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In spite of his declared sympathies for the downtrodden, Obama became the first president in twenty years to refuse to receive the Dalai Lama for fear of alienating China.
Michael B. Oren • Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
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Trump Lectures South African President in Televised Oval Office Confrontation
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The UN Security Council is of little relevance to most of the world’s conflicts, and international arrangements have failed to contend with the challenges associated with globalization. The world has put itself on the record as against genocide and has asserted a right to intervene when governments fail to live up to the responsibility to protect t
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (Grove Art)
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As always, the work required a balance between putting out geopolitical fires as they arose and devising a proactive agenda that year focused on, among other things, human rights, climate change, and strengthening ties with our allies.
Huma Abedin • Both/And: A Memoir
