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Kaja Kallas of Estonia has been appointed Europe's foreign policy chief Axel Rangel Garcia

Kaja Kallas: Estonian firebrand becomes Europe’s top diplomat

The bloc's foreign policy is now led by a Russia hawk who takes a sledgehammer to suggestions of appeasing Moscow. No fan of Putin's EU cronies, what will she make of Donald Trump?

Con Coughlin 05 January 2025
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has just been re-elected for a second five-year term. Eduardo Ramon

Profile: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

A minister in Angela Merkel's German cabinet for 16 years, Europe's most powerful politician has just won a second five-year term. A tour of swing voters helped....

Bryn Haworth 18 July 2024
Italy's Prime Minister and leader of the far-right party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli D'Italia - FDI) Giorgia Meloni getures during a press conference following the results of the European Elections in Rome on June 10, 2024. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP

EU parliament election results confirm rightward shift in Europe

If right-wing parties collaborate, this shift could impact policies on climate, migration, enlargement, budget, and the rule of law 

Pawel Zerka 10 June 2024
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One year of Trump 2.0: the age of MAGA imperialism?

20 January 2026

From kidnapping Venezuela's president to proposing the annexation of Greenland, Trump appears to be the most 'imperialist' leader the US has had in decades

Christopher Phillips
Opinion

The battle for the state is reshaping regional alliances

18 January 2026

From Yemen and Syria to Sudan and Libya, there is a concerted effort to reassert state authority and thwart moves toward the proliferation of quasi-states and fragmentation

Ibrahim Hamidi
A man holds a Syrian flag as a group of civilians smash a statue of a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter in the city of Tabqa after the Syrian army took control of it, in Tabqa, Syria, on 18 January 2026. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri
Politics

How the SDF's hand was twisted into Syria integration

19 January 2026

A decisive Syrian military campaign, coupled with diplomatic pressure from Türkiye, the US, and Israel, has forced the SDF into a far-reaching integration deal with Damascus

Omer Onhon
Gregori Saavedra
Politics

China’s grand strategy reaches a critical juncture

06 January 2026

This could be a decisive year for Beijing as long-running strategies collide with harsher geopolitical realities. The outcomes will shape global power balances well beyond 2026.

Shirley Ze Yu
Ali Shaath during a press interview with a local radio station.
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Ali Shaath: Gaza’s technocrat of reconstruction

17 January 2026

Responsibility for the enclave's reconstruction has been placed in the hands of an experienced civil engineer native to Gaza

Mohammed Najib

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