For all the president’s unpredictability, America’s core interests remain the same.
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Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement strains international relations further and strengthens the resolve of other countries to move forward on climate without the US.
Russian media both hint toward the Russian regime’s prowess in influencing the US election, while simultaneously treating the accusation as baseless Western propaganda.
We asked an expert on diplomacy and foreign policy.
While Donald Trump’s disdain for the alliance has apparently abated, the future is still disturbing.
The 28th president’s ideology has never really gone away.
For Trump, putting America first means that being a global leader on human rights may take a back seat.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is at an interesting place: leaning on China for financial support, and looking to the US for security cover.
Can the U.S. recover its once positive image among Mexicans? Trade, immigration and cultural ties stand to suffer.
A scholar who has profiled the likes of Saddam Hussein and Vladimir Putin says there is a method to understanding the madness.
The West’s strategy in Afghanistan has demonstrably failed. Is the stage now set for a much more intense war?
Here’s some advice for Malcolm Turnbull as he prepares for his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump: reflect on how his predecessors as prime minister have performed in their interactions…
Running the US, it turns out, is nothing like running a business.
America’s relations with Russia and China are now mired in angst, uncertainty and mutual suspicion.
Any intensification of the military tension between North Korea and the United States would be calamitous, and requires a patient, innovative and informed approach by policymakers.
Having campaigned on a promise to focus on problems at home, Donald Trump is realising how important the US’s global supremacy is.
The future of the relationship between the US and Russia depends on whether the Kremlin can find a way to interpret Trump’s motives.
Trump’s attack on Assad’s air force was opportunist and reckless. It was also long overdue.
‘America First’ apparently doesn’t mean a step away from playing the world’s policeman – and three more things to note about U.S. airstrikes on Syria.
A thawing of tensions between the two superpowers seems as far away as it was under Obama.
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