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1 week ago | 
original.antiwar.com | Ted Snider
The European Union thought the 2023 election of Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland solved their Poland problem. But the June 2 election of Karol Nawrocki as President shows they were wrong. Nawrocki is a Euro-skeptic who has aligned himself with U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda more than with the EU’s agenda. He is a right-wing candidate who won, in part, because of support from the right-wing nationalists.
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2 weeks ago | 
responsiblestatecraft.org | Ted Snider
In a sign of hope for diplomacy over war, the U.S. and Iran began engaging in serious, high level negotiations over Iran’s civilian nuclear program in April for the first time since President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal seven years ago.
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2 weeks ago | 
theamericanconservative.com | Ted Snider
Foreign Affairs
Trump Might Not Be Able to Skirt Iran’s Red Line
Tehran has made clear their nation has a right to enrich uranium at low levels.
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The U.S. and Iran held their fifth round of nuclear negotiations in late May.
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2 weeks ago | 
original.antiwar.com | Ted Snider
When U.S. President Donald Trump began his second term in office, he promised to be “a peacemaker and a unifier.” With wars and conflicts raging around the world, the one he seemed least likely to resolve was the dangerous standoff with Iran over its civilian nuclear program. Yet, four months later, with all the wars that were raging when he made that promise still raging, the conflict that has the best chance of a quick resolution may be the conflict with Iran.
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3 weeks ago | 
original.antiwar.com | Ted Snider
Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine have been rare since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Part of the blame falls on Europe and the mainstream media for attempting to suffocate diplomacy.
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3 weeks ago | 
libertarianinstitute.org | Ted Snider
On May 16, Russia and Ukraine held their first direct talks since the first months of the former’s invasion. Despite the pessimistic evaluation by Ukrainian and European leaders, the return to diplomacy is itself a major achievement and step forward. The talks lasted an hour and forty minutes. Western leaders and Western media have given the first round of talks a failing grade. They have dismissed it for three reasons.
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3 weeks ago | 
original.antiwar.com | Ted Snider
On May 16, Russia and Ukraine held their first direct talks since the first months of the war. Despite the pessimistic evaluation by Ukrainian and European leaders, the return to diplomacy is itself a major achievement and step forward. The talks lasted an hour and forty minutes. Western leaders and Western media have given the first round of talks a failing grade. They have dismissed it for three reasons. They claim that Putin first suggested direct negotiations and then did not show.
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1 month ago | 
alethonews.com | Ted Snider |Patrick Buchanan
Iran Nuclear Negotiations Bring New, Suprising Developments By Ted Snider | The Libertarian Institute | May 20, 2025In the past several days, there have been surprising developments in the negotiations between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s civilian nuclear program. U.S. President Donald Trump has frequently, but not always, defined the goal of the negotiations as being limited to preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.
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1 month ago | 
libertarianinstitute.org | Ted Snider
In the past several days, there have been surprising developments in the negotiations between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s civilian nuclear program. U.S. President Donald Trump has frequently, but not always, defined the goal of the negotiations as being limited to preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.
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1 month ago | 
original.antiwar.com | Ted Snider
In the past several days, there have been surprising developments in the negotiations between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s civilian nuclear program. U.S. President Donald Trump has frequently, but not always, defined the goal of the negotiations as being limited to preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. He repeated that definition as recently as May 25, saying Iran must “permanently and verifiably cease pursuit of nuclear weapons….
