The summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un remains off, for now. But the president suggested that he might reverse course again. Especially after the surprise meeting between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in,…
Washington There is a whiff of the absurd about former Secretary of State Jean-François Kerry’s recent “aggressive yet stealthy mission” to New York City. “Aggressive yet stealthy” is how the Boston Globe described his mission, though to serious observers of…
The last few weeks the unthinkable has been taking place with North Korea. Not an edging towards nuclear devastation, but rather the precise opposite. North Korea has announced that they are considering denuclearization without conditions, such as withdrawal of U.S….
Once again, the Iranian people are rejecting their authoritarian government and repressive rule by the mullahs. The president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani, is also losing support, according to sources at the Rand Corporation. In recent days the Iranians have demonstrated…
Beijing Everything in China appears is big. The population is big. The cities are big. The people’s aspirations are big. The state’s ambitions are big. The battle over the future also is big. I recently returned from several days in…
