Diplomacy & International Relations

France and Sweden push to kill mechanism to pay for massive EU grid upgrades

(Ben Munster and Nicolas Camut - Politico) France and Sweden want to block a new proposal that would force countries to share the cost...

As US tech giants become cable giants, it’s time we pay attention to our seabeds

(Elisabeth Braw - Politico) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a thoughtful and stirring speech at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, speaking...

What happened after Elon Musk took the Russian army offline

(Ibrahim Naber - Politico) “All we’ve got left now,” the Russian soldier said, “are radios, cables and pigeons.”. A decision earlier this month by...

Germany’s far right under pressure as nepotism allegations mount

(Nette Nöstlinger - Politico) The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is facing allegations of systemic nepotism that threaten to shatter its self-styled anti-establishment...

UK exclusion from EU defense loan ‘self-defeating’

(Esther Webber - Politico) British Defence Minister Al Carns described the failure to agree U.K. entry into the EU's SAFE program as "self-defeating" for...

France warns against risk of nuclear proliferation

(Laura Kayali - Politico) There is a risk of nuclear proliferation in the world today, according to a French official from the Elysée Palace....

German defense minister slams Trump for ‘rolling out the red carpet’ for Putin

(Milena Wälde - Politico) German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has taken a pointed swipe at Donald Trump, accusing the U.S. president of sending the...

Canada, like Europe, seeks to break U.S. defense dependency

(Colin Demarest - Axios) Canada's first-ever defense-industrial strategy, published this month, suggests it, like Europe, can no longer count on the U.S. to be...

Trump issues patriotic rallying cry with eye on crucial elections

(Anthony Zurcher - BBC) Donald Trump delivered a combative State of the Union address on Tuesday night that hailed what he said was an...

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