- Some Trump Administration officials feel John Bolton is becoming the decision maker in US Foreign Policy. [Link]
- General Dunford complains that tech companies are not working enough with the Pentagon. [Link]
- US troops deployed to the southern border should complete their mission by December 15th. [Link]
- European countries will push for Trump to remain in the INF Treaty. [Link]
- Gareth Porter explains how CNN and the NYT lied about North Korean missile sites. [Link]
- Brian McGlinchey explains how much influence the Saudi Lobby as in DC. [Link]
- Trump is refusing to watch the tape of the Khashoggi murder. [Link]
- Trump says the CIA assessment that MbS ordered the Khashoggi murder premature. [Link]
- The US envoy to Afghanistan hopes to have a peace deal by April 20th. [Link]
- A new US assessment finds that the US and Afghan governments have made ‘little clear progress’ in pushing the Afghans towards peace. [Link]
- Joshua Landis explains why Germany and France are joining the Syrian peace process headed by Russia and Turkey. [Link]
- At least a third of people killed by US drones in Yemen in 2018 are civilians. The US has killed at least 31 civilians attempting to target one man. The US is struggling to target al-Qaeda fighters because many are now fighting as US-supported forces against the Houthi. [Link]