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North Korea: Trump called off the summit, before an unscheduled meeting between the leaders of South and North Korea managed to patch things up. Trump had suggested that Chinese actions were to blame for a change in approach from Pyongyang. As of the 29th May the...

U.S.-North Korea: the meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump was confirmed for the 12 th June. High level contacts between the two governments continued. Trump modified his rhetoric to encompass the idea of a multi-stage negotiation process, rather than a...

Singapore Summit: a predictable result, with far-reaching consequences. Trump claimed ‘mission accomplished’ and that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat, after a symbolic document was signed. A long-term process, yet to be fully-determined, seems to...

US Dysfunction: the House of Representatives failed to pass immigration legislation, while the Supreme Court upheld the Trump travel ban. The Democratic and Republican primary processes suggest increasing polarization amongst legislators being sent to Washington. A...

Trade War: China and the U.S. finally implemented the first wave of tariffs against each other. The big question is whether they will manage the tensions in the relationship sufficiently to contain the economic fallout. The Trump administration has already indicated...

We do not believe that PM May's position is tenable, as her version of Brexit guarantees economic and political pain without the possibility of gains. The EU negotiators have successfully pushed the UK into a binary choice of Brexit in name only or hard Brexit,...