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Foreign policy

Leaders

From 'mein Mädchen' to 'leader of the free world,' Angela Merkel is winding down her political career

The World

May 31, 2019

Since the election of Donald Trump, Germany's leader Angela Merkel has been seen as an important global voice for Western liberal values. Her legacy is mixed, and it's unclear who will fill her shoes on the global political stage.

Foreign policy

Kushner, in Jerusalem to push peace plan, faces new political hurdle

Reuters

May 30, 2019

Jared Kushner and US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a visit to the region to drum up support for an economic conference in Bahrain next month.

Conflict

Trump's override of Congress on weapons deals 'is exactly what Iran would want'

The World

May 29, 2019

US President Donald Trump has overruled Congress in a decision to re-arm Saudi Arabia and the UAE. What may be intended as a warning to Iran could undermine efforts to halt civilian casualties in the Yemen war.

Nuclear

Things That Go Boom: In nuclear negotiations, diplomacy can be a slog

The World

May 27, 2019

Diplomacy is often awkward, stymied by translators, late nights and unsecured yurt communication (yes, that really happened). But diplomacy can also stop a war, as years of secret and not-so-secret negotiations between the US and Iran proved when the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was reached in 2015.

Nationalists surge in EU Parliament, but pro-EU parties remain dominant

Reuters

May 27, 2019

Pro-European parties kept a firm grip on the EU parliament as liberal and green parties matched a surge by eurosceptic parties, who won control of a quarter of seats in European elections for the first time.

Foreign policy

Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump's Iran plan is 'blind escalation with no endgame'

The World

May 23, 2019

US tensions with Iran are ramping up with no clear plan in sight. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says that while Iran is acting belligerently, the US response is not helping.

Conflict & Justice

Did a US bomb kill an innocent Somali man? His family says yes.

The World

May 17, 2019

Ahmed Hassan Hirei says his brother, Ibrahim Hirei, was killed in a US airstrike in Somalia. Now, he wants answers.

Foreign policy

Without proper intel vetting, could the US be headed toward 'rushed war' in the Middle East?

The World

May 15, 2019

Suzanne Maloney, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, discusses what intelligence the Trump administration has received about the threat from Iran in the wake of the administration's partial evacuation orders for the US embassy in Iraq.

US pulls non-emergency staff from Iraq amid concerns over Iran

May 15, 2019

Washington ordered the departure of non-emergency American employees from its diplomatic missions in Iraq on Wednesday in another show of concern about alleged threats from Iran.

Nuclear

'Things That Go Boom:' Nothing good happens after 'nuclear midnight'

The World

May 14, 2019

It's been a year since the US pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal ad some experts warn that the threat of a worldwide meltdown is the worst its been since the darkest, most dangerous days of the Cold War.

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