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Facing a growing list of attacks against U.S. forces in the Middle East, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Charles "C.Q." Brown was pressed at a recent conference on why the American military wasn't responding more aggressively. Two decades of war in the region, a war that much of the American public is eager to...
The Taliban unquestionably have drastically reduced opium poppy cultivation during the 2022-2023 growing season, roughly duplicating the percentage reduction they achieved in 2000-2001 when they were previously in power. This year’s poppy harvest is orders of magnitude smaller than last year’s and is much lower than in any year since the...
Nato’s cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region will be more “institutionalised” over time, threatening to have a “detrimental” impact on Beijing, analysts said, as representatives from eight Nato countries made joint visits to Japan and South Korea last week. Last Monday, the ambassadors from the Nato countries – the US, Britain, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Romania and Poland – met Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa, with the...
The recent expansion of BRICS should be a key cause of concern for the US, as new members along with countries who want to join could amplify dedollarization, according to a former State Department official. Writing for the Atlantic Council, Thomas Hill noted that Egypt, among others, was added to the BRICS club while Algeria and Tunisia were turned down. And it foreshadows how North African countries may become...
Joe Biden has been urged to attack Houthi militants whose strikes on shipping have threatened to halt the passage of freighters through the Red Sea. After a succession of missile strikes on various commercial vessels, two major shipping companies said they were pausing operations in the region, where as much as...
Ukraine has pushed for years to join the European Union. Now, there's some movement. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joins CBS News to unpack the latest development as Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday he will continue the.
Thursday night, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocked a European Union vote on a $54 billion aid package for Ukraine. The move came after leaders agreed to officially begin negotiations for Ukraine to join the European Union. BBC News reporter Sofia Bettiza has the details on the vote. And former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joined CBS News to discuss the relationship between...
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plan to unveil a “new vision” for cooperation when their leaders meet in Tokyo this weekend for a commemorative gathering as Japan seeks to align the 10-member bloc with its strategy for a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific,” amid concerns over China's growing assertiveness. The three-day special leaders’ summit, meant to mark 50 years of...
Donald Trump is considering a plan to let North Korea keep its nuclear weapons and offer its regime financial incentives to stop making new bombs, according to three people briefed on his thinking. The move would mark a sharp departure from his past stance on the issue and a shift toward accommodating the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, with whom Trump developed an unusually friendly relationship during...
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, President Joe Biden has argued that aiding Ukraine in its war with one of America’s chief adversaries is a bargain enhancing U.S. national security. And for over a year, to the tune of about $75 billion in military and economic assistance, the national security argument worked – both in public opinion and in Congress. But no more. As the war has hit a stalemate...