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HEY KID! DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TOXIC TRIANGLE? Photo: Mike Theiler/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump and the toxic triangle

United States / 06 Nov

Turkey's incursion into and attack on northern Syria have major implications for the entire area

What does Turkey's attack on Syria mean for the key players?

An Iranian patrol in the Strait of Hormuz in July

The road to a possible war between the US and Iran

Middle East / 18 Sep

Irish Ambassador to the United States William Fay pins shamrocks on Richard Nixon's lapel on St Patrick's Day 1969 during an event at the White House in Washington. Photo: AP/US Embassy Dublin

What Ireland's man in America saw during the events of 1969

History / 03 Sep

A presidential grip-and-grimace: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping frown for the cameras

Behind the US and China's conscious economic decoupling

Business / 02 Aug

Ivanka Trump: "If she ever wanted to run for president", the current US president said, "I think she'd be very, very hard to beat."

The problem with Ivanka

Ivanka Trump / 27 Sep

An anti-US wall painting in a street in Tehran in July 2018. Photo: EPA

Is war inevitable between the US and Iran?

Middle East / 28 May

Will it be all smiles in June?

The politics of a céad míle fáilte for visiting dignitaries

Politics / 24 May

"Trump's thoughts, tariffs, and tweets affect global economies, societies and sensibilities"

The global aspects of an Irish protest against Donald Trump

Donald Trump / 22 May

"What exactly makes AOC unique?" Photo: Getty Images

There's something about AOC

Politics / 05 Apr

Graffiti protesting against US drone strikes in Yemen. Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images

How US drone strikes still bring death and destruction from above

Drones / 25 Mar

He's making a list of communists, he's checking it twice: Senator Joe McCarthy. Photo: VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

No reds under the bed: Irish-American Catholics vs the communists

United States / 19 Mar

Bing Crosby arrives in Dublin in 1976

How Bing Crosby helped to put JFK in the White House

History / 19 Mar

"The Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and reformist camp see INSTEX as the fruit of Iran's smart diplomacy in changing international coalitions and isolating the US"

How INSTEX could change the sanctions game for Iran

Iran deal / 06 Feb

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld speaks to US troops at Shannon Airport in February 2004. Photo: Jason Reed/AFP/ Getty Images

A question of neutrality and Shannon airport

Shannon Airport / 16 Jan

Goodbye to all that: 7,000 US troops are set to leave Afghanistan

How will the withdrawal of US troops affect Afghanistan?

Afghanistan / 23 Dec 18

"John McCain's death has brought a reminder to America of a rare capacity in a politician to generate bipartisan affection and the potential for generosity of spirit"

John McCain: the life and strife of a political maverick

Senator John McCain / 29 Aug 18

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani holds a press conference on Trump's withdrawal decision from Iran nuclear deal in Tehran. Photo: Iranian Presidency/ Handout

What will replace "the worst deal ever"?

Iran nuclear deal / 10 May 18

"in a market system, can we really complain just because someone else has "beaten" us?"

Trade wars: what's the meaning of unfair trade?

Trade War / 18 Apr 18

A missile from the Syrian Arab Air Force attempts to intercept a coalition missile in the skies above Damascus

What can be achieved by missile strikes on Syria?

Syria / 16 Apr 18

A time for talking

How the Iranian nuclear deal has tied US hands

Iran / 13 Mar 18

Under the gun with the POTUS

Donald Trump's gun problem

Gun Control / 28 Feb 18

Students protesting outside the White House in Washington DC after the shootings in Florida. Photo: Getty Images

Are school shootings a human rights issue?

School shootings / 10 Apr 18

US domestic production of crude oil is booming and almost back to its heyday

How farming and fracking changed the US oil industry

oil / 09 Feb 18

The incoming chair of the US Federal Reserve Jerome Powell with US president Donald Trump

Trump's man Jerome Powell takes over at the Fed

US Federal Reserve / 24 Jan 18

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