The South China Morning Post reported April 25 that the mountain site where North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests has collapsed. The Punggye-ri nuclear test site, which includes Mount Mantap, is about 400 miles northeast of Pyongyang. “One group of researchers found that the most recent blast tore open a hole in the mountain, […]
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Long-Term Syria Strategy Remains Elusive
For the second time in a year, President Trump took military action to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his use of chemical weapons against his own people. However, the U.S.’s long-term strategy for moving forward in Syria remains unclear. The Trump administration is recalibrating Syrian policy as it relates to Assad’s use of chemical […]
Castro’s Cuba Likely Continues Under Díaz-Canel
For the first time in nearly 60 years, a Castro will not lead the island nation of Cuba, as Fidel’s brother Raúl stepped down and new President Miguel Díaz-Canel was confirmed April 19. What happens next in Cuba is, of course, a matter of speculation. But Latin America observers still offered some insight this week […]
Trump Outlines Syria Attack in Letter to Congress
President Donald Trump sent a letter to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate April 15 outlining his actions taken April 13 to strike suspected chemical weapons locations in Syria. “The targets of the combined operation were a scientific research center installation, a storage facility, and a […]
U.S. Should Pressure Regimes Whose People Flee
Sometime in mid-March—reminiscent of early 1800s America when covered wagons formed wagon trains for the long trek west—a group of Hondurans fled their country hoping to find a new life in America. According to them and their supporters, their intent is to escape a dangerous environment in which their lives and the lives of their […]