Essay: Trump signals he will start pushing for a new world order in first 100 days
STEFAN WOLFF, professor of international security at the University of Birmingham, looks at how the Trump administration will approach foreign policy…
Rubio vows to put State Department at core of Trump foreign policymaking
Washington DC, US Reuters Secretary of State Marco Rubio began his tenure as the top US diplomat on Tuesday by pledging to keep his department at the heart of US foreign policymaking and execute what he said was President Donald Trump’s aim of promoting peace through strength. Ending Russia’s war in Ukraine would be official […]
Biden defends foreign policy record despite ongoing crises
Washington DC, US Reuters Outgoing President Joe Biden sought to burnish his foreign policy record on Monday and said US adversaries are weaker than when he took office four years ago despite global crises that remain unresolved. A week before handing over to President-elect Donald Trump, Biden addressed US diplomats at the State Department and […]
Greenland: Trump looks cement his legacy and expand sphere of US influence
STEVE HOLLAND, GRAM SLATTERY and TIM REID, of Reuters, speak to some Trump insiders about the US President-elect’s wish to acquire Greenland…
Trump won’t rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland
Palm Beach, Florida Reuters US President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama Canal and Greenland, part of a broader expansionist agenda he has promoted since winning the 5th November election. Trump, who takes office on 20th January, also floated the idea of […]
Jimmy the Baptist: Carter redefined ‘evangelical’, from campaigns to race and women’s rights
BILL BARROW, of Associated Press, reports on how the faith of former US President Jimmy Carter, who died this week at the age of 100, shaped his life…
Trump previews combative foreign policy with threats to Panama, Greenland
West Palm Beach, Florida, US Reuters Donald Trump’s surprise threat to retake control of the Panama Canal and his expansionist declaration that the United States should own Greenland signals that the incoming US President will pursue a foreign policy unbound by diplomatic niceties. As Trump prepares to take office on 20th January, his aides have […]
Trump presidency: Erratic foreign policy to meet “a world on fire”
MATT SPETALNICK, of Reuters, reports on international reaction to Donald Trump’s election win and the implications for conflicts and tensions around the world…
Analysis – Prisoner swap a legacy boost for Biden but critics see risks
Washington DC, US Reuters The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help US President Joe Biden burnish his foreign policy legacy in his waning months in office and boost Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House. But, from the perspective of Washington, it came at a […]
Essay: Pompeo’s ‘Christian leader’ speech goes only as far as Trump allows
ERIC ATCHESON, author and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) minister, grapples with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent speech to the American Association of Christian Counselors and how his words on Christian leadership stack up…