by Jim Heath | May 25, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Anti-Semitic attacks in Germany have surged in the past few years. Last year, an attack on two men wearing kippahs — also known as yarmulkes — on a street in Berlin caused widespread outrage in in the country. The German government’s anti-Semitism commissioner...
by Jim Heath | May 24, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump has asserted rarely used emergency powers to sidestep congressional objections, and give the green light to an arms deal involving Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the leaders of several congressional committees that Trump...
by Jim Heath | May 20, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump today doubled down on his tough talk against Iran, calling them the ‘number one provocateur of terror in this country’ as the war of words between the two nations. ‘They’ve been very hostile. Truly been the number one...
by Jim Heath | May 14, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Even in the midst of a trade conflict with China, and a plan to send tens of thousands of troops to Iran, President Trump continues his strange diplomatic dance with Russia, as his Secretary of State prepares to meet personally with Vladimir Putin. Pompeo said today...
by Jim Heath | May 7, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Donald Trump understands the basics about presidential politics. At the top of the list, wartime presidents are always reelected. Even George W. Bush, as unpopular as he was in 2004, earned a second term as the war in Iraq waged on. So it should give every American...
by Jim Heath | May 4, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
North Korea fired several short-range projectiles off its east coast today, in a move likely to raise tensions as denuclearization talks with the United States remain stalled. The North fired the projectiles between 9:06 a.m. and 9:27 a.m. from near Wonsan, a coastal...
