by Jim Heath | Dec 2, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Russia and China have launched a new international gas pipeline days after they completed their first cross-border road bridge, signifying the latest projects between powers set on accelerating cooperation. Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China...
by Jim Heath | Nov 22, 2019 | Congress, Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump suggested toay that he might veto legislation designed to support pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong — despite its near-unanimous support in the House and Senate — to pave the way for a trade deal with China. Speaking on the “Fox & Friends”...
by Jim Heath | Nov 22, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in a set of long-running corruption cases, throwing his political future into doubt and heightening the uncertainty and chaos surrounding Israel’s fitful, yearlong...
by Jim Heath | Nov 14, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
About 200 Russian fighters have arrived in Libya in the last two months as part of a broad campaign by the Kremlin to reassert its influence across the Middle East and Africa. After years of providing behind-the-scenes support for a would-be Libyan strongman, Moscow...
by Jim Heath | Nov 13, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a chummy meeting at the White House today just a month after they ignited a bipartisan firestorm in Washington over Ankara’s invasion of northern Syria. In a meeting overshadowed by the drama of the...
by Jim Heath | Oct 29, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
It has been a winning week for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his goal of expanding Moscow’s geopolitical clout. On Tuesday, after U.S. troops withdrew, Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan effectively carved up northeastern Syria between themselves,...
