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Argentina has reached a $7.5bn agreement with the International Monetary Fund, as it tries to get its troubled economy back on track. The South American nation has been in negotiations with the Fund for months over its $44 billion loan program. That's the biggest outstanding deal that the IMF has with any...
An apparent military takeover has occurred in the African nation of Niger. It's a country struggling with grinding poverty and fighting back an Islamist insurgency. The U.S. denounced the coup and has long counted Niger as a partner in the fight against insurgents. Stephanie Sy discussed the latest...
Vladimir Putin is hosting the second-ever Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg from July 27 to 28 at an awkward time for the leader, who is seeking allies as Moscow finds itself ever more isolated on the global stage. The recent fall-through of a deal, which allowed Ukraine to export grain across the...
Dean Cheng, senior advisor to the China program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, joins Meet the Press NOW to analyze the abrupt and unexplained removal of Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, sparking increased intrigue about Beijing's opaque political system...
Hi, China Watchers. Today we trace the ongoing fallout from now-former Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s mysterious downfall and unpack the efforts of former U.S. Ambassador to China, Max Baucus, to replicate the success of the U.S.-China ice-breaking “ping pong diplomacy” of the 1970s...
Sweeping “exit bans” and arbitrary detentions in China are having a chilling effect, among not just the Chinese diaspora with ties to their homeland but also international businesses increasingly anxious about operating there, Western experts and human rights watchdogs say. Under President Xi Jinping’s...
Papua New Guinea’s leadership is promising “cascading” benefits from growing military and security cooperation with the United States following the first visit by a sitting U.S. defense secretary, while downplaying any risk to the country’s close economic ties to China. Prime Minister James...
Seventy years ago, on July 27, 1953, military commanders from the United States and North Korea signed an armistice agreement that ended the hostilities of the Korean War. The two sides used diplomacy to end a bloody conflict that cost 3 million lives. A renewed commitment to diplomacy is urgently needed to...
The Biden administration’s push to counter China will reach new heights over the coming days as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken visit island nations in the South Pacific to pursue new military and diplomatic outposts in the hotly contested region. Simultaneous trips...
The U.S. is seeking to bolster its outreach to the Pacific as Beijing gains sway in the region. Across Tonga’s main island, China’s footprint is clear, with many storefronts bearing Chinese language signs. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Tonga comes after the country was devastated by a volcanic eruption and...