diplomacy

Trump ‘lawfare’ update
Commentary, Nation World
Mar 06, 2024
Former President Donald Trump’s victory in the Supreme Court 14th Amendment case, together with delay and disorder in the criminal cases against him, ...
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Condemning Hamas with its own words
Commentary, Nation World
Jan 26, 2024
The Biden administration continues to pressure Israel to agree to a cease-fire with Hamas. Apparently, President Joe Biden and his foreign policy team...
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Would Ronald Reagan abandon Ukraine to Russia?
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ANDREW L. STIGLER Chicago Tribune 
Jan 07, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — As the fighting in Ukraine continues, some representatives in Congress, primarily Republicans, oppose additional financial and mili...
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Incompetent U.N. dares to lecture Israel
Commentary, Nation World
Dec 28, 2023
Israel faces increasing pressure from the usual suspects to stand down in its war with Hamas. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently noted, ...
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Is Biden in trouble with Democrats over Gaza?
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Dec 04, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — When Israel pounded Gaza with airstrikes after Hamas launched its Oct. 7 attack, it opened a dramatic divide among Democrats over a...
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It will take more than the Israeli military to beat Hamas
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TRUDY RUBIN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
Nov 26, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Is it possible that Israel could win a military victory in Gaza and still lose the war? I understand the reason for Israel’s inva...
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It’s not too late for GOP to turn to Nikki Haley
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
LYNN SCHMIDT St. Louis Post-Dispatch 
Nov 20, 2023
ST. LOUIS (TNS) — It is time for Republicans who care about foreign policy, are hawkish on national security or who want to win back the White House t...
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Planning for ‘the day after’ war in Gaza ends
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Nov 06, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last week, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken headed for the Middle East to try to keep Israel’s war in Gaza from spinning out of...
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Today’s wars and the international order
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Oct 30, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Fiona Hill is worried. The onetime Russia adviser to then-President Donald Trump fears that support for Ukraine is gradually erodin...
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‘I feel only empathy and pain’
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JESSICA KUNTZ Los Angeles Times (TNS) 
Oct 20, 2023
During the two years I lived in Israel serving as a junior U.S. diplomat, I used many words to describe the country that I somewhat reluctantly called...
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The Trump Doctrine
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RICH LOWRY 
Oct 17, 2023
Luck is the residue of design, they say. Might it also be the residue of frightening and confusing foreign adversaries? Donald Trump’s relatively cris...
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More infamy: Hamas’ sneak attack on Israel
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
Oct 09, 2023
Saturday’s Hamas terror onslaught from their stronghold in Gaza into Israel, murdering hundreds, was a sneak attack, just like the sneak attack by Egy...
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Republicans divided over foreign policy
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DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Aug 28, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Last week, eight Republican presidential candidates did something unusual: They held a serious debate about foreign policy, focused...
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