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Venezuela's Maduro confronts perils of his reliance on the militaryFor more than two years he put generals in charge of everything from food distribution to new oil and mining projects, but the increasingly embattled Maduro seems aware that the military could one day engineer his downfall.
First LookUS-China security talks on North Korea strain over tensions surrounding US student's deathThe Trump administration is likely to put pressure on China to economically constrict North Korea, the isolated nation's largest ally.
First LookUS could send 4,000 additional troops to quell Taliban insurgency in AfghanistanIn response to a rising threat posed by the Islamic State and a growing number of American casualties in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to announce a troop surge in the area to support a war effort that has extended over three US presidencies. 聽
Is Trump 'disrupting' his own foreign-policy team? The case of Qatar.President Trump's public, off-the-cuff foreign-policy commentaries are seemingly disconnected from his own team's consensus. That can serve a purpose, or, say experts, lead to setbacks for US interests.
First LookUS corporations and young Cuban-Americans vie to maintain d茅tente with CubaThe White House鈥檚 expected revision of former President Barack Obama鈥檚 policies on US-Cuba relations has sparked opposition from young Cuban-Americans and US companies that have vested interests on the communist island.聽
First LookICE shutters helpful family management program amid budget cutsA successful program helping displaced immigrant families with a fear of returning to their home countries is shut down. The Trump administration has other priorities for the fiscal budget.
Why Nikki Haley's outlier status is useful for White House 鈥� up to a pointHaley, in Geneva to address the UN Human Rights Council, places human rights at the core of foreign policy. While her outspoken stance offers President Trump some advantages, foreign policy experts say, it can also be confusing both to Americans and to the world.
First Look'Catch and release' immigration policy remains largely intact, despite President Trump鈥檚 campaign promisesIllegal immigrant traffic across the US-Mexico border has come to a standstill. But a closer look reveals that, so far, the process for handling detained illegal immigrants hasn鈥檛 changed much since the new president took office. 聽
First LookTrump says US embassy to stay in Tel Aviv, for nowDespite backlash from pro-Israeli supporters in the US and abroad, many global leaders approve of the decision to postpone the move to avoid turmoil before Palestinian-Israeli peace talks.
After Trump trip, is Europe ready to go it alone?Trump鈥檚 鈥淎merica First鈥� orientation and pursuit of an interests-based foreign policy were on full display in Europe, where the consensus is growing that US and European values are diverging.
Trump at NATO: How Manchester delayed alliance's reckoning with RussiaThe terrorist attack allowed President Trump to divert the focus from Russia. But security experts say Putin's Russia and ISIS are both illiberal adversaries of the West that must be confronted with an information war.
All in the family? NATO first-timers Trump and Macron a study in contrasts.The two fresh faces on the NATO summit stage encapsulate the opposing forces pushing and pulling on alliance countries and on the West more broadly.
Trump's first trip: Can he offer leadership on both security and values?President Trump will be tested on his trip to the Middle East and Europe, as he will address leaders and publics with very different aspirations for US leadership.
What Trump's intelligence-sharing with Russia may have cost the USThe main coin of intelligence-sharing, especially in the fight against terrorism, is trust. By divulging sensitive information to his Russian guests, experts warn, Trump likely made US partners less trusting of him.
First LookTrump defends his right to share certain information with RussiaThe tweets were a response to a report Trump shared classified information with Kremlin officials
First LookWhy US allies still want to cooperate despite the alleged leak by TrumpOne Japanese government official said it was simply not possible to stop cooperating with Washington on intelligence matters. 聽
Trump call on Afghan surge: Another step away from 'America First'?A surge of US troops into Afghanistan would speak volumes about Trump鈥檚 increasing embrace of a more traditional style of global leadership 鈥� and about the growing influence of his military advisers.
What Comey's firing means for repairing strained US-Russia tiesRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met President Trump and Secretary of State Tillerson Wednesday. It was supposed to be a step toward rebuilding cooperation on issues such as Syria. But the Comey firing could change all that.
First LookWhy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers met with the Dalai Lama in IndiaThe Democratic leader of the House was one of eight lawmakers to visit the Dalai Lama in his exiled home of India to call for the protection of human rights in Tibet.聽
First LookTrump and Abbas hopeful, but little to show from first meetingThe US president believes an Israeli-Palestinian deal can be reached, but he and Abbas moved the needle little toward that goal on Wednesday.聽