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American military personnel wait to greet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken before he boards a plane to travel to Brussels.

Left unresolved: Part I

This week’s Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, takes a deep dive into new scholarship that examines the broad spectrum of leftist foreign policy ideas.

Group of US generals in army fatigues walk through the street in Afghanistan.

Biden seems ready to extend US troop presence in Afghanistan

Military
President Joe Biden signs his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, DC.

How Biden’s Keystone XL Pipeline cancellation could test US-Canada relations

Biden administration
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at the North Portico of the White House,  Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington, DC.

A post-America world: Biden’s challenges begin at home, former diplomat Richard Haass says

US ex-Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, March 11, 2020.

Ex-Marine’s Russian imprisonment is ‘political,’ his father says, calling for his release

Global Politics
President Donald Trump crosses his arms as he listens during a White House meeting with Hispanic leaders, July 9, 2020, in Washington, DC.

What Trump’s taxes mean for national security

2020 US presidential election

Susan Hennessey, executive editor of the Lawfare blog, said that Donald Trump’s taxes raise serious questions about the president’s debts.

Former US Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia July 30, 2020.

Trump’s stance toward Putin undermines diplomacy in ex-Marine’s case, says former Amb. McFaul

A Russian court sentenced a former US Marine to nine years in prison Thursday over a drunken incident he says he cannot remember. The World’s host Marco Werman spoke to Michael McFaul, the former US ambassador to Russia, about what the case means for US-Russia relations. 

A man wearing a suit stands at a State Department podium between two flags

US toughens its stance against Chinese aggression in South China Sea

Global Politics

In a statement this week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the world will not allow Beijing to treat the South China Sea as its “maritime empire.” Bonnie S. Glaser, senior director for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins The World’s Carol Hills to discuss the significance of this policy shift and what it means for China-US relations. 

Donald Trump stands at a White House program

Nicholas Burns: US’ ‘unusual’ absence from world stage is bad for Americans

Global Politics

For the rest of the world, it’s “shocking” to see the US “so inert” when it comes to its leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, former US Ambassador to NATO Nicholas Burns tells The World’s host Marco Werman.

A woman speaks at a microphone in front of world flags

Pandemic security must be ‘top line concern’ says former Amb. Power

Global Politics

Former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power was part of the US effort to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014. Power spoke with The World’s Marco Werman about how lessons from that experience apply to the pandemic the globe is facing today. 

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