by News Decoder | 5 Sep 2017 | Asia, China, North Korea, United States
North Korea has drawn international opprobrium with its nuclear and missile tests. Can its leader, Kim Jong-un, win the respect he craves? An undated photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in an undisclosed location, released by the North Korean Central News Agency...
by Bernd Debusmann | 1 Sep 2017 | United States
Bernd Debusmann grew up in a post-war Germany still in ruins. His early reporting assignments included the first trial under German law of officials for their role in the Holocaust. By Bernd Debusmann History takes odd turns. Who would have thought seven decades ago...
by David Schlesinger | 30 Aug 2017 | Asia, China, North Korea, United States
By David Schlesinger Pity China’s foreign policy leaders. An unpredictable, mercurial, untested, perhaps irrational leader in its neighbor, North Korea. An unpredictable, mercurial, untested, perhaps irrational leader in its major trading partner and sometime global...
by Alistair Lyon | 24 Aug 2017 | Asia, Islam, Terrorism, United States
Afghanistan will likely frustrate U.S. President Donald Trump, whose “new” strategy to achieve victory there sounds all too familiar. U.S. servicemen listen as President Donald Trump announces his administration’s strategy in Afghanistan, Fort Myer, Arlington,...
by News Decoder | 22 Aug 2017 | Americas, United States
(From Pew Research Center) By Nelson Graves New data from a respected U.S. polling center underscores a dramatic deterioration in foreign opinion of the United States since Donald Trump became president. The data, collected by the Pew Research Center, shows that far...