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Trump offers clarity on Iran's terrorist aims
News, Eli Lake, Published on 10/04/2019
» For more than 30 years, successive US administrations have called Iran what it is: a state sponsor of terrorism. Leaders of its military and intelligence agencies have been sanctioned, while the terror groups Iran supports have faced military action as well as sanctions.
The next NK summit will be costly
News, Eli Lake, Published on 07/02/2019
» To hear US President Donald Trump tell it, his diplomatic gamble with North Korea is already paying dividends. In his State of the Union address, he announced that his next summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would take place in Vietnam at the end of the month.
How UN envoy Haley's vision clashed with Trump's
News, Eli Lake, Published on 11/10/2018
» The highlight of Nikki Haley's tenure as US ambassador to the United Nations came in the third week of December 2017. The General Assembly was preparing to vote to condemn the US for moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and Ms Haley was having none of it.
Trump should push human rights deal with N Korea
News, Eli Lake, Published on 16/05/2018
» Here's something you may not know about North Korea's dear leader, Kim Jong-un: He really cares about North Koreans.
America and the problem of weak fascism
News, Eli Lake, Published on 18/08/2017
» There is no question that President Donald Trump's shifting reactions to the domestic terrorism in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been odious. While he condemned the murder of Heather Heyer, his equivocations, hedges and moral equivalency in the last few days signal a quiet approval of white supremacists. "What about the alt-left?"
With the 'Trump effect', nations adapt to uncertainty
News, Eli Lake, Published on 24/11/2016
» During the presidential campaign, many foreign ambassadors quietly warned that a Donald Trump presidency would be a disaster.
China's 'little green boats' have Japan on the alert
News, Eli Lake, Published on 02/09/2016
» In early August, Japan's Coast Guard witnessed an unconventional Chinese assault on its territorial waters. According to Japanese officials I met with last week, at least 300 Chinese "fishing vessels" began incursions into the exclusive economic zone around the uninhabited Senkaku Islands, territory administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan as well.
Solo attacks are expected to grow
News, Eli Lake, Published on 18/07/2016
» After the horror at Nice, perhaps the most depressing comment came from France's prime minister. Calling for unity in the face of terror, Manuel Valls observed: "Times have changed, and we should learn to live with terrorism. We have to show solidarity and collective calm."