List of Politics articles
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German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (L) shakes hands with an unidentified woman as he takes a short walk in the streets of Dabo in company of French President Fran?ois Mitterrand (2nd L) 19 July 1983. (Photo credit should read MARCEL MOCHET/AFP/GettyImages) The Pear Who Ate Germany
Helmut Kohl was an unlikely political heavyweight, but his relentless drive helped put East and West back together.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 09: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with members of the airline industry at the White House February 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump held a listening session with the group to advance issues relative to the airline industry. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Trump Appears to Confirm He Is Under Investigation, Attacks DOJ
A Friday morning tweetstorm has Washington scratching its head.
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US President Donald Trump (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron (R) shake hands ahead of a working lunch, at the US ambassador's residence, on the sidelines of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) summit, in Brussels, on May 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Emmanuel Macron Is No Anti-Trump
Just because the French president gives a good handshake doesn't mean he sees himself as the champion of the liberal West.
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barzani Masoud Barzani: Why It’s Time for Kurdish Independence
The president of Iraq's Kurdistan Region tells FP why, despite obstacles at home and abroad, he's determined to hold a referendum on independence later this year.
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A general view taken on June 11, 2017 shows portraits of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the back of vehicles and text reading in Arabic: "Tamim the glorious" in Doha after the diplomatic crisis surrounding Qatar and the other Gulf countries spilled from social media to more traditional forms of media -- all the way back to billboards. The diplomatic crisis surrounding Qatar and other Gulf countries has remained a peaceful one for now, but open warfare has been declared in the media -- both traditional and social. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) Qatar Doesn’t Need a Blockade. It Needs an Audit.
This is Doha's chance to curtail its financial support for Al Qaeda – as long as it keeps the receipts.
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canada crop Trump Taps Wealthy Political Donor, Philanthropist, as Next U.S. Ambassador to Canada
To help whether some stormy seas Trump brought to the U.S.-Canadian relationship.
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A general view taken on June 11, 2017 shows portraits of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the back of vehicles and text reading in Arabic: "Tamim the glorious" in Doha after the diplomatic crisis surrounding Qatar and the other Gulf countries spilled from social media to more traditional forms of media -- all the way back to billboards. The diplomatic crisis surrounding Qatar and other Gulf countries has remained a peaceful one for now, but open warfare has been declared in the media -- both traditional and social. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM JAAFAR (Photo credit should read KARIM JAAFAR/AFP/Getty Images) Qatar Doesn’t Need a Blockade. It Needs an Audit.
This is Doha's chance to curtail its financial support for al Qaeda – as long as it keeps the receipts.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. President Barack Obama waves before is goes to board Air Force One as he departs following talks with European leaders on November 18, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Obama is on his last trip to Europe as U.S. President. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images) Trump Desperately Needs a Goodwill Ambassador
But is there anyone in the administration cut out to win friends and influence enemies?
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TOPSHOT - Cuban Americans in Miami's Little Havana celebrate the death of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016. Cuba's socialist icon and father of his country's revolution Fidel Castro died on November 25 aged 90, after defying the US during a half-century of ironclad rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism. / AFP / RHONA WISE (Photo credit should read RHONA WISE/AFP/Getty Images) Trump is Right to Reset U.S.-Cuba Policy
Reports are coming in that this Friday, in a Miami speech, President Donald Trump will unveil his revisions to former President Barack Obama’s controversial policy to normalize U.S. relations with the Castro dictatorship in Cuba. He's right to scale it back.
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TOPSHOT - (Front row, LtoR) Taoiseach of Ireland Enda Kenny, Hungary's prime Minister Viktor Orban, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, Italy's Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Malta's Prime minister Joseph Muscat, France's President Francois Hollande, President of Romania Klaus Werner Iohannis, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, and (second row, LtoR) Estonia's prime Minister Juri Ratas, Federal Chancellor of Austria Christian Kern, Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa, Greec's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Finland's Prime Minister Juha Sipila, Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, Czech Republic's Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, Slovenia's Prime Minister Miro Cerar, Belgium's Prime Minister Charles Michel, Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, Latvia's Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis, Croatia's prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Rome's Mayor Virginia Raggi pose for a family photo during a special summit of EU leaders to mark the 60th anniversary of the bloc's founding Treaty of Rome, on March 25, 2017 at Rome's Piazza del Campidoglio (Capitoline Hill). Against a backdrop of crises and in the absence of the departing Britain, the leaders signed a new Rome declaration, six decades after the six founding members signed the Treaty of Rome and gave birth to the European Economic Community. / AFP PHOTO / Andreas SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images) The West Will Have to Go It Alone, Without the United States
Rather than affirming his commitment to Western values and institutions during his recent trip to Europe, President Donald Trump did the opposite, breaking with and alienating America’s closest democratic allies.
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tillerson crop Congress Set to Grill Rex Tillerson on Massive Budget Cuts to His Own Department
Democratic lawmakers plan to “come out swinging” in Tillerson’s testimonies.
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Riot police detain a man covered with Russian national flag during an anti-corruption protest organised by opposition leader Alexei Navalny, on Tverskaya Street in central Moscow, Russia, June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva - RTS16OSX Anti-Putin Protesters Have Started Wrapping Themselves in the Russian Flag
The country’s leading opposition leader has made a bold move to claim the banner of patriotism for his movement.
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BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, NJ - NOVEMBER 19: (L to R) President-elect Donald Trump and retired United States Marine Corps general James Mattis exit the clubhouse after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Trump’s Asia Policy Is More Confused Than Ever
Differences among top U.S. officials are complicating policy with the Asia Pacific community.
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BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - JUNE 09: DUP leader and Northern Ireland former First Minister Arlene Foster (C) holds a brief press conference with the DUP's newly elected Westminster candidates who stood in the general election on June 9, 2017 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After a snap election was called by Prime Minister Theresa May the United Kingdom went to the polls yesterday. The closely fought election has failed to return a clear overall majority winner and a hung parliament has been declared. Arlene Foster and the Democratic Unionist party with their ten Westminster seats have today stated that they will back Theresa May and the Conservatives in a prop up goverment. The two parties will continue talks about the finer details of the arrangement. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images) Will Theresa May’s Coalition Bring New Troubles to Northern Ireland?
Hard-line unionist politics and a resurgent Sinn Fein are butting heads in Belfast. But with the DUP as kingmaker in Westminster, things could get really ugly.
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump (C) makes his way to board Air Force One in Riyadh as he head with the First Lady to Israel on May 22, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Making the Middle East Worse, Trump-Style
American presidents have generally been pretty good at botching things in the Middle East, but this one is winning at it.
