KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump’s envoy to Ukraine and Russia said on Friday that he had held “extensive and positive discussions” with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the three-year war with Russia and praised the Ukrainian leader as an “embattled and courageous leader of a nation at war.” Retired U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to America’s biggest adversary — China. From the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development to quitting international groups, Trump’s drastic “America First” moves have raised concerns among some…
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Top U.S. and Russian officials had their most extensive high-level engagement since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine almost three years ago, meeting for nearly four hours Tuesday in Saudi Arabia as President Donald Trump sought to advance his goal of ending the fighting in Ukraine and mending ties with Moscow….
Donald Trump (L) and Russia’s Vladimir Putin arrive to attend a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Yuri Kadobnov | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump suggested that Ukraine could lose its sovereignty to Russia, and said he wanted compensation for the aid…
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Sunday that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week about how to end the war in Ukraine, nearly three years after Russia launched an all-out invasion. Less than a day earlier, the New York Post reported that Trump had a phone call with Russian leader…
US President Donald Trump on Friday revealed he spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on a phone call in an effort to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war.In an exclusive interview with The New York Post aboard Air Force One, Trump declined to say how many times the two leaders had spoken but insisted…
Yuan Zheng is deputy director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is also the vice-president and secretary general of the Chinese Association for American Studies. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series, click here. You said that China should…
Washington DC: The incoming Trump administration in the United States will reinforce President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific strategy, especially while dealing with China and strengthening ties with India. Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor (NSA) choice, Mike Waltz, has noted that China poses a long-term strategic challenge to America, and India is a key partner for the…
Washington: Incoming US national security advisor Mike Waltz has indicated continuation of several elements of the China and Indo-Pacific policy of the outgoing Biden administration. Making an appearance at the US Institute of Peace (USIP), Mike Waltz, who would take charge as National Security Advisor to Donald Trump, when he is sworn in as the…
Joe Biden’s outgoing national security advisor Jake Sullivan and Donald Trump’s incoming NSA Michael Waltz have both said that China poses the single most important long-term strategic challenge to the United States, and India was a key partner for the US in this competition. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan (back) and incoming National Security…