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Trump is Not Pulling Us Out of Syria, But He Should

  By Dominick Mellusi, George Mason University   On October 7th President Donald Trump announced via tweet “The Kurds fought with us, but were paid massive amounts of money and equipment to do so…it is time for us to get out of these ridiculous Endless Wars, many of them tribal, and bring our soldiers home.” […]

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Can the transatlantic relationship survive the age of Realpolitik?

  By Martin Michelot, courtesy of Europeum   Reports that US Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, was heard saying that his job “was to destroy the EU” call into question the reality of this desire for a “reset”, but it is clear that Europeans will need to come to the table. Their current level […]

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The Great Decoupling: Digital Edition — Winnie the Pooh, Eric Cartman, Daryl Morey and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

    by Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor   What do Winnie the Pooh, Eric Cartman, Daryl Morey and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi all have in common?  In a twist on Sesame Street’s “one of those things is not like all the others,” in this case, all of these things are not like the others.    […]