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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, at left, shakes hands with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on July 6, 2018 at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang.

Cyr: North Korea requires serious, sustained diplomacy

December 12, 2018 at 8:16 p.m.

On Aug. 24, President Donald Trump announced that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would not be going to North Korea as planned. The reason given is that the government in...

Then-Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan takes questions from the audience after addressing the Council on Foreign Relations in 2014. Brennan's security clearance was removed last week by the Trump administration.

Cyr: Intelligence agencies and the value of silence

December 12, 2018 at 7:45 p.m.

Ike was replying to a question from Vice President Richard Nixon, who had asked him what he considered most important in selecting people to work with him, whether in war...

A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy lifts off from Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Aug. 12. Aboard the rocket is the Parker Solar Probe on a mission to the sun.

Cyr: Reaching for the sun — literally

December 12, 2018 at 7:13 p.m.

America is reaching for the sun in literal terms, beginning the next chapter in our nation’s historic exploration of outer space. Before the sun came up, the Parker Solar Probe...

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Singapore on Aug. 4.

Cyr: Difficult Japan-U.S. trade negotiations begin

December 12, 2018 at 6:43 p.m.

Aug. 9 is the start date for trade negotiations between the governments of the United States and Japan. Analysts expect Robert Lighthizer, the top U.S. trade negotiator, to press for...

The Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, was the setting of a meeting between presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia on July 16.

Cyr: The summit — Finland, Russia and the U.S.

December 12, 2018 at 9:45 p.m.

Geography counts in diplomacy, as well as military and other more tangible occupations. The Helsinki summit between presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Donald Trump of the United States has...

Cyr: Britain’s prime minister takes charge of cabinet

May 24, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

On Friday July 6, Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain assembled her cabinet at Chequers, the country retreat, to thrash out negotiating positions for terms of leaving the European Union...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump following a signing ceremony during their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore.

Cyr: The mixed bag of summits, past and present

July 6, 2018 at 3:50 p.m.

Summits are happening a lot right now, thanks primarily to the interest — at least for the moment — of U.S. President Donald Trump in meeting and mingling. Critical commentary...

Devlet Bahceli, left, leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party, shakes hands with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before a meeting at the presidential palace in Ankara on Wednesday, June 27, three days after Erdogan secured an executive presidency with sweeping powers.

Cyr: Election win strengthens Turkey’s Erdogan

December 13, 2018 at 7:20 a.m.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his supporters have cause to celebrate their latest election triumph. A large-scale political gambler, he has now been on a winning streak for years....

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G-7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada, on June 8.

Cyr: U.S. foolish to reject Canada, a lynchpin ally

May 24, 2019 at 12:24 a.m.

Canada has not yet announced building a wall on the nation’s southern border, but at this point, such a step would not be surprising. Relations between the two nations have...

From left, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono pose for a photo during a June 14 meeting in Seoul following this week's Singapore diplomatic summit.

Cyr: Strong leaders define power realities of Korea

December 13, 2018 at 6:26 a.m.

History encourages persistence, despite setbacks, and the Korean Peninsula is an especially important example. The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un underscores this. The...

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