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A Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter flies by a military drone in US military exercises with European states on 4 June 2025. Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters

Putin and Trump prompt Europe to scale up defence spending

The UK this week pledged to spend billions more on its military readiness as part of a trend sweeping across the continent. The post-Cold War peace dividend now seems like a distant memory.

Con Coughlin 05, Jun 2025
US President Donald Trump at the White House AFP

A whirlwind start: Trump's first 100 days in office

His disdain for Europe, the global tariff war, and his hot-and-cold approach to dealing with Iran have left observers scratching their heads for answers. Where is Trump taking the world?

Con Coughlin 29, Apr 2025
Protesters hold up banners reading "Yes to Peace - No to NATO" (R) and "Wages up - armament down" as they attend an anti-war demonstration in Munich on February 15, 2025, on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference. Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP

Western liberalism is in retreat

With the most powerful Western country—and a historic advocate of liberalism—now governed by right-wing populists, liberals will spend the next few years fighting to stay relevant

Christopher Phillips 11, Mar 2025
US Marines on patrol in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom on February 4, 2012. shutterstock

How Afghanistan broke NATO and why it matters for Ukraine

Trump officials are united in anger at the failure of European member states to support one aborted mission. This explains their thinking on the Ukraine war.

Kamal Alam 10, Mar 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a special summit to discuss Ukraine and European defence, in Brussels on March 6, 2025. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

Europe defence spending, Ukraine support top agenda in Brussels

If Trump's decision to freeze Ukraine aid was aimed at forcing Zelenskyy to enter peace talks, it had the added effect of pushing the EU to review its defence capabilities

Con Coughlin 06, Mar 2025
Axel Rangel Garcia

New realities in Ukraine awaken old challenges in Europe

Europe continues to reel from a series of shocks dealt by the 'America First' administration of Donald Trump. The fate of Ukraine and Europe's security architecture hangs in the balance.

Christopher Phillips 24, Feb 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gives a speech during the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany, on February 15, 2025. THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP

Zelenskyy’s big pitch to Munich

The Ukrainian president called for Europe to build an army, while Macron called an emergency meeting of European leaders in Paris on Monday to discuss a response to the Trump administration's tactics

Rishi Iyengar and Keith Johnson 16, Feb 2025
US Vice President JD Vance gives a speech at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, Germany February 14, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis

Vance leaves Europe gobsmacked

US Vice President JD Vance delivered a rebuke on alleged censorship and immigration to a shocked Munich Security Conference

Rishi Iyengar and Keith Johnson 15, Feb 2025
Adrián Astorgano

Trump’s second term could shake up NATO, Ukraine and China

The return of an unpredictable president will stir up global geopolitics for US allies and opponents alike in a world already much changed since he was last in office

Omer Onhon 19, Jan 2025
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, Jan 2025
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Will Iran-Israel strikes derail Trump's Mideast vision?

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Trump and Netanyahu disagree on whether to use military force to stop Iran's nuclear programme, and Israel's punishing attack on Iran places the region on a worrisome trajectory

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men inspect the damage at the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv, on June 16, 2025. OHN WESSELS / AFP
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How the Israel-Iran flare-up is impacting the global economy

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From spiking crude to dwindling confidence, the sudden and unprecedented escalation between these two regional powers has sent markets into a tailspin

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Nuclear claims are a smoke screen for hopes of toppling Iran

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The Israeli strikes aren't about facilities or centrifuges, but regime change

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After Israel attacked Iran overnight on June 12, Tehran responded with a barrage of missile salvos hitting Tel Aviv, June 13, 2025.
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Where is Israel's unprecedented Iran attack taking the region?

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While Israel's attack dealt a severe blow to Iran's military and nuclear infrastructure, the long-term impact remains uncertain as Tehran's potential for retaliation introduces new risks

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