I visited the Korean War Veterans Memorial, a few blocks from the State Department in Washington, after listening to the heightened rhetoric between the US and North Korea last week.

US President-elect Donald Trump once again surprised the foreign policy and diplomatic establishment with his choice of ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson as secretary of state.

President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a team of national security and defense staff who are renowned for both their hawkish views on Iran, and their reservations over the Obama administration’s policies toward Tehran.

President-elect Donald Trump received his first secret daily intelligence briefing three days ago, the same one that Barack Obama receives. Although Trump must wait two months before he is inaugurated as president, the battle for his attention, and heart, is in full swing in Washington.