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Some of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees to serve in top national security jobs in his next administration have received a mixed reception among the restraint wing of the Republican Party, who see them as foreign-policy hawks whose views fly in the face of the isolationist currents that have gained ground in the party in […]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has 70 days until he takes office, but his foreign-policy decision-making has already begun. 1. The United Nations. On Monday, Trump nominated New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to be the United States’ ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik is a longtime critic of the international body. She has accused the U.N. […]
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump preparing for his second term, Japan establishing a minority government, and the key goals of this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference. Policy Preparations U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has 70 days until he takes office, but his foreign-policy decision-making has already begun. Welcome […]
Europe is better prepared to work with a Trump White House than it was eight years ago but still needs to do more to boost its defense spending, former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview with Foreign Policy. “Though the Europeans are better prepared now, we need to do much more,” said […]
Cook-Steve-foreign-policy-columnist4Steven A. Cook By Steven A. Cook, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Everywhere I have been in the past month—New York City, Tulsa, Santa Fe, Dallas, Seattle—someone asks me: “What are the differences between what a […]
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te gives a keynote address on national day to mark the 113th birthday of the Republic of China, Taiwan’s formal name, in Taipei, Taiwan October 10, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang BEIJING (Reuters) -China is studying further trade measures against Taiwan, China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday, two days after Beijing denounced a […]