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Richard Sokolsky

Richard Sokolsky, a non-resident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was a member of the Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning from 2005 to 2015.

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UNITED STATE OF AMNESIA

Betrayal of the Kurds? U.S. Allies Will Get Over It.

Are we in for a major realignment because Trump has forgotten who America’s friends are? Almost certainly not. And here’s why.

Aaron David Miller

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MANY ME'S

Here's Why Trump Just Loves to Hate G-Summits

The mix of personalities and issues is highly combustible and the choices of who to see and what to say fraught with risk, complexity and even embarrassment. Not for Donald Trump.

Aaron David Miller

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