• US Foreign Policy: "No Daylight" Is Where Peace Dies In Darkness

    “Absent a directed, sustained, and articulated policy of no daylight between the United States and Israel,” Matthew Continetti wrote in the Washington Free Beacon on March 29, “the rift between America and her ally will widen and the world will grow more dangerous.” Proof that Continetti had things completely bass-ackward arrived on April 1, when More

  • US Chief Sec. Antony Blinken calls for US, China to manage differences ‘responsibly’

    By Shaun Tandon US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Thursday on the United States and China to manage their differences “responsibly” as he went on a charm offensive ahead of expected tough talks. A day before meeting Beijing’s top brass to tackle thorny issues including Russia, Taiwan and trade, Blinken’s visit to Shanghai saw […]

  • Turkish foreign minister holds talks with counterparts in Riyadh, EU foreign policy chief | Politics

    Hakan Fidan stresses need to increase pressure on Israel to stop attacks on

  • Foreign Policy Splits the Parties

    In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...

  • Foreign Policy Splits the Parties

    In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...

  • A turning point for American foreign policy?

    Was the passage by the House last Saturday and the Senate on Tuesday of the foreign aid package with money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan a turning point in American foreign policy? It certainly was a turnabout in rhetoric and in partisan behavior. Speaker Mike Johnson led the narrowly Republican House to pass by resounding […]

  • What Are Americans’ Top Foreign Policy Priorities?

    The majority of Americans say preventing terrorism and reducing the flow of illegal drugs into the country are top foreign policy priorities.

  • Saharawi ambassador to Cuba meets with Friendship Group

    Havana, Apr 21 (Prensa Latina) The ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Cuba, Omar Bulsan, held a working meeting with members of the Parliamentary Group of Friendship with that North African country on Sunday. The post Saharawi ambassador to Cuba meets with Friendship Group first appeared on Prensa Latina.

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    Newshour, US calls for calm after strike on Iran

    Following a presumed Israeli retaliatory strike on Iran, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins renewed international calls for de-escalation. Israel has not commented on the attack, which saw projectiles reach deep into Iran. Also on the programme: the US Congress moves closer to approving $60 billion of aid for Ukraine; in India voting begins in the world’s biggest election. (Picture: Antony Blinken at the G7 foreign ministers meeting in Capri, Italy, April 19, 2024.Credit:...

  • Guest Essay: A call for a special University Senate meeting

    Guest essays reflect opinions from writers beyond WSN. If you’d like to submit a guest essay for consideration, please email [email protected]. Forty-five minutes is all the time that administrators, faculty and student representatives spent at the last University Senate meeting on April 25, against the backdrop of 120 students and faculty arrested the previous Monday. A This story Guest Essay: A call for a special University Senate meeting appeared first on Washington Square News.

  • China calls on EU to halt 'discriminatory' trade policies

    The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) called on the European Union on Sunday to "continue improving and optimizing the trading environment, providing fair conditions

  • Russian foreign minister to meet with Bolivian counterpart in Moscow

    Moscow, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet with his Bolivian counterpart, Celinda Sosa, on Friday in Moscow, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced. The post Russian foreign minister to meet with Bolivian counterpart in Moscow first appeared on Prensa Latina.