Tag: Rubio
Rubio warns Syria could be weeks away from ‘full-scale civil war’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for Syria's transitional authorities to be supported, warning that the country could be only weeks...
The Road to Trump’s Embrace of White South Africans
It was May 2019 and national security officials were in the Situation Room discussing Iran when President Trump abruptly changed the subject. He...
Will Putin Be in Turkey for Peace Talks? Kremlin’s List Indicates...
Russia on Wednesday released a list of officials who will attend peace talks with Ukraine in Turkey. But a key person was missing:...
Beyond Tariff Truce, China Readies for a Rocky Time With U.S.
Even as the United States and China take steps to rein in their trade war, Beijing is preparing for broader rivalry with Washington...
Kremlin Stays Mum on Whether Putin Will Meet Zelensky
The Kremlin declined to say on Tuesday whether President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia would attend talks with Ukraine’s leader this week, after...
China Courts Lula and Latin America After Trump’s Tariff Shock
President Trump wants Latin American countries to shift closer into Washington’s orbit, raising echoes of the Monroe Doctrine, when the United States claimed...
Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything
Secretary of state. Acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Acting archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration. And now...
U.S. and U.N. Urge De-Escalation Between India and Pakistan
A week after a deadly terrorist attack in Kashmir, diplomatic efforts to ease rising tensions between India and Pakistan have ramped up, as...
Trump Administration Memo Proposes Cutting State Department Funding by Nearly Half
The Trump administration could cut nearly 50 percent of the State Department’s funding next fiscal year, according to an internal memo laying out...
