on the matter, saying they need to see a full proposal before commenting.

The Fight over Nationalism Is About to Get Messy

Wed, 01/02/2017 - 09:42
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Wed, 01/02/2017
Fight over Nationalism


President Trump needs to start caring about the war of words.
James Jay Carafano
The storm is gathering. The next great battle in the world war of ideas will be over the meaning of nationalism. It’s a fight the United States cannot afford to lose—and one that the Trump administration will have to go “over there” to win.

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