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Kamala Harris Barack Obama
Washington Politics

Harris' aversion to talks with dictators is more Bush than Obama

Negotiating with adversaries is not 'cozying up to tyrants' as she suggested in her DNC speech

Kissinger, one hagiography at a time
Washington Politics

Kissinger, one hagiography at a time

In his boyhood home in Germany, love for the late diplomatic giant is in the eye of the beholder

Our China policy is a disaster for US security & prosperity
Asia-Pacific

Our China policy is a disaster for US security & prosperity

Scolding, rebuking, sanctioning is having the opposite effect and the administration seems content with the results

How the 'war on terror' made the US Institute for Peace a sideshow
Global Crises

How the 'war on terror' made the US Institute for Peace a sideshow

Forty years ago, Congress thought it was a good idea to fund peacemaking, but it was no match for War Inc.

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Diplomacy Watch: How close were Russia and Ukraine to a deal in 2022?

New analysis reveals details of talks shortly after invasion

Navalny's death shouldn't close off talks with Putin
Analysis

Navalny's death shouldn't close off talks with Putin

Biden must thread the needle of outrage and the necessity of ending the war via negotiations with the Russian leader