Diplomacy & International Relations

Von der Leyen softens plan for intelligence cell

(Antoaneta Roussi and Jacopo Barigazzi - Politico) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is softening a push to take greater control of EU...

EU capitals say deleting US tech is not realistic

(Mathieu Pollet - Politico) National capitals have a sobering message for Brussels: Europe runs on American technology, and that won’t change for years. After...

The EU’s secret weapon to shut out Chinese companies

(Gregorio Sorgi - Politico) The EU executive wants to cut Chinese firms out of lucrative EU public contracts at home and abroad by overhauling...

Trump’s world order hangs over Europe on eve of key defence conference

(Frank Gardner - BBC) It is one year since US Vice-President JD Vance delivered a bombshell speech at the Munich Security Conference, castigating Europe...

Trump threatens to block opening of US-Canada bridge

(Nardine Saad - BBC) President Donald Trump has threatened to block the opening of a bridge connecting the US and Canada until Washington is...

DR Congo: UN vows orderly peacekeeping transition as South Africa withdraws troops

(UN News) South Africa has moved to withdraw its peacekeepers deployed at the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the...

Iran Update, February 9, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) US-Iran Negotiations: Some Iranian regime elements are signaling that Iran may offer relatively insignificant, nuclear-only concessions, but only if...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 9, 2026

(Institute for the Study of War) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explicitly blamed the United States on February 9 for the lack of progress in...

Sguardi (UK; Sweden; Thailand)

(nostra traduzione da GZero) I giorni di Starmer sono contati? Nel luglio 2024, il primo ministro Keir Starmer ha vinto le elezioni nel Regno Unito con...

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