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US-China symposium: Spheres of influence for me, not for thee?

The administration is asserting its security imperative in the Western Hemisphere but what happens when American interests collide with China's 'near abroad'? We asked 14 experts.

Canada is not interested in White House boot licking. So what?
North America

Canada is not interested in White House boot licking. So what?

The president doesn't appear to understand how much leverage our good neighbors to the north have

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Middle East

Trump's Iraq election threats could end up making Maliki more popular

Not exactly what the American president intended when he blasted the longtime politician this week. Or was it?

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Washington Politics

Ted Cruz's anti-Tucker pose for 2028 is truly a Jurassic Park dud

The GOP senator is privately positioning himself as a proper neoconservative alternative to VP Vance. In other words, a dinosaur.

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Latin America

Panama court could trip Trump's wire over China linked ports

A decision at the center of geopolitical tensions and the president's pledge to 'take back' canal shipping facilities from Beijing is expected any day

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Middle East

Official US Govt reports contradict Mike Waltz's rants against UNRWA

White House insists that aid must get to Gaza per the ceasefire but its ambassador is clinging to Israeli falsehoods about the only agency that can deliver it