Cuba is struggling through its worst energy crisis in living memory as the US-imposed blockade on oil continues. CNN’s Patrick Oppmann’s night drive through Havana reveals a city increasingly plunged into darkness, with exasperated residents enduring hot, sleepless nights without power.
A Trump post showed the country, along with Canada, Cuba, Mexico and Greenland, covered in red, white and blue, and labeled “United States of America.”
After voting against talks to join the European Union, Iceland is reacting forcefully to a slight against its sovereignty.
The Lee government is moving towards greater independence from the U.S. The post What South Korea’s Israel Snub Means appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs What South Korea’s Israel Snub Means The Lee government is moving towards greater independence from the U.S. Photo by Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu via Getty Images The Republic of Korea and the State of Israel were both founded in 1948, out of the wreckage of colonial empires upended by the Second World War. The two governments did not establish formal diplomatic relations until 1962, but they were on the same side for much of the Cold War, with Israel balancing against anti-American forces in the Middle East and South Korea doing the same in…Open
Reports of the cancellation come shortly after President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. to scale back its drills with the country, citing his good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea’s refusal to support him in the war in Iran.
The critics miss the big picture. The post Trump Has Good Reason to Reduce U.S.–South Korea Defense Ties appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Trump Has Good Reason to Reduce U.S.–South Korea Defense Ties The critics miss the big picture. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) On the 2024 campaign trail, Donald Trump’s surrogates often highlighted the importance of revamping U.S. foreign policy to focus on the threat of a rising China. After decades of failed nation-building operations in the Middle East, figures like J.D. Vance argued, it was time to shift priorities and secure America’s actual interests. Yet less than a year into Trump’s second term, another war in the Middle East is pulling attention and resources away…Open
President Trump, either unintentionally or intentionally, claimed North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons and says he aims to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year. Georgetown University professor and President of the Center for Strategic & International Studies Victor Cha joins Alex Witt to break down this and how this could affect the U.S.’s current entanglement in Iran.
‘North Korea is likely to claim that this is a victory’
Experts warn Trump's transactional approach to alliance will erode political trust
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