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How China misread Donald Trump
There are some problems that âgood chemistryâ just canât solve. At a surprisingly cheerful summit meeting at Mar-a-Lago in April, Chinaâs president Xi Jinping seemed to find Donald Trumpâs...
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Trump handed Putin a stunning victory
President Donald Trump needed to accomplish two things this week during his visits to Poland and the G20 Summit in Hamburg. First, he needed to reassure Americaâs allies that he was committed to...
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Is Donald Trump a TV addict?
For a man who famously doesnât drink, television has been Donald Trumpâs drug of choice his entire adult life. During his playboy years in New York, after he made sure he was photographed with a...
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In New York, like Kiev, it’s all about Putin
NEW YORK â New Yorkers are not easily distracted from their solipsistic love of the âgreatest city on earth.â It takes a hurricane, a terror attack or â at the very least â hostile foreign...
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Why the G20 violence is good for Merkel
BERLIN â Germans watched in shock and horror at the end of last week as violent protests broke out during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Against the backdrop of burning barricades, looted...
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Time for the Spitzenkandidat to die
It is less than two years to the start of the next round of Brusselsâ favorite contest: determining who gets the European Union’s top jobs. And already some wannabe successors to European Commission...
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Could a robot be president?
President Donald Trump reportedly spends his nights alone in the White House, watching TV news and yelling at the screen. He wakes up early each morning to watch more television and tweet his anger to...
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Brexit can still be stopped
Doubting the inevitability of Brexit is suddenly in vogue. BBC Newsnight Political Editor Nicholas Watt declared last week what many of us already know. âIâm beginning to hear talk, in some...
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Why Emmanuel Macron dissed Donald Trump and now is dining with him
What to make of the curious relationship between French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump? Their first meeting opened with âthe handshake heard âround the world,â when a...
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For a few refugees, safe passage to Europe
ROME â The sun has yet to rise when Ayman, his wife Rawia and his three daughters land at the Fiumicino airport in Rome. Rawia carries her youngest in her arms from the airplane to the terminal....
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Poland’s point of no return
BUDAPEST â The illiberal government in Warsaw is about to deliver a huge blow to Polandâs constitutional system. Since winning a slim parliamentary majority in 2015, the Law and Justice (PiS)...
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A recent survey told you everything you need to know about EU-Turkey relations: some 75.5 percent of the country said it would still like to join the European Union â but only 36 percent think...
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How Donald Trump Jr. got stuck in his father’s shadow
Itâs always been hard being Donald Trump, Jr. âEvery time you check in at an airport, itâs âOh, my god, youâre Donald Trumpâs son,ââ he told me when I spoke to him for my biography of...
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Mongolia First
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia â As you drive out of the Mongolian capital, you see a strange sight: At first it seems like the mirage of a magic mountain, glimmering silver over the steppe. As you approach...
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For EU reforms, watch Germany, not France
After a rocky 12 months menaced by populist parties, core Europe suddenly feels as if it is on the march again. The arrival of Emmanuel Macron in the Elysée Palace, Brexit, the growing transatlantic...
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In Turkey, defending human rights is a crime
In Turkey, truth and justice have become strangers. Six human rights defenders were imprisoned this week on the absurd charge of supporting a terrorist organization. They await trial, which could...
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Cyberattacks are the new challenge for renewable energy
For decades, energy security was all about geopolitics: ensuring supplies of oil and gas from producers who would sometimes abuse their dominant position for political blackmail. The much-feared...
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Can Macron avoid the Sarkozy trap?
Imagine a young French president, elected on a platform of deep economic reforms of pensions and labor legislation. After the first proposals are unveiled, a wave of paralyzing strikes sweeps across...
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Europe’s recipe for crisis and chaos in the Mediterranean
INTERNATIONAL WATERS NORTH OF LIBYA â As the number of people attempting the perilous passage across the Mediterranean Sea continues to rise, Italy and the European Union recently approved new...
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The dishonest Germans
The next time a German minister lectures another member of the European Union about the need to obey the rules, the target of the criticism might be forgiven for turning the tables. The country that...
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