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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.
Trump not all wrong on hurricane-hit Puerto Rico
News, Peter Van Buren, Published on 06/10/2017
» It seems there's a template that critics follow for Donald Trump versus the hurricanes: They say he won't do enough, that it isn't being done fast enough, that everything will collapse (ready Katrina headlines) and then the draining, heroic reality of the response takes hold. With post-Maria Puerto Rico the latest example of that trope, it's time for a better understanding of how disaster management works.
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.