NATO, Tariffs and the Slow Divorce of the Atlantic Alliance
The United States is no longer simply asking Europe to spend more on defence. It is starting to make Europe pay for disobedience. Donald Trump’s...
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Davos by Threat: Trump Brings Tariffs, Territory and Theatre to the Alps
Donald Trump never travels quietly. But his latest appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos was not merely performative; it was deliberately destabilising. On...
Peace by Dismemberment: The West’s New Ukraine Doctrine
A 28-point “peace plan” drafted by American and Russian envoys would require Ukraine to surrender vast swathes of territory currently occupied by Russia, cap the...
Trump’s Ukraine Flip: Europe Gets the War, Moscow Gets the Leverage
As Ukraine and its allies tried to digest Donald Trump’s latest volte-face, this time a sudden burst of optimism about Kyiv’s chances against Russia, it...
Putin Turns Up the Heat on Kyiv as Trump Sits on His Hands
Vladimir Putin has apparently decided that escalating the war is the surest way to force Ukraine to the negotiating table, on his terms, and that...
Turkey’s Democratic Paradox: The West’s Favourite Hypocrite
When Turkey imprisoned President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival over the weekend, thousands of protesters poured onto the streets. However, the response from the...
Europe’s Endless Illusion: Still Waiting for the Americans
In the wake of the disastrous Oval Office showdown between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, European leaders scrambled to convene an emergency summit in London—a...
Europe on the Sidelines as Trump Stumbles into High-Stakes Russia Negotiations
The latest round of U.S.-Russia talks in Riyadh is a masterclass in diplomatic amateurism, with Donald Trump charging ahead in his self-proclaimed role as the...
Ukraine: the collapse of the European Union
Just when European leaders thought things couldn’t get worse, Donald Trump decided to call Vladimir Putin, effectively launching peace negotiations without so much as a...