James Carey

James Carey is journalist and editor at Geopolitics Alert. He specializes in Middle East and Asian affairs.

UN Accuses China and Russia of Violating North Korea Sanctions

Besides the alleged violations of the UNSC restrictions on the DPRK’s arms development, Korea has also been accused of violating economic sanctions.

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Pyongyang (GPA) – A new UN report has accused multiple countries and the DPRK of sanctions violations. According to the United States, the Democratic Peoples’ Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) is violating United Nations Security Council (UNSC) restrictions concerning their nuclear testing and missile development programs. These

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Mexico’s Case Against NAFTA: An Economic and Environmental Wrecking Ball

If Trump were to be believed, Mexico somehow “won” with NAFTA. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, the country is still plagued by crime and full of people who risk leaving it for greener pastures.

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Mexican activists carry signs that read in Spanish "Racism is not commerce," at a protest against the seventh round of the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, renegotiations, in front of the foreign relations office in Mexico City, Feb. 27, 2018. Marco Ugarte | AP

MEXICO CITY -- There has been a lot of talk by President Donald Trump over the past two years about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and how it has hurt U.S. workers, but it is only reasonable to ask: What has it done to Mexico? During the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, a single issue united supporters of both Senator Bernie

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US and North Korea Begin Joint Searches for Remains of US Soldiers

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the latest results of the talks between Washington and Pyongyang on Sunday.

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Pyongyang (GPA) – As the talks between the DPRK and US continue, a new effort has been started to locate the remains of US soldiers killed in action during the Korean War. United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the latest results of the talks between Washington and Pyongyang on Sunday. This latest round of talks has apparently

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US Feigns Shock as DPRK Expects Concessions for Disarmament

The DPRK has expressed an interest in actually receiving something in return for coming to the table with the US.

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The leadership in the DPRK isn’t being hostile, they’re just waiting for the US to deliver concessions. Over the weekend the US mainstream media issued a series of reports portraying the talks between Washington and Pyongyang as, once again, being on death’s doorstep. With their usual commitment to making sure peace doesn’t break out in Korea,

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Turkey’s President Erdogan Wins Re-Election

The Turkey election results are in and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will remain president but without his parliamentary majority.

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The Turkey election for both President, as well as all the seats of parliament, took place on Sunday. In what was expected to be a tight election – with some even speculating there would be a second round of voting in the race for President – it now seems that the President will remain the same but face some renewed opposition in parliament. Here

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Erdogan Prepping New War Pitched as an Anti-PKK Operation

Turkey’s military and Prime Minister have announced a new illegal ground campaign said to be an ‘anti-PKK operation’ in Iraq.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands at the mausoleum of Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk on Republic Day in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

On Friday, the Turkish government announced yet another illegal incursion into a neighboring country. This time the target isn’t Syria but Iraq, more specifically, the headquarters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) – a group deemed terrorists by Turkey, the European Union, and the US – in the northern Qandil Mountains. According to remarks

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North Korea Has Good Reason to Be Wary of a Trump Deal

Though Trump’s threats against North Korea have lacked some of the grace with which his predecessors operated, to Pyongyang, U.S diplomacy has been marked by 65 years of broken promises and outright aggression.

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PYONGYANG -- Is lasting peace possible on the Korean Peninsula? The answer to that question may depend on whether Donald Trump follows the well-worn path of his predecessors. If the president’s latest stunt -- temporarily calling off talks with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) over an insult Kim Jong Un slung at Vice-President

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