In this July 11, 2018, file photo Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and Director of the Office of Management, listens during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. (JACQUELYN MARTIN / AP) Talks on border security funding collapsed after Democratic and Republican lawmakers clashed over immigrant […] Read more
By Eli Watkins Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not the enemy of the United States, standing by her opposition to US involvement in that country’s civil war two years after she met personally with the accused war criminal. “Assad is not the enemy of the United States because Syria […] Read more
US President Donald Trump’s first official visit to the UK took place in July 2018 US President Donald Trump is expected to visit the UK in December for a Nato summit, the alliance’s secretary general has said. Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement that “the Allies have agreed” to meet to discuss security challenges and […] Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is arriving in Moscow for a planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on January 22. Abe and Putin have been meeting regularly as both Moscow and Tokyo continue to express hope for a long-awaited peace treaty to formally end the WWII, resolving among other problems the territorial issue of […] Read more
New challenges to come with the expansion of the relationship between Pakistan and China beyond closed diplomatic corridors. The broader contours of this relationship can be categorized into three periods: 1- The beginning from 1949-1962. 2- “Entente Cordiale 1.0” from 1963-2012. 3- “Entente Cordiale 2.0” from 2013 onward. Read more
