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    Trump's political theatre on Iran's nuke programme

    News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 05/05/2018

    » Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who on Monday presented what he claimed was evidence of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme, may have added fuel to a looming foreign policy crisis for the United States. On May 12, President Donald Trump is expected to decide to re-impose sanctions on Iran under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. That will significantly increase the chances of war -- and may be exactly the outcome Washington seeks.

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    Nice cannot be the 'new normal'

    News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 23/07/2016

    » Hours after a truck ploughed through a crowd in Nice, France, killing 84 people, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump outlined his policy against the Islamic State: as president, he will seek a full declaration of war from Congress, the first such formal invocation since Pearl Harbour.

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    Abe risks job with military push

    News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 27/07/2015

    » Nearly to the day of the first successful test of a nuclear bomb in 1945, and just a few weeks from the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pushed through legislation to give his country's military the power to strike offensively for the first time since the war.

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