Michael Green

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How Bad Was Trump’s Taiwan Phone Call?

President-elect Donald Trump’s phone call to Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on December 2 rattled international audiences.

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Six Reasons Why Trump Meeting With Kim Jong Un Is a Very Bad Idea

Trump said he would be willing to meet with the North Korean dictator. That would be a mistake.

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Is Asia Finally Moving on from the Grim Legacy of World War II?

Does Japan's prime minister's apology on the 70th anniversary of the war foreshadow a new era?

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The Iran Deal Isn’t Anything Like Nixon Going to China

Analogies, Sigmund Freud once wrote, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home. President Obama is explicitly comparing his diplomatic triumph with ...

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​Obama and Netanyahu: Why Presidents Don’t Get to Be Petulant

President Obama could afford to learn a thing or two from how the Bush administration handled difficult bilateral relationships.

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Three questions for Secretary Panetta

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta leaves on Wednesday for a nine-day swing through Asia.  After stopping in Hawaii at the Pacific Command, he travels on ...

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Dizzy yet? The pros and cons of the Asia ‘pivot’

The President has finished up a grueling trip to the Asia-Pacific region and can generally feel good about what he accomplished. Like everything this President ...

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