Politics
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May- 2018 -23 May
Korean Spring: The ‘battle of wits’
Although he is no Sicilian, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is playing a similar “Battle of Wits” with the West over his country's nuclear program, Col. David Murphy says.
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12 May
Will the Korean Spring bring a just peace?
The stunning pace of diplomatic events on the Korean Peninsula are hopeful but beg many questions. Colonel David Murphy asks: Why the sudden change in strategic direction by the Kim regime?
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5 May
UK ‘very keen to support’ French plan for European military intervention force
The UK is backing a French plan to create a European military intervention force separate to the EU's PESCO pact as a way to maintain strong defense ties with the European Union after Brexit
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4 May
Did the Kremlin influence Trump’s plan to withdraw from Syria?
In February, Putin and Trump spoke by phone. Around that time, Trump began telling White House personnel he wanted to pull out of Syria. Jared Szuba investigates Russia's role in his decision
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2 May
Macron says France, Australia and India must ‘preserve balance’ in Pacific
No country should be allowed to dominate the Indo-Pacific region, the leaders of France and Australia said Wednesday, as regional capitals fret over the rise of an increasingly assertive China
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Apr- 2018 -24 April
Subservient sovereignty: How Libyan is the Libya crisis?
The international community shot itself in the foot by over-exerting its influence in Libya. Now Khalifa Haftar is sick and Libyans will suffer.
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17 April
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to study and schedule border demining
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan look set to demine their shared border, Tajikistan's border service, as the central Asian neighbours look to roll back more than two decades of hostile relations
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4 April
Trump decides to keep US troops in Syria for now, signaling Pentagon win
President Donald Trump has decided to keep US troops in Syria, the White House announced, an apparent win for military commanders who warned against drawing down the American presence while pockets of ISIS fighters still remain in the country
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1 April
Sierra Leone’s presidential election threatens to heighten ethnic tensions
Tension and violence tied to the 2018 Sierra Leone election suggest the country is entering into a precarious political period as people vote in the second round of the presidential election
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Mar- 2018 -29 March
France to send troops to Manbij as Trump says US coming out of Syria “very soon”
France is to "very quickly" send troops to Manbij in northern Syria to block the advance of Turkish forces, French media reported, as President Donald Trump said the U.S. would be coming out of Syria "very soon"
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