The Washington Diplomat - January 2020

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VOLUME 27, NUMBER 01 United States

Foreign Policy Polls Show Americans Want Restraint

If there’s one word that will never be used to describe the Trump presidency, it’s “predictable.” Yet on foreign policy, Trump has been relatively consistent, embracing a transactional, “America First” approach. And while the prevailing narrative is that most Americans support this global retrenchment, the picture is more nuanced, according to several new polls. PAGE 4

South Asia

The Other Crisis In Myanmar’s Rakhine State

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BHUTAN Bhutan is one of only a handful of countries without an embassy in Washington, D.C., or even diplomatic relations with the U.S.But what the Maryland-size Buddhist nation does have is an ambitious nonprofit that seeks to strengthen bilateral ties and teach Americans about this isolated yet intriguing Himalayan mountain kingdom. PAGE 11

As the world’s attention turns once again to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, another conflict is brewing in the troubled state — this one between government forces and Buddhist guerillas known as the Arakan Army. PAGE 6

Culture United States

Duchamp: Art’s Ambivalent Objector Famous for his utilitarian found objects, Marcel Duchamp reveled in confusing people — and the art world. PAGE 28

Envoy Stresses Reliability Of U.S. Weapons Sales R. Clarke Cooper, who oversees security assistance as head of politicalmilitary affairs at the State Department, acknowledges that doubts have emerged about American reliability, but he insists that the U.S. remains an indispensable and dependable security partner. PAGE 8

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