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What Awaits Marco Rubio in the Caribbean March 27, 2025

The secretary of state this week dives into Haiti's crisis, Guyana-Venezuela tensions, growing Chinese influence, and a bit of resistance ...

Marco Rubio

Poland is a Model U.S. Ally – Let’s Act Like It March 25, 2025

Earlier this month, Elon Musk inserted himself into another political debate about Russia’s war on Ukraine. In his comments, he noted his Starlink system as the “backbone” of the Ukrainian army, asserting that, “their entire frontline would collapse”...

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U.S.-South Africa Diplomatic Crisis Provides an Opportunity for a New Beginning March 22, 2025

U.S.-South Africa relations sank to a new low last week after the South African ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rasool, accused the Trump administration of “supremacy” on four occasions during an online lecture on U.S. foreign policy to a South Afr...

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foreign policy

America Should Talk to Hamas About Hostages March 21, 2025

Axios recently reported that Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer “lashed out” at U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler in a “tense” phone call for negotiating with terror group Hamas for the return of a kidnapped U.S. citizen.In February, the U....

Reclaiming Our Sovereignty: 'AID' and the American People March 20, 2025

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy started the U.S. Agency for International Development with a strategic vision to expand American partnership and repel Soviet influence. He understood then what President Donald Trump and Secretary Marco Rubio do no...

foreign policy

Foreign Troops Struggle To Curb Violence in Haiti March 19, 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US intends to maintain support, but is this set up to fail? ...

Haiti

Trump Fails To Get Putin To Stop the Shooting March 19, 2025

“Plan A is: Get the shooting to stop,” said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday, noting the U.S. administration’s main goal is to secure a quick ceasefire before moving on to broader talks about a settlement to permanently end Russia’s war ...

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Russia

Ukraine’s Future Depends on Donald Trump—Not Putin March 17, 2025

Now that the United States and Ukraine have agreed on a ceasefire, the ball is, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, supposedly in “Russia’s court.” ...

Ukraine

Russia Has a Big Choice To Make March 12, 2025

Secretary Marco Rubio’s announcement following the US-Ukraine negotiations in Saudi Arabia that Ukraine has agreed to accept a 30-day ceasefire and to enter into negotiations with Russia is a test of the Trump administration’s relations with Moscow g...

Russia

Europe’s Free Ride Comes to an End March 01, 2025

Having been shocked by Vice President J.D. Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s negotiations with Russia, the great and the good in Europe are descending on Washington to understand what the Trump admi...

Trump administration

Rubio’s Revolutionary Downsizing of America’s Role February 21, 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is implementing a fundamental shift in America’s global role. In a recent lengthy interview with Megyn Kelly, Rubio argued that the mission of making America great again does not mean returning the U.S. to the pinnacle ...

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How MBS Won the Peace Talks February 20, 2025

The picture says it all: Marco Rubio and Sergey Lavrov, America and Russia, sat about a hardwood table beneath the dripping chandeliers of Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah Palace, ready to remake Eurasia for the rest of the century. Between them sits Prince Fa...

Trump Is Making Europe Squirm — To Force Peace in Ukraine February 19, 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a team of negotiators met Tuesday with their Russian counterparts in Riyadh, unthawing US-Russian relations in a dramatic diplomatic turnabout and kicking off talks on the war in Ukraine. ...

Ukraine Must Be Involved in Peace Talks February 18, 2025

Last week, various news outlets reported that senior officials from the Trump-Vance administration would be meeting with their Russian counterparts to discuss an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The negotiations are expected to take place this...

The ‘Hard Truths’ Marco Rubio Should Tell the Saudis February 17, 2025

Here’s one of the hard truths he needs to tell the Saudis: Hamas, not Israel, is their enemy and is working against their interests. ...

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Saudi Arabia

Marco Rubio’s America-First Foreign Policy February 12, 2025

Throughout his career, Marco Rubio has been a harsh critic of left-wing governments in Latin America, and has supported US-backed regime change attempts against some of them. But as Donald Trump’s newly appointed secretary of state, he has shown some...

India Is the Un-China February 11, 2025

No one should be that surprised India has chosen to permit United States military flights to return illegal immigrants. The decision followed swiftly after Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first meeting with any foreign official, that with India’s fo...

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Suggestions for U.S. Success in the Middle East February 10, 2025

Soon, you will be traveling to the Middle East — a region where U.S. interests in energy, trade, security, artificial intelligence and countering China all converge. And your recent success in Panama sets expectations of more gains. ...

Middle East

Rubio’s Good Start Blunting Chinese Influence in Panama February 07, 2025

The selection of former Sen. Marco Rubio to become the nation’s secretary of state sent the message that shoring up Latin America will be a top priority for the new administration. ...

Panama

Secretary Of State Marco Rubio: Foreign Aid Is Not Charity February 05, 2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio answers a question on the frozen funds from USAID. Rubio said, "We froze foreign aid so we can review those programs. The waiver process exists so we can review those programs today, here. We have issued waivers for pro...

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Panama Caves to Trump's DC February 04, 2025

When Marco Rubio arrived Saturday in Panama for his first international trip as secretary of state, he was greeted by flags—Panamanian ones. ...

Panama

Safer, Stronger and More Prosperous February 04, 2025

In his first official message to the Department of State’s (DoS) workforce, Secretary of State Marco Rubio made it clear that all the employees will focus on three questions when assessing U.S. foreign policy decisions - How does the action proposed ...

Ukraine

North Korea Criticizes Marco Rubio for Calling It a ‘Rogue State’ February 03, 2025

An Americas First Foreign Policy January 31, 2025

U.S. diplomats have neglected the Western Hemisphere for too long....

Marco Rubio

Greenland Is Not About Land, It’s in Our Interest January 31, 2025

Megyn Kelly is joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio for an exclusive interview about if the Trump administration is serious about wanting to buy Greenland, the national interest America has in Greenland, what sort of negotiations could be coming,...

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