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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.
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.
Beware of the Korean peace trap
News, Eli Lake, Published on 30/04/2018
» On the surface it looks like the doubters were wrong. North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, travelled into South Korea on Friday to meet his counterpart. They agreed in principle at least to formally end the war that has divided the peninsula they share.
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.
Fahmy says al-Jazeera aids terrorists
News, Eli Lake, Published on 26/06/2017
» Mohamed Fahmy is the last person one would expect to make a case against al-Jazeera. In 2014, the former Cairo bureau chief for the Qatar-funded television network began a 438-day sentence in an Egyptian prison on terrorism charges and practising unlicensed journalism. His incarceration made al-Jazeera a powerful symbol of resistance to Egypt's military dictatorship.
Rouhani a fake reformer elected in a fake election
News, Eli Lake, Published on 23/05/2017
» In the days before President Hassan Rouhani's re-election victory in Iran this weekend, a video of one of his old speeches circulated on social media. Speaking at Iran's parliament, Mr Rouhani says dissidents against the new regime should be publicly hanged during Friday prayers as a message.
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.