Friday, December 8, 2023
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After North Korea Agrees To Meet, The U.S. Has A Possible Opening For Diplomacy - NPR
North and South Korea have agreed to a summit meeting next month. President Trump says it may be a false hope, but that the U.S. is willing to go.
A New Phase Opens on North Korea; Is the U.S. Ready? - Wall Street Journal
A tricky new phase in the world’s most dangerous problem, the standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program, has just opened. The U.S. had better be ready. But is it?
Africa: Tillerson to Reaffirm Ties With Africa During Trip - VOA
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s highly anticipated trip to Africa is an opportunity to position the United States to “play a significant role in supporting” the continent and to “highlight the important relationship,” according to a senior American official.
Russia and Iran Deepen Ties to Challenge Trump and the United States - New Yorker
Last month, the former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met privately with Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, a global gathering of foreign-policy glitterati. The diplomatic odd couple once met openly and often—more with each other than with any other foreign leaders—during two years of feisty negotiations over the Iran nuclear deal. No longer.
Freedom in Retreat (Rosarie Tucci on "Wake") - Wake
Rosarie Tucci was among the featured panelists who spoke to Wake about the decline in global freedom following Freedom House’s recent report on global freedom.
Shifting alliances as Pakistan manages relationship with US - AP
As Pakistan navigates its troubled relationship with the United States and scrambles to avoid being blacklisted for doing too little, too late to stop terror funding, regional alliances are shifting and analysts ponder whether a cozier relationship with countries like Russia will complicate efforts to move toward peace in neighboring Afghanistan.
TAPI Gas Pipeline: Work On Afghanistan Section Launched - Indian Defense News
On February 23, 2018, Turkmenistan announced the commencement of construction work on the Afghan section of an $8 billion natural gas pipeline that will link the energy-rich Central Asian nation to Pakistan and India. The work on the Turkmenistan section of the project has been completed.
Syria’s continuing crisis - WHYY Radio Times
Although ISIS has been largely defeated in Syria, the seven year war in the country continues. It may even be getting chaotic, complicated, and violent. Last week the Syrian government forces bombarded the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, killing an estimated 200 people in just a few days. Meanwhile, American-supported Kurds...
'Hell on Earth:' What the assault on eastern Ghouta says about Syria's future - CBC Radio
"Hell on earth" is how U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the scenes in Syria's eastern Ghouta region this week. More than 400 people have been killed and 500 others injured — mostly civilians — as a recent rise in bombings on the area continues.
#ElliottProud: Garrett Nada - George Washington University’s Elliott School
Garrett Nada graduated from the Elliott School with an MA in Middle East studies in 2012 and from Brandeis University in 2010 with a BA in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies and Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, with a minor in Hebrew Language and Literature. In summer 2011, he received an Aramex grant through this program to...