Uri Friedman
He was previously the deputy managing editor at Foreign Policy.
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Reuters / Pyeongyang Press Corps South Korea May Have Just Helped Break a Nuclear Impasse
As talks with Washington seemed to stall, Seoul created its own path with Pyongyang.
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John Westrich / Getty UN Secretary-General: American Power Is in Decline, the World Is ‘in Pieces’
António Guterres confronts the “reemergence of irrationality” in global politics.
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Rami Niemi South Koreans Love Their ‘Stress Cafés’
New places of respite are popping up in one of the world’s most overworked, underslept cities.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Woodward Book Comes for James Mattis
A veteran Washington journalist describes the defense secretary as avoiding confrontation and showing respect. But the rest of the book may have blown up that strategy.
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AFP / Getty Inside the Dispute Derailing Nuclear Talks With North Korea
An adviser to South Korea’s president describes the plan to end the Korean War—and why the proposal has now become a sticking point in negotiations.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Nikki Haley Warns That Iran Could Become ‘the Next North Korea’
The UN ambassador explained the logic of abandoning one nuclear deal while pursuing another.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Donald Trump Sorrowfully Cancels Another North Korea Meeting
For the first time since his summit with Kim Jong Un, the president acknowledged that nuclear talks aren’t going well.
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Maxim Shemetov / Reuters Even Trump’s Own Adviser Is Warning About ‘Politicizing’ the Threat From Russia
But the danger he sees is already here.
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Reuters / Planet Labs Two Ways to Read the Newest Intelligence on North Korea
Is Kim Jong Un serious about denuclearizing? Or is he out to trick the United States?
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Francois Lenoir / Reuters Donald Trump Is Falling in Love With Summits
In offering to meet with Iran’s leader, the president sticks to what’s becoming a familiar pattern.
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Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters The Meaning of North Korea’s Remains Transfer
The Korean War never officially ended. But its participants are now chipping away at the last sources of hostility.
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Leonhard Foeger / Reuters The White House Quietly Corrects Its Putin Transcript
After more than a week of questions, the presidential record reflects that Putin admitted to wanting Trump to win.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters Secretary of a State of Confusion
“We really need a clear understanding as to what is going on, what our president is agreeing to, and what our strategy is on a number of issues.”
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Reuters / Kyodo North Korea Talks Have Entered the Realm of Small Victories
After the summit, the grind
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump, Iran, and the Dangers of Presidential Bluffing
Last year, the president’s threats targeted North Korea. The outcome holds lessons for a new round of threats.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Rise of ‘Revisionist’ America
The U.S. president doesn’t want to play by the international rules the U.S. itself set.
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Leonhard Foeger / Reuters Russian Speakers Explain What Putin Actually Said About Trump
In Helsinki, the Russian president didn’t confess to meddling. But he left no doubt about who he wanted to win the U.S. election.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The White House Transcript Is Missing the Most Explosive Part of the Trump–Putin Press Conference
It’s not clear whether the omission was intended, but the meaning of a key exchange is dramatically altered as a result.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Blames Bad Relations With Russia on Everything but Russia
In Helsinki, the president preferred to pin the problem on “many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity.”
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Reuters / Lehtikuva Trump Meets Putin While America Confronts Russia
The U.S. president may be seeking better terms with his counterpart. But the relationship between their countries just seems to keep getting worse.
