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US President Donald Trump visited the Middle East to witness the first phase of the Gaza peace deal in person: the release of the remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas, and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Should the peace hold, this will be a crowning foreign policy moment of his second presidential term, with some Israelis hailing him as Cyrus the Great reborn. (And here’s what that means, in case your biblical references are a little rusty.)
So, how did he do it? US politics analyst Lester Munson says Trump is taking an unconventional, high-energy and fast-moving approach to foreign policy that has netted some immediate successes.
His use of deal-making envoys such as Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, coupled with his own personal diplomacy, has been welcomed in the Middle East where conventional diplomacy is fraught with historical baggage.
But is this style sustainable? Munson says the true test of Trump’s foreign policy may not even be Gaza – he has other deals he’s energetically trying to secure.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) whispers to President Donald Trump at the White House on October 8.
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Lester Munson, University of Sydney
Trump’s foreign policy approach is fast-paced and intensely personal. The true test of its success won’t be Gaza, but geostrategic conflicts with China and Russia.
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Meltwater runs across the Greenland ice sheet in rivers. The ice sheet is already losing mass and could soon reach a tipping point.
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Alexandra A Phillips, University of California, Santa Barbara
A report warns that coral reefs may have reached their tipping point, and ice sheets, ocean currents and the Amazon are at growing risk. But, what does that actually mean?
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Diane Keaton in 2014.
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Jen Harvie, Queen Mary University of London
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Kristian Kongshøj, Aalborg University; Troels Fage Hedegaard, Aalborg University
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John Hawkins, University of Canberra
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation
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Lucy E. Hyde, University of Bristol
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Beth Johnson, University of Leeds
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Jessie Hamill-Stewart, University of Bath
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