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  • David A. Andelman
    Author and foreign correspondent

    David A. Andelman is a veteran foreign correspondent, author and commentator who contributes frequently to CNN Opinion on global affairs.

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  • People wave the flags of French trade union General Confederation of Labour (CGT) as they take part in a demonstration to protest against the pension overhauls, in Marseille, southern France, on December 5, 2019 as part of a national general strike. - Trains cancelled, schools closed: France scrambled to make contingency plans on for a huge strike against pension overhauls that poses one of the biggest challenges yet to French President's sweeping reform drive. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP) (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

    France shuts down as Macron touches the third rail of French politics

  • Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to a meeting on July 4, 2017 at the Kremlin in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met July 4 against a backdrop of mounting tensions over North Korea ahead of G20 summit talks with US President Donald Trump. The talks were also expected to discuss North Korea after Pyongyang claimed the launch of its first inter-continental ballistic missile, and Trump urged China to "end this nonsense once and for all". / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Sergei IlnitskySERGEI ILNITSKY/AFP/Getty Images

    Russia and China's ominous new friendship

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

    Trump keeps doing favors for Putin

  • U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018.

    Trump is about to give Putin another gift

  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement in Ramat Gan, near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, on September 10, 2019. - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a deeply controversial pledge on September 10 to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if re-elected in September 17 polls. He also reiterated his intention to annex Israeli settlements throughout the West Bank if re-elected, though in coordination with US President Donald Trump, whose long-awaited peace plan is expected to be unveiled sometime after the vote. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)

    Trump is hanging Israel and Netanyahu out to dry