Shadow Government 2017-2021
List of Shadow Government 2017-2021 articles
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GettyImages-615787300 The Real Reason Trump Shouldn’t Meet With Duterte
U.S. presidents and Cabinet officials have met with worse than Duterte, but the Philippine leader is all but invigorating China's rise.
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NEW YORK - MAY 12: The United Nations logo on the back wall of the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations is seen from the floor May 12, 2006 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. NEW YORK - MAY 12: The view from the speakers rostrum in the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations is seen May 12, 2006 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The General Assembly Hall was remodeled in 1979 to accommodate up to 182 delegations, each of which has six seats. All seats are equipped with earphones, broadcasting simultaneously in the Assembly's six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. The United Nations headquarters, completed in 1952, is widely considered to be a landmark achievement of the International Style of architecture. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Has President Trump Learned to Love the United Nations?
Donald Trump came into office decrying the U.N. and NATO, two organizations he now can't seem to live with out.
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(L to R) Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak and Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte link hands during the 12th Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Summit, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, in Manila on April 29, 2017. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Southeast Asian leaders on April 29 they were facing a "massive" illegal drug menace that could destroy their societies, as he called for a united response. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Noel CELIS (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images) How Not to Lose Asia to China
There's a hunger in the Pacific for U.S. involvement. And it's good for America, too.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: President Donald Trump signs three executive actions in the Oval Office on January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. The actions outline a reorganization of the National Security Council, implement a five year lobbying ban on administration officials and a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying for a foreign country and calls on military leaders to present a report to the president in 30 days that outlines a strategy for defeating ISIS. (Photo by Pete Marovich - Pool/Getty Images) Trump Needs to Get Schooled on Commander-in-Chief Skills
The president should learn how to delegate responsibility and build strong civilian-military relations.
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A demonstrator holds a banner reading "One climate one world" during a rally held by several Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) to form a human chain on the Champs de Mars near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on December 12, 2015 on the sidelines of the COP21, the UN conference on global warming. French hosts submit the final version of a global climate-saving pact to negotiators at UN Conference on december 12. The goal is for ministers to approve the agreement by the end of the day but that could be extended one more day. / AFP / FRANCOIS GUILLOT (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Environmental Policies Are a Disaster for U.S. Foreign Policy
The Trump administration’s approach to science generally and to climate change in particular has the makings of a foreign-policy disaster.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - SEPTEMBER 16: In this handout image supplied by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas makes a speech to confirm that the Palestinian Authority will request full membership at the United Nations when the General Assembly convenes next week, on September 16, 2011 in Ramallah, West Bank. President Abbas will formally submit the application for Palestinian statehood to the 66th United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 20th. The Palestinians and the Israelis are taking part in global diplomatic lobbying to win support for their differing positions on statehood. The Palestinian bid arises from two decades of on-and-off peace talks that have failed to produce a deal. The ultimate goal of the Palestinian Authority is to end Israeli occupation and to establish a sovereign and independent state on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital. (Photo by Thaer Ganaim /PPO via Getty Images) A U.S. Plan for the Abbas-Trump Meeting
This week, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas heads to Washington as President Donald Trump makes his first major foray into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
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US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster looks on as US President Donald Trump announces him as his national security adviser at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Trump’s ‘Axis of Adults’ Weathered the First 100 Days
Amongst the chaos and the tweets, some of the more reassuring steps of the first 100 days of the Donald Trump Presidency were the appointments of Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: (AFP OUT) US President Donald Trump speaks as Vice President Mike Pence looks on at the Department of Veterans Affairs before signing an Executive Order on Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection on April 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery - Pool/Getty Images) After 100 Days, the Trump White House Still Lacks a Sound Policy Process
It is unclear what U.S. policy or strategy is, even on the most pressing issues.
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US President Donald Trump smiles during a national teacher of the year event in the Oval Office of the White House April 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s 100 Days of Cacophony
We should evaluate the administration on sovereignty, human rights, nonproliferation, global trade, democracy, and countering terrorism.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. On Saturday, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from Japan, Germany, Russia, France and Australia. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) 6 Things We Know About Trump’s Foreign Policy After 100 Days
Trump’s “America first” instincts are real, but radical change is hard to enact.
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TOPSHOT - US Vice President Mike Pence (2nd R) visits Observation Post Ouellette with his daughters (L) near the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the border between North and South Korea on April 17, 2017. Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two Koreas, in a show of US resolve a day after North Korea failed in its attempt to test another missile. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) Could Playing Chicken With North Korea Pay Off?
The seeds of a diplomatic solution could be forming — if the Trump administration is thoughtful and disciplined enough to seize the opportunity.
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Mexican members of different social organizations march in support of President Nicolas Maduro in Mexico City on April 19, 2017. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the White House is "closely" and "concerned" about the situation in Venezuela, where supporters and opponents of the government are carrying out massive street demonstrations in a tense environment. / AFP PHOTO / ALFREDO ESTRELLA (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images) Tillerson’s Diplomatic Approach in Venezuela is Paying Off
Applying the North Korea playbook to Venezuela would offer a lifeline to the autocrat.
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US Vice President Mike Pence (L) is accompanied by Elizabeth Buensuceso, the Philippine permanent representative for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), during a meting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on April 20, 2017. Pence is currently on a tour of South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Australia that is aimed at smoothing some of the rougher edges of Trump's rhetoric. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAST IRHAM (Photo credit should read MAST IRHAM/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Trump Can Succeed in Southeast Asia
The president needs to learn of the benefits and necessity of multilateralism.
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Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks to the Italian media at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, April 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Could Italy Get Trump to Care About Fixing Libya?
Paolo Gentiloni's visit to Washington provides an opportunity for Donald Trump to heed an ally's advice.
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 13: President-elect Donald Trump gets into the elevator after speaking to reporters after his meeting with television personality Steve Harvey at Trump Tower, January 13, 2017 in New York City. President-elect Trump continues to hold meetings at Trump Tower in New York. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Democracy Dies in Trump’s Darkness
The president should reverse his administration's campaign against transparency.
