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WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intention to name the following leaders to serve as key leaders in his administration: Reuben Brigety, candidate for the post of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of South Africa MaryKay Carlson, candidate for the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary …

Washington D.C.- When the Biden administration stripped Yemen’s Houthi rebels of the “terrorist” group label last February, it cited the potentially “devastating” effects the designation would have on Yemeni civilians’ access to lifesaving humanitarian aid. But less than a year later, President Joe Biden said the group’s re-naming was “under …

Michelle Kwan presents the Female Athlete of the Paralympic Games at the Olympic Committee Best of US Awards on April 2, 2014 in Washington, DC. When Michelle Kwan says she is “always full of surprises,” she’s not kidding. The two-time Olympic medalist (1998, 2002) shared a big revelation on Instagram …

Letter from the editor BY SHAWN DORMAN Welcome to this packed double edition of The Foreign Service Journal to start the new year. In addition to our regular programming, this issue features an exclusive interview with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well as a first-person account from Moscow Signal, …

Despite strong divisions on most major issues, Democrats and Republicans in Congress agree on at least one way to deal with China. President Joe Biden enacted a bipartisan bill just before Christmas to ban goods from China’s Xinjiang region unless companies can prove they are not made by forced labor. …

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang (right) is seen in a broad interview with U.S. media on December 20, 2021. [Photo/china-embassy.org] Collaboration and consensus are good elements to progress, underlines the envoy China opposes Sino-U.S. Relations being defined as competitive because such a framework overshadows collaboration, and the …

A A US $ 500 million grant to modernize Nepal’s infrastructure at first glance appears to be delayed due to domestic politics. But the real reason seems to be Beijing’s opposition to the project and its pressure on politicians not to implement the project. Sources say the Chinese government has …

Indonesian Foreign Ministers Retno Marsudi (right) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry’s office in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 14 2021. / Getty Indonesian Foreign Ministers Retno Marsudi (right) and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) hold …

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Taiwan will participate in a virtual US Democracy Summit this week after countries like China and Russia failed to make the attendees list, another sign of US support for Asian democracy. East. Hsiao Bi-khim, Taiwan’s de facto Ambassador to the United States, and Digital Minister Audrey Tang, …

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please review our website policy before making any financial decisions. In recent talks, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed that an increase in the use of Bitcoin would take power away from the United States and …

The South African Medical Association (SAMA) said the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus causes mild illness without significant syndromes. Angelique Coetzee, the president of SAMA was quoted by Sputnik. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday identified the new strain of coronavirus as Omicron. WHO has said the new …

Most of the major cryptocurrencies by market value suffered losses last week. Bitcoin is down nearly 14.6% in the past seven days, according to CoinGecko. After hitting an all-time high of $ 69,044 on November 10, bitcoin fell below $ 60,000 on Tuesday. It is currently trading at around $ …

IIT WAS A deliberate provocation, patriotically timed. On October 1, the country’s national holiday, China flew 38 planes, including fighter jets and bombers, to Taiwan (one guy, the J-16, is shown). They entered the island’s air defense identification area (ADIZ), a buffer region where intrusions often trigger military alerts. It …

The Reconstruction period presented a vision of a multiracial democracy, allowing formerly enslaved African Americans in the South to vote, obtain land and hold elected office. What’s interesting is that while most white Jews sided with the white majority, a handful joined the Republican Party and supported the Reconstruction-era government, …

If Beijing wants a greater sense of security, it must act to facilitate such an environment that also addresses the security concerns of others. Representative image. AFP The events of the past month point to a deepening disconnect between India and China. Developments in Afghanistan, the Quad summit, and sustained …

[Photo/Xinhua] With the United States and China being the world’s two largest economies, their relationship is of global significance, with a major impact on the prospects of Chinese and American multinational enterprises and on the global economy as well as on the effectiveness of global governance. . In the face …

Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Qasimi, Deputy Governor of Sharjah and Head of the Sharjah Media Office, delivered his opening speech at the 10th International Government Communication Forum (IGCF) at the Sharjah Exhibition Center on Sunday. Image Credit: Sajila Saseendran / Gulf News Sharjah: Government communications should aim to improve …

Local churches and ministry partners invite you to Missouri’s Second Feast of Prayer on Saturday. All are invited to join the various churches, organizations and politicians to come together in public prayer. The Feast of Prayer is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on October 2 at the Missouri …

NEW YORK (AP) – Ahead of winning Donald Trump’s coveted support in his race to become Arizona’s top election official, Mark Finchem received several calls from people close to the former president making it clear that they endorsed the work he was doing to challenge the results of the 2020 …

PARIS / CANBERRA / WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (Reuters) – France plunged into an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with the United States and Australia on Friday after recalling its ambassadors from the two countries over a trilateral security agreement that sunk a French-designed submarine contract with Canberra. The rare decision taken by …

U.S. foreign policy has long focused more on the evocative vocabulary used to describe it than on the geopolitical reality it is meant to address. The vocabulary that politicians and the media use to define foreign policy is part of a web of artificially generated illusions that serve not so …

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for an injection of money into Afghanistan to avoid an economic collapse that would trigger a “catastrophic” situation for the Afghan people and be a “gift to terrorist groups”. His remarks come after his special envoy for Afghanistan, Deborah Lyons, warned the Security …

Editor’s Note: Yuan Sha is an assistant researcher in the American Studies Department of the China Institute of International Studies. A former Columbia University Fulbright Fellow, she holds a PhD in International Politics from the China University of Foreign Affairs. Yuan has published several articles on Sino-US security relations in …

WASHINGTON / MEXICO CITY – The assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise a month ago on Saturday has potential repercussions as far away as China, which has played a diplomatic chess game of influence with the United States on the nation impoverished Caribbean woman. Beijing has suspended coronavirus vaccines and …

NEW YORK – The situation in Afghanistan remains turbulent as the United States prepares to complete the withdrawal of its combat forces by the August 31 deadline set by President Joe Biden last month. A day after US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken reiterated continued engagement with Afghanistan despite the …

US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross speaks during the third annual US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, United States, September 14, 2020. REUTERS / Erin Scott / Pool / File Photo BEIJING / WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) – China on Friday announced that it has imposed counter-sanctions …

Wed Jul 21, 2021 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on the future of Belarus and its place in it Ukraine Alert through Doug Klain “I’m not asking [the United States] to support me I ask [it] to support democratic values, ”said Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of the democratic opposition in Belarus, during her first …

LANSING, Michigan – Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson stopped by Mason on Monday to meet with voters with communication problems. Benson spoke with representatives from several autism, deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind advocacy groups to highlight changes to state law that allows residents to include a new designation in …

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) – The United States and its allies on Monday accused China of a global cyberespionage campaign, bringing together an unusually large coalition of countries to publicly denounce Beijing for hacking. The United States has been joined by NATO, the European Union, Britain, Australia, Japan, New Zealand …

WASHINGTON, DC, July 18, 2021 (WAM) – At the end of a week-long visit to Washington, DC, Dr Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, called the relationship UAE-US as strong as it has ever been and noted that the US is the …

History Governor Jay Inslee delivered remarks today in Seattle, congratulating 60 new U.S. citizens following the 36th Independence Day Naturalization Ceremony, acknowledging they are welcome in Washington and challenging them to actively participate in our democracy. The Governor celebrated the occasion with a number of other elected officials, including Senator …

But the US operation – launched by President George W. Bush when New York’s Twin Towers and the Pentagon were in ruins – is functionally over. In a broader strategic sense, the pullout underscores how the war on terror – which US and allied leaders have insisted on being the …

Arizona Republicans are still pushing the myth that President Joe Biden stole the 2020 election – a lie that ultimately culminated in the violent Jan.6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The lie continues in the review of approximately 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County, Ariz., Launched in April. A report …

Iranian chief justice Ebrahim Raisi was due to win the country’s presidential election on Saturday morning, after the remaining candidates in the race conceded, including his politically moderate main challenger. Many Iranians feel sidelined by Iran’s authoritarian religious establishment. Millions of people boycotted the elections. The country’s election watchdog, the …

NEW YORK / GENEVA / MOSCOW – US President Joe Biden held his first summit in Geneva on Wednesday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, agreeing to put in place new frameworks for dialogue on arms control and cybersecurity. The two sides also agreed to allow their respective ambassadors to …

The following is a transcript of an interview with Senator Susan Collins which aired Sunday, June 13, 2021 on “Face the Nation”. JOHN DICKERSON: Now for a discussion of topics here at home. A bipartisan group of senators last week announced a new infrastructure program that would cost $ 1.2 …

PHNOM PENH – The US defense attaché in Cambodia abruptly ended a visit to Ream naval base on Friday after being denied “full access” to the site, which is being expanded with the Beijing support. Colonel Marcus M. Ferrara canceled the inspection after a “brief visit” to the base, located …

PHNOM PENH – US diplomat Wendy Sherman has said Washington has “serious concerns” about China’s “military presence” at an expanding Beijing-backed naval base on the Cambodian coast. Sherman, the Deputy Secretary of State, made the remarks during a two-hour meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday in Phnom …

Long-delayed disclosure by the City of Boston could lend credence to former Mayor Marty Walsh’s claim that he was unaware of decades-old domestic violence allegations against the besieged Police Commissioner of the city before appointing him to the post. According to the city, Walsh did not send or receive a …

May 25, 2021 (Washington, DC) – US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) led a bipartisan resolution with Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) in the Senate condemning the recent devastating attack on a girls’ school in Kabul that has made more than 85 dead and 150 injured. people, and also expressing U.S. solidarity …

Blogger and opposition activist Roman Protasevich, accused of participating in an unauthorized protest in the Kuropaty reserve, awaits the start of a hearing in Minsk, Belarus, April 10, 2017. Photo taken April 10, 2017 2017. – REUTERS / Stiffener MOSCOW – Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and reported what …

One of my favorite quotes is from former Secretary of State James Baker, who wryly observed that “foreign policy is like your plumbing; you don’t think about it until something goes wrong and that’s all you think about! This truism is again evident with missiles flying between Gaza and Israel, …

MIAMI – The New England Patriots team plane delivered 500,000 Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines to El Salvador – and inadvertently got into a grueling geopolitical struggle for influence in Latin America. The “Pats Plane” was greeted on its arrival in San Salvador early Wednesday, just after midnight, by China’s top diplomat …

UN Security Council diplomats and Muslim foreign ministers called emergency meetings over the weekend to demand an end to civilian bloodshed as Israeli warplanes carried out the attacks. deadliest in nearly a week of Hamas rocket barrages and Israeli airstrikes. President Joe Biden has given no sign of escalating public …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the violence in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza during phone calls with the Qatari, Egyptian and Saudi foreign ministers, the State Department said on Sunday. Blinken and Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani of Qatar discussed “efforts to restore calm to Israel, the …

ISLAMABAD (DAWN / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Dr Henry Kissinger warns that turbulent relations between the United States and China are bearing the seeds of war. President Joe Biden describes the ties between the two as “extreme competition” and not as conflict. The latest US intelligence report makes China the …

Armored vehicles move during a joint counterterrorism exercise organized by the border forces of China and Kyrgyzstan in Kizilsu Kirgiz Prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, June 27, 2017 The exercise, carried out within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), witnessed representatives from Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, …

SAN DIEGO (AP) – President Joe Biden, under political pressure, has agreed to admit four times as many refugees this fiscal year as its predecessor, but resettlement agencies admit that the number actually allowed in the United States will be closer to the record ceiling of 15,000 set by former …

GAZA (Reuters) – Israel on Saturday destroyed a 12-story tower in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S. Associated Press and other news media, saying the building was also used by the militant Islamist group Hamas. The al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, which also houses the offices of Qatar-based broadcaster …