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Syria: opposition activists and medics on the ground alleged that bombs filled with toxic chemicals were dropped on the Eastern Ghouta region. More than 500 people were brought in for treatment, with over 40 estimated to have died. This followed comments from Trump...

Pompeo in North Korea: Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State visited North Korea and talked directly with Kim Jong Un over the Easter weekend. This emphasizes how much the president wants to undertake this particular negotiation. Trump welcomed the easily...

Iran: Israeli PM Netanyahu presented evidence to the world that purports to show Iran had historically pursued nuclear weapons (perhaps as late as 2003). The signatories to the nuclear deal negotiated it due to concerns about Iran as a nuclear power so this is nothing...

Iran Deal: Trump finally made the much-anticipated announcement pulling the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal. There will be a lag of months before any sanctions are imposed, presumably allowing for further talks. Macron, Merkel and May have all been ignored. The EU...

Iran: Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal and began the process to fully reinstate the sanctions regime. The Iranians and European are still trying to salvage something out of the mess but Trump’s administration is actively working to prevent such an outcome....

China-U.S. Trade: the gap between tactically-focused (bilateral trade deficit, tariff rates) and strategicallyfocused (technology transfers and industrial policy) members of Trump’s staff increased. A putative tension-reducing deal between the two powers was...