by Jim Heath | Jul 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Ever since the coronavirus emerged in Europe, Sweden has captured international attention by conducting an unorthodox, open-air experiment. It has allowed the world to examine what happens in a pandemic when a government allows life to carry on largely unhindered....
by Jim Heath | Jul 8, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Putin, Trump
Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response that Moscow received when the Trump administration learned of a precursor to the...
by Jim Heath | Jul 7, 2020 | coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, who has repeatedly dismissed the danger posed by the coronavirus, disclosed today that he has the virus, a development that turbocharged the debate over his cavalier handling of a pandemic that has killed more than 65,000...
by Jim Heath | Jul 5, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
North Korea yesterday reiterated it has no immediate plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States unless Washington discards what it describes as “hostile” polices toward Pyongyang. The statement by North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui...
by Jim Heath | Jul 2, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Oiled by the Kremlin’s election machine, the result of Vladimir Putin’s vote on constitutional reform – one that would allow him to rule until 2036 – was never in doubt. But the decision by Russia’s election commission to publish “preliminary” live results five hours...
by Jim Heath | Jun 30, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Trump
American officials intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account, evidence that supported their conclusion that Russia covertly offered bounties for...
