During their meeting last week, President Donald Trump told President Xi Jinping that Chinese support for Iran was “totally unacceptable.” US Ambassador to China David Perdue told CNBC on Friday that Trump stated to Xi that direct or indirect support for Iran was...
The White House is moving to use nearly all of the remaining $400 million in military aid Congress appropriated for Ukraine before the funds expire at the end of the fiscal year on September 30. Reuters reports, citing sources, that the White House has already used...
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North Korean state media published a statement reaffirming its commitment to maintain nuclear weapons in response to the US, Japan, and South Korea issuing a statement calling for the Korean Peninsula to be free of nuclear weapons. On Monday, Secretary of State Marco...
A senior Iranian official said the two sides remain far from a potential deal after US and Iranian officials held their first known indirect talks since the ceasefire collapsed in July. A senior Iranian official said on Wednesday that Tehran was reviewing Washington’s...
Download Audio. Scott interviews Ben Aris about the war in Ukraine. Aris uses his deep expertise of Russian society and the ongoing war to give us a window into the evolving nature of the conflict and the barriers to peace facing both sides. Discussed on the show:...
In response to US sanctions targeting Iran’s aviation sector, several Middle Eastern states have suspended flights operated by Iranian airlines. However, Beijing has not adopted the American sanctions, and flights to China continue. On Wednesday, a US deadline for...
The Senate narrowly voted to reject legislation that would require President Donald Trump to end the war against Iran. The Senate voted against the War Powers resolution 49-50 on Thursday, largely along party lines. Republican Senators Thom Tillis, Susan Collins,...
When President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Beijing this past May, the outcome was largely as anticipated: ceremonial pomp, a handful of commercial commitments, rhetorical emphasis on “stability,” and little progress on the structural frictions...
Located in Northeast Africa, Sudan receives relatively little attention in discussions of global geopolitics. This is despite the country being embroiled in a devastating civil war between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since 2023. With potentially...
