North Korea Revelations Should Neither Surprise the U.S. Nor Derail Talks
Several media reports citing theU.S. intelligence community andarms control experts indicate that North Korea has upgraded its infrastructure for building nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in recent months. The revelations counteractTrump ’s optimistic tweet that “There is no longer a Nuclear Threat [sic] from North Korea” following his summit with Kim Jong Un last month.The United States should not be surprised by these developments. The Trump-Kim summit was not the culmination of a long, arduous diplomatic process as most summits are, but a high-profile meeting that had far more symbolic value than nitty-gritt...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 3, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Eric Gomez Source Type: blogs
The Trump-Putin Summit: Opportunities and Pitfalls
Domestic and international politics surrounding the Trump administration ’s planned summit with Moscow are largely overshadowing the tangible U.S. national interests at play. Trump’s frequently expressed esteem for President Putin, along with his apparent admiration for authoritarian strongmen from Kim Jong Un to Rodrigo Duterte, rubs much of Washington and many U.S. allies, particularly in Europe, the wrong way for two reasons. First, it suggests that Trump is abandoning America’s purported role as a global defender of democracy. Second, it suggests that Trump is unwilling to take a tough stance toward Moscow despit...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 29, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: John Glaser, Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs
Success with North Korea Still Needs Japan
Japan has stakes in the outcome of regional diplomacy involving North Korea. It could play a role far beyond simply writing checks for an agreement, but has not held any bilateral meetings with the other actors. Diplomats hoping to fit their approach to the realities of the geopolitical situation could benefit from Japan ' s active involvement. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 27, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Jeffrey W. Hornung Source Type: blogs
U.S. Withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council: Right Decision, Bad Optics
Confirming rumors that had been circulating for weeks, the Trump administration announced that the United States will withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council. That body consists of 47 member states with rotating, staggered 3-year terms. It is tasked with protecting human rights as well as highlighting and condemning regimes that violate those rights. The Council has been controversial since its inception, especially among American conservatives. George W. Bush ’s administration declined to make the United States a member when the UN General Assembly established the Council in 2006. President Obama reversed that decisio...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 20, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Ted Galen Carpenter Source Type: blogs
A Trade Armistice in the Works?
President Trump set off another round of Twitter hyperventilation and financial market selling these past 18 hours with his latest threat to assess duties on another $200 billion of Chinese imports. What to make of this?I see two (and only two) ways of looking at this. You can conclude that Trump is irrational, engaging in rhetoric and taking actions that are inconsistent with his goals, or you can see him as rational. You may not like his goals, but that doesn ’t make him irrational. And he may be rational, but that doesn’t mean he’s not misguided. It seems to me, though, that if you think Trump’s irrational, ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 19, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Ikenson Source Type: blogs
Partisan Hypocrisy on Diplomacy Undermines Strategic Foreign Policy
Now that some of the dust has settled from President Trump ’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, it’s worth taking stock of the politics surrounding it. AsThe Atlantic’s Peter Beinartpoints out, many Democrats and progressives have oddly decided to be staunch critics of the summit, harping on its limited achievements, the vague aspirations of denuclearization without concrete steps to get there, Trump ’s bizarre obsequiousness in courting Kim, and this administration’s clear lack of preparation for such high-stakes diplomatic negotiations. These are all legitimate criticisms, by the way, but given howda...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 18, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: John Glaser Source Type: blogs
Why This Wasn't Kim's Father's — or Grandfather's — Summit
This is the third time the United States and North Korea have started down a path toward denuclearization and normalization of relations. The difference now is that Trump and Kim have committed themselves earlier on in the process and more publicly than their predecessors did. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 13, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: James Dobbins Source Type: blogs
Why This Wasn't Kim's Father's — or Grandfather's — Summit
This is the third time the United States and North Korea have started down a path toward denuclearization and normalization of relations. The difference now is that Trump and Kim have committed themselves earlier on in the process and more publicly than their predecessors did. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 13, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: James Dobbins Source Type: blogs
Difficulties Integrating North Korean Defectors Suggest Challenges in Reunifying Korea
Despite expansive government aid, North Korean defectors in South Korea remain a nation within a nation, co-existent yet separate. If South Korea cannot fully adopt and assimilate 30,805 North Korea defectors, how will South Korea ever embrace roughly 25 million North Koreans in the event of reunification? (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 11, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Sebastian Joon Bae Source Type: blogs
Six Lessons for Today from Past Summits
To prepare for possible meetings with his North Korean and Russian counterparts, President Trump can learn lessons from decades of high-profile summits between U.S. presidents and Kremlin leaders. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 5, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: William Courtney; Michael Haltzel Source Type: blogs
North Korea Is Not Like Libya
The prospect of a United States summit with North Korea has led to analogies between the present case and that of Libya, which abandoned its longstanding quest to develop nuclear weapons in 2003. A better precedent would be the 2015 nuclear deal that froze Iran ' s nuclear weapons program. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - June 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Karl P. Mueller Source Type: blogs
Canceled Summit Doesn't Spell End to U.S.-North Korea Nuclear Diplomacy
President Trump canceled his June 12 meeting with Kim Jong-un but left the door open for a future one. Successful diplomacy will require tending and fostering U.S. relations with China, Japan, and South Korea while forging an entirely new relationship with North Korea. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - May 25, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: James Dobbins Source Type: blogs
Keep Calm and Summit On
Last Tuesday, North Korea canceled a high-level diplomatic meeting with South Korea and threatened to call off next month ’s summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. North Korea’s statements came just one week afterSecretary of State Mike Pompeo returned from Pyongyang with three American citizens held prisoner by the Kim regime and thedate for the Trump-Kim summit in hand.The current episode of tension reflects a wide and dangerous expectation gap between the United States and North Korea, but it should not dissuade the Trump administration from going through with the summit.If the Trump administration wants to ta...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 21, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Eric Gomez Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Financial And Political News Relevant To E-Health And The Health Sector In General.
May 10, 2018 Edition.Well the Budget has happened this week and we are all now fully in the picture.There is a summary here and I will provide commentary next week.
https://theconversation.com/infographic-budget-2018-at-a-glance-95649Good to see we are now in France ’s good books but less so with the Chinese!On the global front the weather seems to becoming increasingly Stormy for Trump as he battles trade with the Chinese and nukes with the North Koreans!Brexit also seems to be becoming more of a problem….and may be Russia is deciding becoming a global sup erpower is now rather out of reach now. Good idea!-----Here a...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - May 10, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
The U.S. Is Out of the Iran Deal. What Now?
Abandoning the nuclear agreement with Iran isolates the United States, reneges on an American commitment, adds to the risk of a trade war with U.S. allies and a hot war with Iran, and diminishes the prospects of an agreement to eliminate the North Korean threat. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - May 9, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: James Dobbins Source Type: blogs
