George Packer's Blog, page 12

North Korea Declares U.S. Diplomacy ���Gangster-Like���

Robin Wright discusses the first negotiations since the June 12th summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, after which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that Pyongyang is still negotiating in good faith, even as it condemned U.S. demands as ���gangster-like.���

A Russian-Backed Offensive in Syria Makes a Mockery of Trump

Dexter Filkins writes on the Assad regime���s attacks in and around Dara���a, in southern Syria, which is displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians, and which the U.S.���s persistent reluctance to involve itself in the Syrian war has allowed.

Trump���s Cuts In Climate-Change Research Spark a Global Scramble For Funds

Natalie Meade writes on the trouble that Caribbean climate-change centers, including a prominent research facility in Belize, are experiencing in securing funding in the wake of President Trump���s environmental budget cuts.

Scott Pruitt Is Gone, But The Trump Administration���s Climate Negligence Remains

Margaret Talbot on Scott Pruitt���s resignation as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and on the far-reaching effects of Donald Trump���s environmental policies.

Parents Are Struggling to Reclaim Their Children from the Office of Refugee Resettlement

Jonathan Blitzer on the paperwork and other red tape that are preventing immigrants from being reunited with children taken from them at the border under Trump���s zero-tolerance family-separation policy.

Andr��s Manuel L��pez Obrador, Donald Trump, and the Error of Comparison

Jon Lee Anderson on the leftist candidate Andr��s Manuel L��pez Obrador���s sweeping victory in Mexico���s Presidential election.

Miami Faces an Underwater Future

Carolyn Kormann writes about how Miami is bracing for a new future in the face of climate change, and finding strategies for resilience in ecology, urban planning, and community organizing when sea levels rise.

Will North Korea Play Nuclear Hide-and-Seek with Trump?

Robin Wright on a statement by John Bolton, the national security adviser, claiming that North Korea���s weapons arsenal will be dismantled by the end of Trump���s first term.

Rudy Giuliani Vows That Trump Will Help Bring Down Khamenei and the Iranian Regime

Robin Wright writes that Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich, speaking at the annual meeting of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, expressed the Trump Administration���s support for both recent protests in Iran and the toppling of the Ayatollah���s regime.

The Magic Putin Hopes to Make with Trump in Helsinki

From Moscow, Joshua Yaffa writes about the coming summit in Helsinki between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, and what the Russian President will seek to get out of the meeting.