Tag: diplomacy
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President Trump meets with Kim Jong-un: let’s see what happens
Yesterday, President Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Some are mocking this, others are celebrating it as a great political and diplomatic victory. At this point, it’s too early to tell of any longterm success in this meeting. Regardless of what Kim Jong-un has agreed to, the North Korean leadership has a history…
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American pastor is a hostage of the Turkish government
In 2016, there was a coup attempt against the Turkish government and their president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Factions of their military launched uprisings in several cities. The coup failed. The Turkish government believes that one of the intellectual leaders of the coup was Fethullah Gulen, a writer and former cleric who currently resides in Pennsylvania. Andrew…