he Trump administration’s unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal signed between Iran and the P5+ countries last May, as well as its simultaneous announcement that it will be re-imposing sanctions in two stages in August and November, has carried tensions stemming from Tehran’s nuclear activities back to the top of the international agenda.
2018 National Defense Strategy outline: In a speech he made earlier this year, Defense Secretary James Mattis posited that it will be “great power competition, and not terrorism the primary focus of national security.
Economic growth slowed down drastically, unemployment rates and income inequality increased, which paved the way for the rise of far-right politics, the purchasing power of ordinary people decreased significantly, and any trust left in institutions collapsed.
The panel discussed the main dynamics shaping EU policies, the emerging regional actors and the influence of new World powers steering the currents in & around the EU.
On issues that he cared about the most, the Iran nuclear issue and climate change, President Obama worked hard to build international consensus through multilateral institutions in the international system.
resident Trump was quoted as claiming: "They do not want me or us to win because I am the first president ever to challenge China on trade," while chairing a UN Security Council session.
dollar in August 2018 has mostly been attributed not to economic, but political reasons by many around the world - although most Western media outlets have tended to argue otherwise in a rather biased way as I discussed in my last column.
While on the one hand Trump is dealing with the legacy of John McCain – who passed away last week – on the other hand, his dealing with the growing risk of impeachment as the country is preparing for midterm elections for the entire House and one third of the Senate.