Cash-Strapped Iran Ramps Up A Favorite Old Business: Taking Hostages For Ransom
Is the Biden administration following President Obama's counterproductive recipe of handing Tehran large sums of cash hoping for good conduct and a tepid détente?
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Is the Biden administration following President Obama's counterproductive recipe of handing Tehran large sums of cash hoping for good conduct and a tepid détente?
"(With the trilateral summit), a basic framework to tackle North Korea's nuclear and missile threats has been set up," presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon said in a briefing.
Different threat perceptions as well as Japan’s colonization of Korea and atrocities committed during World War II have made even basic trilateral cooperation difficult – until now.
On Friday (local time), U.S. President Joe Biden held a trilateral summit at Camp David, Maryland with the leaders of the main U.S. allies in Asia, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, where a series of new commitments on diplomatic, economic and military cooperation were formalized.
The President’s diplomacy with Japan and South Korea needs more hard power and freer trade.