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After he criticized the idea of a U.S. preemptive strike on North Korea, Victor Cha is no longer the White House's candidate for Ambassador to South Korea. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Frank Aum of the U.S. Institute of Peace about the Trump administration's "bloody nose" strategy.
Maria Stephan spoke to SiriusXM POTUS Ch. 124 about non-violent action in Iran emphasizing that the future of Iran rests in its people. Stephan remarked on the diversity geographically and also among participants in the recent protests. Despite Iran’s efforts at cyber suppression of the protestors, Stephan explained that new protests by women removing their head scarves have not been deterred.
William Taylor spoke to SiriusXM POTUS Ch. 124 about Ukraine’s efforts to upgrade its military with U.S. assistance to defend eastern Ukraine from Russian-led militias. Taylor also spoke about U.S. efforts to find a diplomatic solution to ease Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine, the effect of U.S. and European sanctions on Putin, and the recognition of the U.S. National Defense and National Security Strategies that Russia is a top threat.
What do Burkina Faso’s Blaise Compaoré, Ukraine’s Viktor Yanukovych and Guatemala’s Otto Pérez Molina have in common? Answer: All three were deeply corrupt presidents ousted by peaceful, democratic grassroots movements, despite aggressive, often violent efforts to remain in power.
America’s war in Afghanistan has been raging for 16 years, and a new spate of violence could deal a blow to peace prospects there. Is there any way to win or get out?
Relations between Pakistan and the United States are just like a terrible marriage where divorce is not possible because the cost is too high. The marriage will remain strained but the two countries should avoid levelling allegations against each other in the media.
The Islamic State group and the Taliban are competing to take credit for a horrific spike in violence in Afghanistan over the last month, and analysts say both insurgent groups are growing in strength as security forces wither under their relentless attacks and a feuding government struggles to win over citizens.
A U.S Diplomat in South Sudan is advising the youth to learn from the horrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and work to build a united South Sudan; the U.N Secretary General's Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide says South Sudanese leaders have no other option but to end the violence in the country.
Three deadly attacks in Afghanistan's capital have killed more than 130 people in just over a week, a nearly unprecedented urban terrorism blitz that seemed likely to prompt a sobering international reassessment of Afghan defense capabilities as the Trump administration begins building a new, ramped-up military presence and intensified combat-training role.
The Pakistan-US relationship is a terrible marriage where divorce should not be considered because the costs of breaking up are too high. This was stated by United States Institute of Peace Asia Centre Associate Vice President Dr Moeed Yusuf while speaking at a public talk on the Pakistan-US relationship in jeopardy-way forward, which was organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) on Monday.