Joshua Keating

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Put the Nobel Peace Prize on hold for just a bit. President Donald Trump came into office promising a swift end to two wars in Gaza and Ukraine. He has taken a radically different approach to both conflicts than Joe

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Elon Musk has opinions on how a lot of the world’s countries should be run. He has weighed in on elections in Germany on behalf of a far-right party, sparred with the government of his native South Africa, and called

Throughout his first term as president, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to leave NATO, an alliance that in his view allows other countries who don’t spend enough on their own defense to get a free ride on US security guarantees. His

It’s possible that three years of fighting between Russia and Ukraine could end — at least temporarily— in a matter of weeks. It’s more likely it could continue for months or even years. US and allied intelligence agencies have concluded

President Donald Trump’s decision to halt American military aid to Ukraine is one of the most dramatic US foreign policy shifts of recent years. The US has not only effectively changed sides in an ongoing war, it has also seemingly

After a dramatic week that saw both the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine and an unprecedented flurry of diplomatic activity, it’s becoming possible to see what a real — if far from ideal — agreement to end the

Donald Trump had talked about firing senior military commanders on the campaign trail as far back as last summer. After the election, his transition team reportedly drew up a list of senior officers to be fired. Trump’s secretary of defense,

Despite Donald Trump’s campaign promise to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, and despite his team’s overall move-fast-and-break-things approach, the administration’s approach to the now nearly three-year-old conflict started out slowly. Although the White House announced plans to