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US-South Korea nuclear weapons deal – what you need to know
Sung-Yoon Lee, Tufts University The United States and South Korea have unveiled an agreement under which leaders in Seoul will be handed an enhanced role in planning any nuclear response to a strike in the region by North Korea. Announced at a state visit to Washington by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 26, 2023, the so-called “Washington Declaration” will see U.S. deployments of “strategic assets” around the Korean Peninsula, including an upcoming visit by a nuclear submarine.
Presidential hopefuls are considering these 5 practical factors before launching their 2024 campaigns
Robbin Mellen Jr., University of South Florida The 2024 race for the White House is in motion. Democratic incumbent President Joe Biden said in October 2022 that he intends to seek a second term, even if he stopped short of
In Congress, breaking unwritten rules that encouraged civility and enabled things to get done is becoming the new normal
Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President Donald Trump, he broke with House practices and norms. And the three committee chairmen McCarthy
20 years on, George W. Bush’s promise of democracy in Iraq and Middle East falls short
Brian Urlacher, University of North Dakota President George W. Bush and his administration put forward a variety of reasons to justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In the months before the U.S. invasion, Bush said the looming conflict was about
Downing of US drone in Russian jet encounter prompts counterclaims of violations in the sky – an international law expert explores the arguments
Ashley S. Deeks, University of Virginia The details are disputed, but either way the result was the same: On March 14, 2023, a U.S. drone crashed into the Black Sea after an encounter with Russian aircraft. According to the U.S.