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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Source: US State Department YouTube screen grab

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US lays out 12 demands for waiving Iran sanctions

by Asia Times staff May 22, 2018February 18, 2020

US Pacific Command chief Admiral Harry Harris, left, inspects an honor guard during an arrival ceremony at the Armed Forces of the Philippines headquarters in Manila in August 2015. Harris is set to be made US Ambassador to Seoul. Photo: AF / Noel Celis

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Asian-American admiral nominated as US ambassador to Seoul

by Andrew Salmon May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will soon try to hammer out an agreement, but the end result may not be what each really wanted. Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque and Korea Summit Press Pool

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Pyongyang-Washington summit: Who is bluffing who?

by Robert McCoy May 21, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at a joint Press conference in Washington. Photo: AFP / Mandel Ngan

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US offers to help rebuild North Korea’s shattered economy

by Asia Times staff May 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Released North Korean hostages Kim Hak-song, Kim Dong-chul and Kim Sang-duk (known as Tony Kim) in file photos. Photos: Reuters, AFP

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Pompeo secures release of three US prisoners in North Korea

by Andrew Salmon May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the Chinese city of Dalian in May. Photo: AFP

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Diplomatic deja vu with Kim in China, Pompeo in Pyongyang

by Andrew Salmon May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Fire and explosions are seen in what purported to be the Mountain 47 region, countryside south of Hama city, Syria, April 29, 2018. Abody Ahfad Khaled /via Reuters

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Details of seismic Syria strike slow to emerge

by Asia Times staff April 30, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is welcomed by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a NATO foreign ministers meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels on April 27, 2018. Photo: Pool via Reuters

European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Pompeo as secretary of state makes Mideast war more likely

by Gregory Aftandilian April 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Mike Pompeo testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Worldwide Threats' on Feb. 13, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Beijing, China, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Taiwan, World

With Pompeo and Bolton in the mix, China needs to adjust relations with US

by Joseph Bosco April 26, 2018

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks in Prague on November 11, 2016.Photo: AFP/Michal Cizek

European Union, France, Iran, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

US, Iran tiptoeing toward engagement

by M.K. Bhadrakumar April 23, 2018February 18, 2020

The hotline to North Korea is displayed at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on April 20, 2018. The two Koreas opened the link between their leaders a week before a summit between North Korea's Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in in the Demilitarized Zone. Photo: AFP/ Yonhap

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Koreas connect first-ever leaders’ hotline

by Andrew Salmon April 20, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson

Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Top spook meets Kim in Pyongyang in diplomatic surge

by Andrew Salmon April 18, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey: Did Trump fire Comey because he showed insufficient zeal in uncovering the pattern of press leaks. Photo: Reuters file

France, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Fifty shades of Trump: fire and fury at home and abroad

by Elizabeth Drew April 17, 2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis

North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Pompeo denies he advocated North Korea regime change

by Asia Times staff April 13, 2018February 18, 2020

National Security Adviser John Bolton Photo: AFP / Alex Wong

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A dangerous Trump spring

by Chris Patten April 6, 2018

Taiwanese flag raised blowing in the wind with blue sky. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, World

Would Trump back an independence bid by Taiwan?

by Gary Sands March 30, 2018March 30, 2018

Mike Pompeo. Photo: AFP

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Pompeo will do Trump’s bidding with regard to the Middle East

by Sami Moubayed March 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Mike Pompeo is sworn in before testifying before the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 12, 2017, on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Trump administration. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Trump’s foreign policy enters new uncertain phase

by M.K. Bhadrakumar March 18, 2018

Mike Pompeo testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Worldwide Threats' on Feb. 13, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Pompeo’s rise ups odds of Middle East war

by Gregory Aftandilian March 18, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump and his then newly named National Security Adviser, Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster (left) speak during the announcement at the former's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Kevin Lamarque

North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

McMaster on his way out in West Wing purge: reports

by Asia Times staff March 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Then CIA Director Mike Pompeo laughs during the FDD National Security Summit in Washington, DC, U.S., October 19, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Yuri Gripas

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Korea, World

What will Mike Pompeo mean for US-China relations?

by Asia Times staff March 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Donald Trump speaks alongside then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Tillerson’s firing won’t affect Trump-Kim summit: Moon official

by Asia Times staff March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Donald Trump's now former Secretary of State confers with the president in October 2017. Photo: Reuters

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The Trump Doctrine’s search for a Trump Team goes on

by David P. Goldman March 14, 2018February 18, 2020

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Photo: Rueters/Jonathan Ernst

Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Trump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

by Asia Times staff March 13, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Danang, Vietnam, on November 11, 2017. Photo: AFP / Sputnik/ Mikhail Klimentyev

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In from the cold: CIA gesture indicates thawing US-Russia ties

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 18, 2017December 18, 2017

Hollywood has form in making apocalypse movies. This image shows a scene from 1983's The Day After.

France, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Let Hollywood make a movie for Kim Jong-un

by Stephen Bryen December 6, 2017

In one of Reuters' pictures of the year for 2017, Kurdish fighters fire rifles at a drone operated by Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria, on June 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Goran Tomasevic

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No takers yet for US ceasefire in Euphrates valley

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 5, 2017

Donald Trump's now former Secretary of State confers with the president in October 2017. Photo: Reuters

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Tillerson presses China on curbing oil to N. Korea amid report he’s on the outs

by Asia Times staff December 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Talk of Tillerson replacement grows

by Asia Times staff November 16, 2017February 18, 2020

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Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia, World

US hopes to cut the Gordian knot of India-Pakistan rivalry

by MK Bhadrakumar October 24, 2017February 18, 2020

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