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Eyes on the U.S. Geopolitics

For Trump, What’s Really Driving About-Face In Syria?

Post author By lmacret
Post date April 10, 2017

A pensive Trump? Olivier Douliery/ZUMA

WASHINGTON — It is either a turning point or a welcome aberration that President Trump found the cruelly extinguished lives of Syrian children to be compelling (or at least contributory) in his decision to use force in Syria. The nerve gas attack by the Bashar al-Assad regime, he said, “crossed a lot of lines for me . . . innocent children, innocent babies — babies, little babies.” Much of Trump’s appeal during his presidential campaign was based on dehumanization — the characterization of migrants as criminals and refugees as terrorist threats. This is the first instance I can recall of Trump showing […]

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Eyes on the U.S. Syria Crisis Trump And The World

World Newspapers Analyze Trump’s ‘Trigger-Happy’ Turnaround On Syria

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Post date April 7, 2017

Anti-Assad poster in Bucharest, Romania zio fabio

-Analysis- For the longest time, Donald Trump has disparaged U.S. military involvement in the Middle East, mocked his rival’s strategy in Syria, and unequivocally stated that America’s enemy in the country was terror group ISIS, not President Bashar al-Assad. Then on Friday, with little warning, Trump, as U.S. president, launched airstrikes against Syria, the first […]

Tags assad, attack, chemical, diplomacy, roundup, trump, united states

Ideas Syria Crisis

Trump TV Changes Channels On Syria

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Post date April 6, 2017

President Trump in the White House Olivier Douliery/CNP/ZUMA

We all know Donald Trump is sensitive to what he sees on TV. But rather than displaying thin skin about comedy sketches aimed at him, the American president has now joined the wider world in reacting to this week’s images of a brutal chemical attack in Syria. And in this case, it may shape the […]

Tags al, assad, attack, bashar, Donald, Rex, tillerson, trump, united states

Trump Flexes Deal-Making Muscles On Foreign Front

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Post date April 3, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on March 31 Olivier Douliery/CNP/ZUMA

-Analysis- Donald Trump is already discovering the old dictum that presidents are elected on domestic policy but eventually take refuge in foreign policy. With his own Republican party bickering and blocking his healthcare proposal in Congress, Trump turns this week to welcoming foreign leaders with whom he can attempt his powers of persuasion on a […]

Tags diplomacy, house, jinping, meeting, trump, united states, white

All This Has Been Written Before, Literature As Oracle

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Post date March 31, 2017

A window on the future? Kusaker

We have already been revealed, both our leaders and ourselves, by writers of the past.

Tags colombia, history, humanity, le, literature, modernity, pen, trump

In Trump’s America, Checks And Balances Are Doing Their Job

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 24, 2017

A view inside the Rotunda in Washington D.C. Aoc/Planet Pix/ZUMA

Fascism fears were greatly exaggerated in a system that puts limits on any individual’s power.

Tags balances, branch, checks, D.C, judiciary, trump, united states, washington

Time Magazine Cover On Truth And Trump

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Post date March 24, 2017

It’s a looming question for any reader of the news and follower of current events:Time magazine’s “Is Truth Dead?” cover this week does well to capture the zeitgeist of public discourse in the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency. The central article travels through the place of truth in American public life, all the way […]

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If Trump Kills NAFTA, ‘Modern Mexico’ May End Up Dead Too

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Post date March 21, 2017

Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the presentation of his book ''Oye, Trump'' Luis Cortes/El Universal/ZUMA Wire

For the ordinary Mexican, the free-trade agreement has been a chance to build a modern country based on the rule of law, and, above all, a ticket to economic development. Without it, Mexico could quickly slide backward.

Tags development, economic, growth, mexico, modernity, threat, trump

Trump v. Trump, How His Words Undermine His Agenda

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 17, 2017

Donald Trump speaking at the CPAC on Feb. 24 Olivier Douliery/Pool/CNP/ZUMA

WASHINGTON — In blocking the administration’s second attempt at a travel ban from terror-prone countries, a federal judge in Hawaii laid the blame squarely on President Donald Trump and his advisers, who had suggested the policy was aimed at barring Muslims. A different politician might have expressed disappointment and moved on. But Trump, taking the stage barely an hour later at a rally Wednesday night in Nashville, let loose on the “terrible ruling” – and doubled down on the sentiments that got the policy into trouble in the first place. “The order blocked was a watered-down version of the first […]

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Eyes on the U.S. Trump And The World

Italian Magazine: Behind Bars Of Trump Presidency

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Post date March 17, 2017

Il Sole 24 ORE magazine, March 17, 2017 — Photo: Charles Ommanney “The Closing Of The American Mind,” reads the April cover of Il Sole 24 ORE’s monthly magazine IL. This month’s cover is a photograph at the fence between the United States and Mexico, as U.S. President Donald Trump vows to follow through on […]

Tags border, franzen, italy, mexico, populism, trump, us, wall

Hawaii To Holland, Populism Bumps In The Road

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Post date March 16, 2017

Phony Gert gelt... Ye Pingfan/Xinhua via ZUMA

The headlines this morning provide two bits of far-flung hope for those still shaken by Brexit and Donald Trump: the new version of Trump’s travel ban applied to six majority-Muslim countries was blocked by a judge in Hawaii; meanwhile, halfway across the world, Geert Wilders’ far-right party suffered surprisingly disappointing results in Dutch parliamentary elections. […]

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Geopolitics Ideas

How The Anti-Trump Movement Is Building For The Long Haul

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 14, 2017

Protestors gathered at New York airports against the Muslim ban Facebook

The ACLU is spending millions on a new ‘People Power’ campaign. The civil rights group’s push is the largest piece of a sprawling ‘resistance’ moving faster than Democratic Party leaders can think.

Tags ACLU, city, policy, resistance, trump, united states

How To Stop Trump From Creating The World’s Biggest Tax Haven

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Post date March 11, 2017

iPad smile in Beijing Baetho

With its new president, the United States may now become a massive new fiscal haven for global companies. But France, with its own upcoming elections, could lead Europe in undermining Trump’s plans.

Tags amazon, apple, border adjustment, corporate tax, fiscal, france, profit, tax, trump

No Mr. Trump, The Art Of The Deal Won’t Work For Diplomacy

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Post date March 10, 2017

Trump and Japan's Shinzo Abe last month Chip Somodevilla/CNP via ZUMA

The new U.S. president might want to think twice about taking a business-world approach to international affairs.

Tags diplomacy, international relations, iraq war, trump, Turnbull, united states, world war ii

Trump’s Foreign Policy, Lots Of Bluster And Little Else

Post author By lmacret
Post date March 3, 2017

Tillerson and Trump in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 28 Chris Kleponis/DPA/ZUMA

WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama delivered State of the Union addresses without a full and detailed discussion of foreign policy, conservatives justifiably complained. We are a country at war, with rising, big power threats in an increasingly unstable world. All true. And yet when President Donald Trump said virtually nothing of substance Tuesday night on national security, conservatives by and large gave him a pass. Trump’s highlighting of the widow of slain Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens obscured the lack of substance on the cause for which Trump correctly said Owens gave his life. Repeating that we will eradicate […]

Tags ban, foreign, lacking, policy, travel, trump, united states

Trump May Be The Wake-up Call Mexico Needs

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Post date March 3, 2017

Can Pena get a popular boost? Presidenciamx/Planet Pix via ZUMA

But for some, politicians’ rising calls for unity ring hollow.

Tags Donald, mexico, trump, wall

Trump’s America And The Grief Of An Indian Mother

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Post date February 28, 2017

Sunday vigil in Olathe, Kansas Allison Long/TNS/ZUMA

-Analysis- It’s every Indian mother’s worst nightmare. Would the son she proudly sent abroad wind up in harm’s way in a foreign land? Parvatha Vardhini’s son reassured her that he was safe and secure in the U.S., even as hate crimes rose in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory. After his body was flown back […]

Tags attack, Donald, india, kansas, Kuchibhotla, Srinivas, trump

Working Class Of America Beware, Trump Will Sell You Out

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Post date February 24, 2017

Trump supporters in Palm Beach, Florida Allen Eyestone/Palm Beach Post via ZUMA

-OpEd- WASHINGTON — For many months on the campaign trail, Donald Trump sent a clear message about his fellow Republicans: Ideologically, I’m not one of them. This wasn’t just true on trade, but also on safety-net programs that protect, among others, low-income whites. President Trump, he said, won’t let people die in the streets and […]

Tags Donald, trump, united states, white, workers

Economy Eyes on the U.S.

Grab Your Wallet, Taking Down Trump With A Retail Boycott

Post author By lmacret
Post date February 21, 2017

The Ivanka Trump boutique inside Trump Tower in NYC Bryan R. Smith/CNP/ZUMA

WASHINGTON — Back in October, Shannon Coulter was doing some late-night browsing on the Nordstrom website. Before long, the small-business owner had a nagging feeling about the department store’s line-up of Ivanka Trump apparel and shoes — a brand she couldn’t help but see in a different light amid the unfolding events of the presidential campaign. Just days earlier, news had broken of the explosive Access Hollywood footage in which Donald Trump bragged about groping women without their consent. “Something changed for me when the Trump tapes came out,” Coulter recalled in an interview. “Those words were just ringing in […]

Tags boycott, grab, retail, trump, united states, wallet, your

The False Equivalency Of ‘Extremists’ On Left And Right

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Post date February 21, 2017

Inside Evo Morales' museum Museo de la Revolución Democrática y Cultural Facebook Page

Bolivian president Evo Morales has been criticized for his supposed ‘cult of personality.’ But he is no Donald Trump.

Tags analysis, colombia, fascism, morales, politics, society, trump

China Eyes Latin America In Ashes Of Monroe Doctrine

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Post date February 17, 2017

At the June 20 inauguration of the CCB branch in Santiago, Chile Jorge Villegas/Xinhua/ZUMA

First with Obama and now with Trump, the U.S. is making space for a second imperialist power on the American continent, China.

Tags beijing, china, Donald, protectionism, trade, trump

Ideas Trump And The World

A Very Dangerous Man In The White House

Post author By lmacret
Post date February 17, 2017

Is there a method? Andrew Harrer/CNP via ZUMA

Beyond his media attacks and over-the-top reality TV performances, Donald Trump’s lack of command of the issues is what should worry us.

Tags campaign, conference, Donald, foreign, policy, press, trump, united states

Eyes on the U.S. Ideas

How Can We Resist Donald Trump? Buy ‘Made In Latin America’

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Post date February 12, 2017

Time for tacos, McDonald's no mas... Lars Ploughman

If Trump wants to seal off U.S. borders, Latin Americans can respond by boycotting American brands.

Tags boycott, commerce, exports, investment, mexico, relationship, trump

As Trump Revs Up Car Industry Rhetoric, Japan Should Ride It Out

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Post date February 10, 2017

A BMW plant in Spartanburg, U.S.A. Daniel Schnettler/DPA/ZUMA

-Editorial- TOKYO — It is a situation in which automobile trade issues could develop into new friction between Japan and the United States. Japan must counter the United States appropriately without giving in to baseless criticism. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Toyota President Akio Toyoda held a meeting. Their talks were apparently intended to coordinate […]

Tags auto, car, industry, japan, jobs, manufacturing, trump, us

Trump Will Make China Stronger — And More Skittish

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Post date February 8, 2017

A fair under giant bombers in Binzhou in eastern China Gao Limeng/SIPA Asia/ZUMA

-Analysis- PARIS — For more than 70 years, the United States was the ultimate life insurance policy for Europe against the Soviet and now Russian thirst for power. The U.S. also held sway in Asia, in large part to counter China and to contain North Korea’s dangerous and eccentric drifts. The rise of China’s economic […]

Tags china, globalization, nuclear, pivot, trump, xi jinping

Trump Protectionism Is True Peril For Markets

Post author By lmacret
Post date February 6, 2017

On the trading floor in New York Li Rui/Xinhua/ZUMA

-Analysis- NEW YORK — Investors are ignoring Donald Trump’s trade rhetoric at their own peril. That’s the warning coming from a rising cohort of erstwhile Trump bulls who’ve gone weak in the knees as the president turns his sights on allies from Mexico to Japan and Australia. It isn’t enough, they say, that the post-election rally that added more than $3.5 trillion to global equities and sent high-yield debt to the best start to a year since 2012 has stalled. According to them, the administration’s pledges to protect U.S. industry and redefine currency relationships could ignite a trade war with […]

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Ideas Trump And The World

The Wall Of Trump: Stand Your Ground, Pena Nieto!

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Post date February 5, 2017

Climbing the fence between U.S. and Mexico in Tijuana Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez/Prensa Internacional/ZUMA

-Editorial- SANTIAGO — Finally. The Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto reacted correctly to the new U.S. President Donald J. Trump, canceling the meeting they were scheduled to have last week. Mr. Peña Nieto seems to have come into his own! Trump had asked for the meeting, to discuss trade, immigration and above all, frontier security. […]

Tags immigration, mexico, trump, wall

Ideas Trump And The World

A Call To Philosophers: Join The Fray, Help Fix Our World

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Post date February 4, 2017

Rodin's The Thinker in Paris Mustang Joe

Our era of authoritarian rulers and ‘alternative facts’ makes the guiding light of philosophy more vital than ever.

Tags germany, modern, philosophy, society, socrates, trump, zizek

Ideas Trump And The World

After Trump, Argentina Restricts Immigration To Fight Crime

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Post date February 2, 2017

An officer during an operation in Buenos Aires Claudio Santisteban/ZUMA

-Analysis- BUENOS AIRES — It must be a sign of the times. Echoing the clampdown of foreign visitors by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, Argentina is set to tighten its border controls in a country that has long received migrants from around the world. The move was taken ostensibly to target crime, which many Argentines […]

Tags argentina, borders, crime, decree, immigration, kirchner, macri, trump

Economy Eyes on the U.S. Future Trump And The World

A Trump-Era Brain Drain? U.S.-Based Scientists Eye Switzerland

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Post date February 2, 2017

Inside Lausanne's EPFL Tommaso Donelli via Instagram

Foreign scientists working in the U.S. are seeking job prospects in Switzerland as they contemplate leaving a country under an unfriendly administration. For one Swiss agency, that’s not necessarily good news.

Tags brain, Donald, drain, education, epfl, science, switzerland, trump

Eyes on the U.S. Trump And The World

How Merkel’s Lectures To Thin-Skinned Trump Can Backfire

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Post date January 31, 2017

Lesson number Einz Kay Nietfeld/DPA/ZUMA

-Analysis- BERLIN — On Saturday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump released a joint statement regarding their first phone call earlier that day. The statement about their 45-minute conversation noted — in the neutral tone common to all statements of this kind — that a wide range of topics were discussed: NATO, […]

Tags bannon, diplomacy, germany, house, merkel, nato, relationship, trump, white

First One Hundred Days, From FDR To Trump

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Post date January 30, 2017

From left to right: Hoover, Roosevelt, Trump, Obama Library of Congress/Sean Martin

-Analysis- The marker of the “First 100 Days’ of a new presidency traces its origins to Franklin Roosevelt’s arrival in the White House in 1933, when the Democratic president followed through on a series of promised measures to urgently reverse the economic policies of his predecessor, the hapless Herbert Hoover. This initial policy sprint would […]

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Eyes on the U.S. Trump And The World

Bannon Rising, Trump’s ‘Alt-Right’ Advisor Consolidates Power

Post author By lmacret
Post date January 30, 2017

Like his boss, Bannon has no previous political experience Andrew Harrer/CNP/Pool/ZUMA

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s elevation of his chief political strategist to a major role in national security policy, and a White House order banning refugees from certain Muslim-majority countries from U.S. entry, appeared to come together as cause and effect over the weekend. Stephen Bannon — whose nationalist convictions and hard-line oppositional view of globalism have long guided Trump — was directly involved in shaping the controversial immigration mandate, according to several people familiar with the drafting who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. The order, which has ignited sweeping domestic and international backlash, came […]

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Facing Trump, Latin America Must Stand United With Mexico

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Post date January 27, 2017

A seawall in Gaza City on a cloudy day last month Mohammed Asad/APA Images via ZUMA

-OpEd- BOGOTÁ — The declarations Donald Trump made in last week’s inauguration speech mark a major shift for the United States on both the domestic and international fronts. His nationalist exhortations, and call for other countries to follow the same path, are the kind of dangerous demagoguery that often leads to war and misery. Trump’s […]

Tags america first, border, latin america, mexico, trade, trump, wall

Ideas Syria Crisis

New Monday, New World: Russia Is In Charge

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Post date January 23, 2017

In Kazakhstan's capital Astana Ken and Nyetta

Well that was quite a first weekend. After Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday, an estimated two million people took to the streets worldwide to protest against the controversial new president, who continued his open warfare with the American press — and some would say, with the truth itself. Now, he faces a first work week […]

Tags assad, Astana, inauguration, kazakhstan, negotiations, peace, putin, trump, war

Eyes on the U.S. Trump And The World

Trump Presidency Begins, 27 Front Pages From Around The World

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Post date January 21, 2017

The world watches Trump take the oath. Nancy Siesel via ZUMA

Newspapers across the globe featured a defiant, ‘America First’ Donald Trump taking over the White House.

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Ideas Trump And The World

Donald Trump Era Opens With Darkness

Post author By lmacret
Post date January 21, 2017

Looking in at the Washington Monument on Friday Bill Putnam via ZUMA

The 45th U.S. president took office by discarding the postwar precedent of values-based U.S. leadership of and engagement with the rest of the world.

Tags andrew jackson, inaugural, trump, united states

Ideas Trump And The World

Circumnavigating In The Age Of Trump

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Post date January 20, 2017

He's off ... Stacie Scott/TNS via ZUMA

—Analysis— Back in the 16th century, it took Ferdinand Magellan“s crew more than two years to sail around the world. Yesterday, a new record was set in the prestigious Vendée Globe solo sailing race, as French skipper Armel Le Cléac’h took just 74 days to circumnavigate our planet. When such records are set, we tend […]

Tags cleach, france, globe, le, presidency, sailing, trump, vendee

Eyes on the U.S. Trump And The World

The World Braces For Hurricane Trump

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Post date January 19, 2017

Trump Trump Trump Trump Carlos Barria/ZUMA

Beyond the beltway, far from America’s heartland: the most unlikely of incoming U.S. presidents is daily bread for the international press. See what they’re saying.

Tags beijing, doctrine, eu, moscow, obama, putin, trump, united states

Put All Doubts To Rest, China Is Betting On The Free Market

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Post date January 19, 2017

Shopping mall in Shanghai Tahini

Xi Jinping’s calls in Davos to protect free trade are not a jab at Donald Trump, but in keeping with China’s march toward a market-led consumer society.

Tags argentina, davos, economy, jinping, politics, trump

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