Kim Jong-il, with whose government the US negotiated the 1994 agreement.
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Kim Jong-il and Bill Clinton looked to have done a deal to curb North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme for good. What went wrong?
Donald Trump’s poor popularity has affected the level of trust Australians have in the US, but not their level of faith in the alliance.
Michael Reynolds/EPA
Only 20% trust the US ‘a great deal’ to act responsibly. This is a big fall from the 40% level in 2011, when the question was last asked.
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What’s so ‘brotherly’ about a major diplomatic spat?
US and Gulf Cooperation Council forces conduct field training, in Kuwait in 2017.
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The ongoing diplomatic spat with Saudi Arabia has isolated Qatar from the rest of the Middle East while also undermining the anti-Iran alliance among the Gulf countries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks on a podium as U.S. President Donald Trump listens.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
We asked an expert on diplomacy and foreign policy.
A French president with a global mindset.
Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
France’s president-elect made his name in the global arena, and has a diplomatic bent. Revitalising French foreign policy may well be among his early successes.
Moonrise.
EPA/Jeon Heon-Kyun
Since the late 1970s, East Asia has seen fewer deaths in conflict than any other continent. Can it keep the peace?
More in common than you might think.
EPA
Why we can expect Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s meeting at Mar-a-Lago to be a success.
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, (L) walks with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn.
Reuters/Tiksa Negeri
Morocco has been on a massive diplomatic drive, using both its political and economic muscle. Since his coronation in 1999, the king has led over 40 visits to African countries south of the Sahara.
Kosovo fans cheer as their team takes on Finland at a September 2016 football match.
Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Reuters
In Kosovo’s long struggle to gain international recognition of its statehood, football has helped the country achieve major goals.
Out and about in Indonesia.
EPA/Dita Alangkara
The House of Saud’s recent efforts to push back against Iran have not paid off. Time to lock in some more allies.
The European union and Turkey cannot afford to further strain their relationship.
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The integration of Turkey into the European Union could have embodied a counter-discourse to the so-called ‘Clash of Civilisations’. Perhaps it is not too late.
A North Korean ballistic rocket launching drill, undated photo.
REUTERS/ North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
Tensions in Asia may soon boil over. If U.S. leaders fail to seek pathways to peace, the consequences may be grim, warns former National Security Council member.
Happy partnership?
EPA/Olivier Douliery
There’s no middle ground when it comes to a president like this.
Diplomacy in action.
EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo
Despite talking up her visit to the White House, the British PM has been remarkably quiet on the biggest issue of the moment.
Foreign policy, now online.
Lucas Jackson/Reuters
US foreign relations have gone online. And the results are not looking good.
Just keep smiling!
PA/Stefan Rousseau
It’s all smiles as two leaders meet for the first time, but it’ll take more than warm words to navigate the choppy waters ahead.
Is New York big enough for both the UN and Donald Trump?
EPA/Matt Campbell
Cutting off funds for crucial UN bodies could have disastrous consequences for the world order.
Kim Jong-Un, increasingly the world’s pariah.
EPA/Rodong Sinmun
The precise wording of UN resolutions and the smallest of concessions by Pyongyang are telltale signs that change is underway.
A president’s words have incalculable diplomatic power.
EPA/Frank Rumpenhorst
Decades – even centuries – have gone into building the diplomatic protocols on which we all rely. Is all that work being undone?