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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 18, 2025. SPA/AFP

Trump breaks the ice with Russia, leaving Europe in the cold

In just a few short weeks, the US president has rolled out the diplomatic red carpet to Moscow and dumped Ukraine and Brussels. Putin now knows he need not concede anything.

Omer Onhon 20 February 2025
Deena So'Oteh

Ukraine's coveted rare earths catch Trump's eye

From titanium and lithium to natural gas, Ukraine has an abundance of supplies needed by a range of industries, which Russia wants to control, while the US sees an opportunity

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 20 February 2025

Can US-Russia talks finally end the war in Ukraine?

Fares Garabet 20 February 2025
Diana Estefanía Rubio

A look at Ukraine's vast critical mineral wealth

Ukraine has deposits of 22 of the 34 minerals identified by the European Union as critical, according to Ukrainian data. They include industrial and construction materials, ferroalloy, precious and…

Al Majalla - London 18 February 2025
European leaders gather at the Palais de l'Élysée in Paris to discuss a coordinated European response to US President Donald Trump's policies toward the continent and the war in Ukraine. @EmmanuelMacron

The potential of a Trump-Putin deal leaves Europe in shock 

At an emergency meeting in Paris, there are splits on sending troops to Ukraine 

The Economist 18 February 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 February 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 February 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Putin told Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible. Brendan Smialowski / AFP

Trump starts “immediate” talks with Putin on Ukraine

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says it is "unrealistic" for Ukraine to return to its pre-war borders, and Ukraine would not be admitted to NATO

The Economist 13 February 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 January 2025
US President Joe Biden pulls a note card from his pocket as he speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House about the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan on April 14, 2021, in Washington, DC. AFP

Joe Biden’s final foreign-policy report card

It didn't have to be this way, but Biden's foreign-policy legacy will be a world that is less rule-bound, less prosperous, and significantly more dangerous

Stephen M. Walt 15 January 2025
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