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Perversely, these are some of the the most violent, poorest places on earth right now

Diplomacy Watch: Putin lays out demands for ceasefire

Another weapons industry exec brought into Trump's Pentagon

Mr. Trump, you would've been lucky to have Dan Davis on your team

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Asia-Pacific

Kim Jong Un reminds Trump they have unfinished business

Kim Jong Un reminds Trump they have unfinished business

The US left landmines in Vietnam. An aid freeze won't erase that.

The US left landmines in Vietnam. An aid freeze won't erase that.

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The slow walk of US Marines from Okinawa

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Middle east

Vladimir Putin Masoud Pezeshkian

How Iran quietly buttressed its pledge to not build nukes

If Trump wants guarantees, a recent agreement Tehran signed with Russia may help

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How a post-9/11 law could enable a crackdown on speech

How a post-9/11 law could enable a crackdown on speech

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Is it 'beautiful'? Sizing up Trump foreign policy in one speech

Africa

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M23 & Rwanda are trying to redraw the map and it's all about to blow

Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram has more than a USAID problem

Trump and South Africa on collision course

DRC conflict: Trump's first big challenge in Africa

Latin America

Daniel Noboa

Lobbyists pushing disastrous 'Plan Ecuador' for struggling president

Grenell vs. Rubio: Team Trump's competing Latin America visions

Will the US be forced to abandon its base in Honduras?

Exit stage left: Biden's curious Cuba move

Europe

Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky

Scoffing over Russia-Ukraine ceasefire won't last. Here's why.

European militarism on steroids is not good, either

No, a ceasefire is not a ‘bad deal’ for Russia

Cracks in European ‘unity’ on Ukraine

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Trumponomics: Global South is girding for tariffs — or not

The absolute wrong way to deploy US military on the border

Whiplash: Trump says tariffs on Mexico, Canada delayed

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Trump lifts ban on US weapons companies bribing foreigners

By freezing enforcement of the FCPA, he risks reopening the door for more corruption in the domestic arms industry

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