Diplomacy & International Relations

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...

Takeaways from Donald Trump’s State of the Union address

(Aaron Blake - CNN) President Donald Trump delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term Tuesday night at the US...

Scale of Xi’s military purges could hinder China’s ability to fight, says think tank

(Brad Lendon, Simone McCarthy - CNN) Chinese leader Xi Jinping has taken his purge of the country’s military to the very top, targeting his...

Iran dismisses missile, nuclear claims after Trump alleges ‘sinister ambitions’

(Al Arabiya) Iran on Wednesday dismissed US claims about its missile program as “big lies,” after President Donald Trump said Tehran was developing missiles...

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