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Italy, China announce 3-year industrial cooperation plan as EU-China trade war fears loom

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Beijing and announced that Italy and China had signed a three-year action plan to implement past agreements and experiment with new forms of cooperation. Meloni is seeking to improve relations between the two countries after withdrawing from China’s Belt and Road Initiative amid growing fears of a trade war […]

Trump can end Ukraine war, Secret Service is not underfunded and other commentary

Foreign Ministry: Trump can end the Ukraine war Experts claim that if re-elected, Donald Trump “will cut off aid to Ukraine, cede territory, negotiate directly with Vladimir Putin and impose a disgraceful ‘peace’ on the country.” Observes David J. Urban and Mike Pompeo of The Wall Street JournalBut there is “no evidence” that this is […]

Don’t expect too much from the Afghanistan War Commission 

Last week, a bipartisan Afghanistan War Committee At its first public hearing since its establishment in 2021, foreign policy thought leaders testified about the origins of the conflict and the importance of reexamination. It was a solemn and noble undertaking, based on George Santayana’s famous dictum that “those who cannot remember the past are doomed […]