RUSSIA AND T TRUMP CAMPAIGN On March 20 , FBI Director 」 ames Comeyconfirmed thatas partofthe federal probe intO Moscow's operation againstthe 2016 IJ. S. election, FBI agents are "investigatingthe nature Ofany links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was anycoordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts. " He declined tO elaborate. Whatwe know, sofar,from the public record: T U M P ' S P 0 P CARTER PAGE CAMPAIGN ADVISER 旧 March 2016 , Trump identified Page, a former investment banker who has done business in Russia, as a campaign adviser. The following 」 u Page gave a speech in Moscow in which he criticized U. S. foreign policy tO Russia. White House advisers have cast him as a peripheral figure in Trump's orbit.ln a March 8 letter tO Senate investigators, Page said he "spent many hours in [Trump] campaign headquarters" in 2016. He has denied any wrongdoing and says he is the victim Ofa smear campaign. ROGER STONE ADVISER The veteran GOP consultantand longtimeTrump confidant admitted tO communicating with Guccifer 20 , a hacking group thatclaimed responsibility for leaking a stOlen trove Of Democratic National Committee documents in the 2016 campaign. Stone called his contacts with the group "completely innocuous ” and denies having any connections to Russia. Stone recommended that Trump hire Manafort, his former lobbying partner,to help secure the GOP nomination. JEFF SESS ー 025 A7TORNEY GENERAL 旧 hiS confirmation hearings, Sessions to 旧 former Senate colleagues that he "did not have communications With the Russians" during Trump's campaign. But on March 1 , the Washington POSt revealed that Sessions had met twice with Moscow's envoy KisIyak while serving as one Of Trump's top 2016 advisers. Amid calls for hiS resignation, Sessions recused himself om any probe intO Russia's election meddling. Sessions said he did not mean tO mislead. PAUL MANAFORT CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN Manafort was Trump's campaign chairman duringthe pivotal conclusion ofthe Republican primaries and the start Ofthe general election. He was pushed out Ofthe campaign over concerns about hiS consultancy work on behalf Of ousted Ukrainian strongman Viktor Yanukovych— whO was backed bythe Kremlin. White House press secretary Sean Spicer sought tO play down Manafort's ties tO Trump, saying he played a very limited ro for a very limited amount oftime. Manafort has denied any wrongdoing. MIKE FLYNN NATIONAL SECURITY ′ ADVISER FIynn was fired on Feb. 13 after misleading the Vice President about hiS conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Routine intercepts Of KisIyak's calls overheard FIynn discussing U. S. sanctions on Russia while President Obama was sti 旧 n Office. According tO documents released by the House Oversight Committee, Flynn was 引 SO paid 0 ー S33 , 000 tO speak at a gala for Russia's state-run broadcaster RT. The U. S. intelligence community says RT'S English-language arm serves as a propaganda outlet in the West. FLYNN. MANAFORT, SESSIONS, KISLYAK, PUTIN: GETTY IMAGES; STONE 】 REUTERS; PAGE: AP T H R U S S 夏 A N S VLADIMIR PUTIN PRESIDENT U. S.law enforcement and intelligence services concluded that Putin ordered an escalating campaign Of influence operations targeting the 2016 U. S. election. The goals, according tO a 」 anuary consensus assessment by the intelligence community, were tO undermine U. S. democracy, weaken HilIary CIinton and, if possible, help Trump win the White House. The campaign included hacking, fake news and Other propaganda. SERGEY KISLYAK AMBASSA DOR A well-known figure in Washington, KisIyak regularly interacts with politicians Of bOth parties. Asked at a November event about allegations Of Russia's election meddling, he said, " に is ourjob tO understand, tO know people, bOth on the side Ofthe Republicans and Democrats. 24 TIME April 3 , 2017

China needs to get serious By Victor Cha For decades, China has played a smoke- and-mirrors game on North Korea that traps the U. S. in doomed negotiations that spare Beijing a near-term crisis on its bO e ら but kicks the can down the roa on the larger Ob 厄 m. China's gambit has undercut U.S. goals in three key areas. First, U. S. economic sanctions against North Korea have 0 ed ineffective as long as China continued tO fund the regime through back channels, and allowed its companies and banks tO deal with North Korea. Second, China has long been a free riderin negotiations, with t 厄 at stake in their short-term success 0 ー failure. ⅲ the past deals, the U. S. and its allies have compensated Pyongyang with heavy fuel 0 and energy substitutes in exchange for a freeze 0 れ North Korea's missile testing; China, meanwhile, maintained normal bilateral economic relations with Pyongyang, absolving it Of any direct stake in the denuclearization project. Third, China has largely ignored the international counterproliferation financing regime, which is designed tO sanction North Korean entities that are funneling cash tO its weapons Of mass destruction programs. China's economic ties to the North should be the leverage that forces change, not the reason it never comes. First, Washington should make clear tO Beijing that it will not re-enter a negotiation as long as China insists on maintaining at least 80 % tO 85 % Of North Korea's trade. Second, the U. S. should get China tO step up and pay directly fO 「 the denuclearization of North Korea. China's payments designed tO prop up Pyongyang must be tied directly tO nuclearinspections, and ultimately to denuclearization and not to China's economic interests.lf China pays fO 「 denuclearization, it will take North Korea's violations n10 「 e seriously than it does now. LastIy, China must clamp down on domestic Chinese entities dOing business with North Korea. Just as with human-rights abusers, the U. S. should "name and shame ” Chinese nationals—like the four named by the Justice Department in September 2016 WhO conspire tO evade U.S. economic sanctions and facilitate dollar transactions for a sanctioned entity ⅲ North Korea. China is serious about addressing the threat, then it should extradite cases like these. Cha was director forAsian affairs at the National Security CounciI from 2004 tO 200 乙 and is now director ofAsian studies at Georgetown University 32 TIME April 3 , 2017 'The policy Of strategic patience has ended. We are expl 〇 ring a new range Of diplomatic, security and econ 〇 miC measures. All 〇 ptions are on the table.' SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON, SPEAKING 粮 SEOUL ON MARCH 17 Trump's new wrinkle brings promise and risk By Kurt CampbeII ALONG RECOGNIZED DIPLOMATIC truism is settling in for President Donald Trump: North Korea is the land oflousy options. Which may explain why he and his team have mostly followed a predictable playbook, announcing their inten- tion tO strengthen military deter- rence with close allies, buttress U. S. defense assets in Asia and stiffen sanctions against the North Korean reglme. The wrinkle appears tO be that the Administration will seek to forcefully hold China re- sponsible for North Korean provo- cations. Some senior U. S. offcials are threatening tO severely pe- nalize any Chinese banks doing business with North Korea and to imitate the kinds Of economic ap- proaches and international coali- tions successfully brought t0 bear on lran under the Obama Admin- istration. Although Beijing contin- ues its calls for regional negotia- tions, the Trump team correctly counters that tWO decades Of multilateral diplomacy have failed t0 contain the North. They now argue that China must dO more tO keep Kim Jong Un underfoot or at least at heel. Coupled with calls for key Europeans t0 also step up, an early entry for the Trump Doctrine may very well be: it's up tO you guys now. But Chinese assertiveness, North Korean provocations, Japa- nese anxieties and South Korean political turmo il are swirling dan- gerously across Northeast Asia. Normally, uneaslness there would prompt key Asian players t0 100k to the U. S. for steadiness. But Trump's questioning of the traditional Ame ric an le ader- ship role ⅲ Asia—champion of free trade, supporter of allies and keeper 0f the peace—has further unnerved Asian capitals. The Trump gambit to get China to do more may well lead to Beijing blinking first ⅲ a standoff with Washington over the Korean pen- insula. Yet a more dominant Chi- nese role in Korea carries With it other risks. Ame rican leadership is still seen as vital to the stabil- ity and prosperity 0f the entire region, the cockpit of the global economy. This is why even with lousy options, they all 100k better with the U. S. deeply engaged in the dangerously evolving Korean equation. Campbell was Assistant Secretary 0fStatefor East Asian 0 d pacific 0 ⅲ rs om 2009 tO 2013

A Letter tO 亡 e President Dear President Trump, Your attempts tO ban Syrian refugees and travelers from REPRESENTING THE し S. IN THE OLYMPIC GAMESWAS multiple Muslim-maJ ority countrie s have implications the greatest honor ofmylife. I will never forget walking int0 the opening ceremony behind our American flag that are felt far beyond the countries listed. I am referring that I revere, surrounded by my teammates, each drawn tO implications not only in the courthouse but in line from different sports, many ofdifferent faiths and various at Starbucks. N0t on the nightly news but in the night terrors Of children whO wonder iftheir home and parents ethnicities. Yet in that diversity was America itself: united are safe. ls this what you intended when you t00k your by love for our country. My story is a quintessentially small-town American oath t0 uphold the Constitution ofthe United States? The climate of fear and hatred, fueled and perpetuated story. ln my hometown, Maplewood, N. J. , the question by your campaign, is gaming was always which sport I would play 1 れ OI れ entur れ through your actions instead ofwhy a girl would play one. My point isn't really about sport, it's in Offce. Since your election, I have been profiled at the airport, accused about opportunity. The opportunity oflooking "suspicious; ” and been tO strive for and believe in one's own destiny. That is what made told, on the streets ofNew York, to America's story SO distinct 仕 om any go back t0 your country!" This isn't that preceded it, and mine and every the America that I know, and it isn't Other American's as well. the America that the world looks to I love America because ofthe for inspiration and leadership. simultaneous idea that we are both exceptional and flawed—as T E ARE 3 MILLION American individuals and as a nation— and Muslims. They teach our children, treat our sick, fight our wars and, that it is our collective responsibility as a people tO honor each other's despite your attacks, continue tO potential. That is why I am writing stand proudly on the front lines ofkeeping all Americans safe. My you this letter. faith calls on me to help the less I A 、嗄 THE PICTURE ofthe American fortunate and speak out against Dream—a public-school kid, with injustice. President Trump—look at loving parents who told me that the math: we do not have a refugee with hard work and perseverance, I terrorist problem. lt simply doesn't could be whatever I wanted to be. By exist. But I dO fear a not-so-subtle believing in myself and refusing to campaign ofterror now being waged イれ iS れ .4 れⅱれ工れ cer take no for an answer, I have broken on our. American ideals ofjustice 〃 d 0 m c medalist barriers and shattered stereotypes. I and equality. was the first Muslim woman tO represent the U. S. in the The OIympic movement chose its symbol of inter- Olympics wearing hijab. I was blessed t0 win an Olympic locking rings Of different colors tO demonstrate human- inedal alongside my team at the Ri0 Games. I was a black ity's unity. Sport has always been an equalizer and a sym- Muslim woman in a little-known sport, fencing. And on bOl ofpeace, even in the ancient Games when wars would the world's biggest stage, I defied labels and showed the cease for the competitions. lndeed, as much pride as I take world that being Muslim was also being American. in being one ofAmerica's firsts, what I most love about my And yet when I listen t0 you, I feel that the story Olympic experience is that my success was born out Ofmy you tell paints another picture entirely. You seem tO opportunity, freedom and liberty as an American. see refugees fleeing terror as terror's root, rather than Overcoming obstacles was my challenge as an athlete. itS victims. You seem tO see our nation's contributions lt is now my challenge as a citizen. I once represented tO refugee resettlement as "bad deals; ” rather than you. Now you represent me. I urge you to do so with the shining example s 0f what America has always done and humility, thoughtfulness and kindnes s befitting your sacred O 用℃ e. AS an African-. American Muslim woman stOOd for. You seem tO see the hiJab I wear as a signal ofthreat and cause for fear. You've said, "I think lslam patriot, I am commanded by my religion tO remain hates us. " That is not only wrong, it provokes fear and hopeful, to believe in our ability to fight bigotrywith love hatred, and as we have seen, it alSO provokes violence and draw our strength from diversity. That is what makes against Muslims and our places ofworship. Surely that America great. Time and again. was not your intention—l dO not want tO believe that. Yet I feel that you and your Administration see me and Sincerely, ル t 市可 Muhammad people like me not as fellow Americans but as "others. ” T 0 M P E N N 一 N G T 0 N ー G E TT Y 一 M A G E S 14 TIME ApriI 3 , 2017