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  1. Trump Says He Would Be ‘Honored’ to Meet Kim Jong-un“Under the right circumstances, I would meet with him,” Trump said. He did not specify what the right circumstances would be.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. Tillerson Meets Putin in Moscow With U.S.-Russia Relations at ‘Low Point’“The world’s two foremost nuclear powers cannot have this kind of relationship,” Tillerson said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  3. Jared Kushner Is One of Trump’s Top Advisers on U.S.-China PolicyTo prepare for his meeting with Xi Jinping, Trump is relying on the expertise of his son-in-law, an oil executive, and a 93-year-old man.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. Tillerson: Sanctions Will Remain Until Russia Leaves Ukraine“We do not, and will not, accept Russian efforts to change the borders of territory of Ukraine.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  5. Rex Tillerson’s Dangerous SilenceSometimes the world hears alarming things when America doesn’t speak.
    By Stephen Krupin
  6. China Wants to Play Peacemaker in North KoreaBeijing proposes a deal to ease hostilities between the U.S. and North Korea — and prevent a “head-on collision” between the two nations.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. Retired Generals to Congress: Please Don’t Cut International SpendingIncreasing the Pentagon’s budget at the expense of everything else isn’t going to make America safer.
    By Jen Kirby
  8. diplomacy
    Tillerson Takes First Official Trip Abroad, Meets With Russian CounterpartAmerica’s top diplomat got off to a bit of a stilted start.
    By Jen Kirby
  9. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau One-ups Trump at the Handshake GameAt a press conference, Trump ranted about his electoral win and Mexico, while Trudeau delivered a small burn on refugee policy.
    By Jen Kirby
  10. Trump Nixes Plan to Appoint a War Criminal to the State DepartmentThe president was fine with Elliott Abrams’s history of fomenting coups and abetting genocide — but not with the neocon’s NeverTrump past.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. In Call With Putin, Trump Trashes Nuclear Arms Treaty He’d Never Heard OfWhen Putin asked Trump about extending New START, the president asked his aides what that was — then decried the treaty as a “bad deal.”
    By Eric Levitz
  12. Trump Sends Belated New Year’s Greetings to Chinese LeaderAfter provoking China before and immediately after his election, the president is playing a poor game of diplomatic catch-up.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Trump Is Turning America’s Closest Allies Against UsThe House of Commons won’t let the American president address it, while Germany’s top newspaper calls on the free world to mobilize against Trump.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Trump Just Replaced the State Department’s Senior ManagementRex Tillerson will begin his tenure at the State Department with no one experienced at managing its bureaucracy to guide — or constrain — him.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. China Would Like Trump to Stop Conducting Diplomacy Over TwitterChinese state media decried Trump’s “obsession with Twitter foreign policy” Tuesday, reminding him that geopolitics aren’t “child’s play.”
    By Eric Levitz
  16. Donald Trump Tweets Out New Policy Toward CubaThe president-elect announced that he will “terminate” the Obama administration’s opening with Cuba if the island refuses to cut a better “deal.”
    By Eric Levitz
  17. Trump Is Now Trying to Appoint Ignorant Loyalists to Britain’s Government, TooTrump tweets that Nigel Farage would make a great U.K. ambassador to the U.S. The U.K. begs to differ.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. Two U.S. Diplomats Were Reportedly Drugged in Russia Last YearIt’s part of a broader campaign of harassment against American officials in Russia.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  19. Diplomacy
    Trump Favors Regime Change in Iran, Says He’ll Attack Them Over Rude GesturesWhile accusing Clinton of being trigger-happy, Trump seemed to indicate that wounded pride was reason enough for war.
    By Chas Danner
  20. obama goes to cuba
    President Obama Arrives in Cuba for Historic VisitIt’s the first visit by a U.S. president since 1928.
    By Chas Danner
  21. U.S. Criticizes Israel’s West Bank PoliciesThe ambassador also suggested that the expansion of West Bank settlement calls Israel’s commitment to the two-state solution into question.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. iran nuclear deal
    Sanctions on Iran Lifted Following Nuclear Deal ComplianceThe country met its commitments under last summer’s nuclear agreement, and can now rejoin the world economic community. 
    By Chas Danner
  23. huh?
    Iran Promises to Give Back U.S. Sailors It Is Currently DetainingWait, what?
    By Samuel Lieberman
  24. diplomacy
    Paris Attacks Prompt Agreement At Syria Peace TalksSignificant hurdles remain, but diplomats worked together to set an ambitious timeline for ending Syria’s civil war.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. diplomacy
    In Iran, People Are Literally Dancing in the Streets Over the Nukes DealSafe to say, a much more ebullient reaction than the deal is getting in D.C.
    By Jen Kirby
  26. diplomacy
    You May Be Able to Take a Cruise to Cuba in 2016Travelers will have to take part in “cultural, artistic, faith-based and humanitarian” experiences.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. diplomacy
    U.S. Embassy in Cuba Set to Reopen by the End of JulyPresident Eisenhower ended diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961.
    By Jaime Fuller
  28. diplomacy
    John Kerry Just Wants You to Know He Is Still Working, Despite His Broken Leg“The work continues!”
    By Jaime Fuller
  29. John Kerry Went to Russia and All He Got Was This T-Shirt (and Some Tomatoes)According to the Secretary of State’s Twitter feed, they had “frank discussions.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  30. foreign affairs
    Can Israel and U.S. Repair Relations?It’s not the first time this “special relationship” has been on the rocks.
    By Chas Danner
  31. diplomacy
    Steven Seagal, Honorary U.S. Diplomat?“Our reaction was, ‘You’ve got to be kidding.’”
    By Jaime Fuller
  32. diplomacy
    Foreign Diplomats Owe New York City $16 Million in Unpaid Parking TicketsArrest them all!
    By Katie Zavadski
  33. joetorious
    Joe Biden and George W. Bush Disagree on the Matter of Putin’s Soul Bush said he saw into the soul, but Biden says it doesn’t exist.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  34. diplomacy
    John Kerry Seems Frustrated by Israel’s Gaza Strategy A hot-mike moment.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  35. diplomacy
    U.S. Ambassador to Russia Will Leave After the Olympics“Reset” architect throws in the towel.
    By Adam Martin
  36. diplomacy
    Obamas, Biden ‘Too Busy’ for Winter OlympicsU.S. delegation happens to include gay athletes.
    By Adam Martin
  37. international affairs
    Iran Agrees to Temporary Plan to Curb Its Nuclear ProgramIn exchange for the easing of economic sanctions.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  38. que syria syria
    U.N. Vote Requires Syria to Surrender Chemical Weapons or Else … SomethingA landmark agreement with no threat of force.
    By Adam Martin
  39. international intrigue
    Vladimir Putin Gave Hillary Clinton a $560 Bottle of Cognac She Can’t KeepFor diplomacy.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. international affairs
    North Korea Will Hear Out U.S. on Kenneth BaeHere’s hoping they let him go.
    By Adam Martin
  41. spy games
    Edward Snowden May Have Slipped Away on Middle-Name Mix-UpSo says Hong Kong.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  42. higher education
    Chen Guangcheng Says NYU Wants Him Gone Because of ChinaSays the university tried to stage-manage him.
    By Adam Martin
  43. higher education
    NYU Says It Treated Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng Like Albert EinsteinBut he’s leaving after a year.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. reasons to hate new york
    Times Square Push Victim Doesn’t Want to Cause a Diplomatic Incident With SerbiaShe’s declining to speak with press for fear of inflaming international tensions.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  45. media
    How to Get Your Camera on Kim Jong-unStart with basketball, end with more basketball.
    By Adam Martin
  46. international intrigue
    Chinese Activist Chen Dials Congress Seeking Asylum in U.S.Guangcheng also wants to thank Hillary Clinton.
    By Brett Smiley
  47. afghanistan
    U.S., Afghanistan Reach Pact on Post-Withdrawal RelationsThe pact covers the decade following the 2014 troop withdrawal.
    By Brett Smiley
  48. crimes and misdemeanors
    U.S. Ambassador Had ‘No Idea’ George Wright Was a FugitiveOr else he probably would have said something.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  49. diplomacy
    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Really Knows How to Clear a RoomHis speech prompted a mass walkout at the U.N. today.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  50. osama bin laden
    New Clue Suggests Group With Ties to Pakistani Intelligence Might Have Helped Shelter Bin LadenU.S. intelligence has gotten its hands on his courier’s cell phone.
    By Noreen Malone
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