WASHINGTON — President Trump has just kicked off his first official trip abroad (RIP Pope Francis), with pitstops in Riyadh on Tuesday, Doha on Wednesday, and Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Turkey’s President Erdogan might also be ironing the bedsheets, as Trump has flagged the possibility of swinging past Istanbul if the Russia-Ukraine talks proceed. Meanwhile, […]
As the sun rises over the Eternal City tomorrow (Wednesday), 133 cardinals from 71 countries will shuffle into the Michelangelo-painted Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. They’ll be cut off from the outside, voting once in the afternoon of 7 May and then twice each morning and afternoon thereafter until a two-thirds majority elects the next […]
Donald Trump promised to deliver “the most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency”. Promise made, promise kept. Let’s whittle down President Trump’s many foreign policy promises to the four most consequential and take stock of where we are. 1. Rebalance trade (particularly with China) President Trump promised to reshape America’s trade relationship with the […]
Everyone from diplomats (Russians included) to PhDs, plus the world’s top UN watchdog, and energy executives, all crammed into a DC nuclear conference this week. Hosted by the elite Carnegie Foundation, panels featured the conversations of the day — Iran, US nuclear talks, South Korea’s growing arsenal and Poland’s pledge to build nuclear plants. And […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump has just kicked off his first official trip abroad (RIP Pope Francis), with pitstops in Riyadh on Tuesday, Doha on Wednesday, and Abu Dhabi on Thursday. Turkey’s President Erdogan might also be ironing the bedsheets, as Trump has flagged the possibility of swinging past Istanbul if the Russia-Ukraine talks proceed. Meanwhile, […]
As the sun rises over the Eternal City tomorrow (Wednesday), 133 cardinals from 71 countries will shuffle into the Michelangelo-painted Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. They’ll be cut off from the outside, voting once in the afternoon of 7 May and then twice each morning and afternoon thereafter until a two-thirds majority elects the next […]
Donald Trump promised to deliver “the most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency”. Promise made, promise kept. Let’s whittle down President Trump’s many foreign policy promises to the four most consequential and take stock of where we are. 1. Rebalance trade (particularly with China) President Trump promised to reshape America’s trade relationship with the […]
Everyone from diplomats (Russians included) to PhDs, plus the world’s top UN watchdog, and energy executives, all crammed into a DC nuclear conference this week. Hosted by the elite Carnegie Foundation, panels featured the conversations of the day — Iran, US nuclear talks, South Korea’s growing arsenal and Poland’s pledge to build nuclear plants. And […]
