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Starmer seriously thinks the UK doesn’t need to choose between the US and the EU?
3 weeks ago

Starmer seriously thinks the UK doesn’t need to choose between the US and the EU?

The Independent  

The prime minister opened his Mansion House speech on foreign policy with another of his over-emphatic declarations. Now we go cap in hand to the people whom we thought we beat in war.” Keir Starmer is right to say “the national interest demands that we work with both” America and Europe. Blair, too, thought he didn’t have to choose between …

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Can Starmer avoid a US trade war without cutting our ties with Europe?
1 month, 1 week ago

Can Starmer avoid a US trade war without cutting our ties with Europe?

The Independent  

There is only one politician Keir Starmer really detests – Boris Johnson. Trump might well try to impose what opinion pollsters call a “forced choice” on the UK, with no “don’t know” option. Trump’s demands would include the UK accepting cheap American food imports such as chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef – when the Starmer government has already stumbled into …

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Trump dials Putin to discuss Ukraine war, reminds him of US military presence in Europe: Report
Top News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump dials Putin to discuss Ukraine war, reminds him of US military presence in Europe: Report

Firstpost  

Trump’s election is seen as carrying the potential to upend the almost three-year Ukraine conflict, as he insists on a quick end to the fighting and casts doubt on Washington’s multi-billion dollar support for Kyiv US President-elect Donald Trump has spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin and urged him not to escalate the war in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported …

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Geo-neutrality: India is lukewarm to Nato’s invitation for good reason
7 months ago

Geo-neutrality: India is lukewarm to Nato’s invitation for good reason

Live Mint  

During the spring of 1948 in post-war Europe, an extra-parliamentary coup brought Czech communists to power in Prague. Some political thinkers from the realist school, like professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago, believe that Nato’s eastward expansion is culpable of having goaded Russia into conflict with Ukraine. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, despite Nato’s …

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Europe joins U.S. in urging restraint by Israel after Iranian attack
8 months, 1 week ago

Europe joins U.S. in urging restraint by Israel after Iranian attack

The Hindu  

Israel's European allies urged the administration on April 15 to show restraint over Iran's weekend missile and drone attack, calling on Israeli leaders to step away from "the edge of the cliff" of escalation in West Asia. With the danger of open warfare erupting between Israel and Iran, and tension high over the war in Gaza, U.S. President Joe Biden …

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Two years of war in Ukraine: Ukrainian panel discuss key moments in exclusive Independent event
10 months ago

Two years of war in Ukraine: Ukrainian panel discuss key moments in exclusive Independent event

The Independent  

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Thousands march in Europe in the latest rallies against antisemitism stoked by the war in Gaza
1 year ago

Thousands march in Europe in the latest rallies against antisemitism stoked by the war in Gaza

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — Thousands of people marched in the Belgian and German capitals on Sunday to protest soaring antisemitism since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Marchers at the Brussels rally held up signs reading “You don’t have to be Jewish to march against antisemitism,” “antisemitism kills” and other slogans. Joël Rubinfeld, president of the Belgian League Against Antisemitism, …

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War fatigue, domestic politics, diplomatic gaffes: US, Europe tiring of supporting Ukraine against Russia?
1 year, 2 months ago

War fatigue, domestic politics, diplomatic gaffes: US, Europe tiring of supporting Ukraine against Russia?

Firstpost  

Surveys among Americans and major countries of western Europe have thrown up findings that indicate people no more support measures to help Ukraine, especially military and monetary aid to help Ukraine fight Russia with the same enthusiasm Recent events in the US and Europe, both West and the East, added to surveys conducted among the populace of these regions don’t …

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As the Ukraine war grinds on, the EU finds it needs China more than ever
1 year, 8 months ago

As the Ukraine war grinds on, the EU finds it needs China more than ever

CNN  

CNN — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had a number of unintended consequences. Yet this week in Beijing, French President Emmanuel Macron stood next Xi – who has not condemned Vladimir Putin’s war and doubled down on China and Russia’s “no-limits partnership” – and said “I know I can count on you to bring Russia to its senses, and bring …

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Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Can Russians be tried for ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine?
1 year, 9 months ago

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Can Russians be tried for ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine?

Deccan Chronicle  

Amid the growing clamour in many countries, among politicians, opinion leaders and the media, that Russian President Putin and his “colluders” be put on trial before an international forum as “war criminals” who are responsible for “heinous crimes” against humanity in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, came the news earlier this week that the International Criminal Court based at The …

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From tents to tanks; a big year in Ukraine for NATO allies
1 year, 10 months ago

From tents to tanks; a big year in Ukraine for NATO allies

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The day after Russia invaded Ukraine, the leaders of NATO’s 30 member countries held an emergency summit to address what they described as the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades — the launch of what would become the biggest land war in Europe since 1945. Technically it still is, but a year on the Ukraine Contact Defense …

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Narendra Modi’s Europe visit reaffirms India’s diplomatic heft despite Russian roulette at play in Ukraine
2 years, 7 months ago

Narendra Modi’s Europe visit reaffirms India’s diplomatic heft despite Russian roulette at play in Ukraine

Firstpost  

The 19th century version of the Concert of Europe existed intermittently between 1815 up to the beginning of World War I in 2014, lasting for an entire century. Instead, as Pope Francis made bold to say to an Italian publication recently, “NATO’s barking at Russia’s door might have resulted in Vladimir Putin launching a military offensive in Ukraine.” While the …

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Biden’s Global Climate Agenda Is On The Ropes As Europe Goes To War And The Right Digs In
2 years, 8 months ago

Biden’s Global Climate Agenda Is On The Ropes As Europe Goes To War And The Right Digs In

Huff Post  

President Joe Biden pledged to reestablish the U.S. as a global climate leader. In response, Republicans have demanded the U.S. “unleash” domestic fossil fuel production, while some Democrats have begged the Biden administration to abandon efforts to pass climate legislation, fearing it could crater the party’s hopes in looming midterm elections. Early in his presidency, Biden signed a climate-focused executive …

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What created the new, more aggressive Putin
2 years, 10 months ago

What created the new, more aggressive Putin

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. It has done three things together: provided a measure of military assistance to Ukraine through training and the contributions of individual NATO states to Ukraine’s military preparedness; indicated in no uncertain terms that the war between Ukraine and Russia does not directly concern NATO, since Ukraine is not a …

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Biden says he’ll move troops to Eastern Europe as top general warns of ‘horrific’ outcome if Russia invades Ukraine
2 years, 10 months ago

Biden says he’ll move troops to Eastern Europe as top general warns of ‘horrific’ outcome if Russia invades Ukraine

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden said Friday that he will move US troops to NATO allies in Eastern Europe in the “near term,” marking a new phase in the US response to Russia’s escalation on the Ukrainian border, which US officials fear could soon lead to an invasion. Biden’s comments come hours after the top US military general, Chairman of …

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