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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.
Expect Trump to hit Syria again, with same result
News, Eli Lake, Published on 10/04/2018
» If the past is a prelude, we should expect a US strike sometime soon against Syrian airfields.
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.