EPA/Etienne Laurent
Trump’s assault on the global trade system could be just a prelude to his next moves.
EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo
The ‘rules-based international order’ that Trump is supposedly tearing up is an ahistorical fantasy.
The US’s empty chair in Geneva.
EPA/Salvatore di Nolfi
While not exactly surprising coming from the Trump administration, backing out of a major UN body is bound to have serious consequences.
Qatar out of the picture: Donald Trump meets with Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the White House.
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Without strategic clarity from the US, the Saudis and their allies are under little pressure to thaw their frozen relationship with Qatar.
EPA/Jeon Heon-kyun
A remarkable year on the Korean peninsula has been marked by both bitter enmity and genuine goodwill. Now, the tension is being ratcheted up again.
“Have you read The Art of the Deal? Nor have I.”
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Donald Trump has always traded on his image as a master dealmaker – but many deals have been done with North Korea before.
Hellraiser: John Bolton at the UN, 2006.
EPA/Peter Foley
Reportedly passed over for secretary of state because of his moustache, John Bolton has made it into Donald Trump’s administration at last.
US President Donald Trump after sacking Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
EPA-EFE/Shawn Thew
Relations between the US and Africa are unlikely to improve while Trump remains president. But that doesn’t mean the continent should remain passive.
Time to talk: Kim and Trump.
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The goal of the summit should not be the nuclear disarmament of North Korea.
EPA/KCNA
Thanks to South Korea, there is a chance for peace with North Korea. Whether the Trump administration can take it is another matter.
EPA/Justin Lane
Donald Trump doesn’t have one foreign policy – he has several, and they all clash.
With artificial intelligence weapons on both sides, are we in a new cold war?
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As tensions between the US and Russia escalate, both sides are developing technological capabilities, including artificial intelligence that could be used in conflict.
Turkish troops prepare to go after US-backed Kurdish forces.
EPA/Sedat Suna
Turkey’s priorities in Syria just don’t match the US’s – and its increasingly authoritarian domestic politics don’t help.
People walk around the old main bazaar of Tehran, in Iran, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017.
AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
Surveys of Iranian public opinion from the University of Maryland suggests that Trump’s strategy on the nuclear deal – no matter how you interpret it – is based on wishful thinking.
Grounded.
EPA/Abir Sultan
What should America’s role in the world be? A lot of people have an answer, but few of them agree.
No, Donald, that’s French.
EPA/Michael Ukas
Donald Trump has put translators and interpreters the world over in an ethical quandary. Sad!
When Donald Trump looks at Africa, what does he see?
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A new candidate to be the US assistant secretary of state for Africa has ideas that are both refreshing and worrying.
From thaw to chill?
EPA/Rolando Pujol
By rolling back chunks of the Obama deal with Cuba, Donald Trump is giving up just the sort of opportunities he promised to seek out.
Will Trump’s policy put a freeze on the U.S.-Cuba thaw?
AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa
The president restored restrictions on Americans’ travel to Cuba and prohibited transactions with its military. Here’s why, and what’s to come.
Does Trump even want a seat at the table?
EPA/Matt Dunham
For all the president’s unpredictability, America’s core interests remain the same.