Two weeks after Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcement shook global markets, he has now offered most countries a 90-day reprieve—while simultaneously escalating trade tensions with China by imposing harsher penalties.

Ethiopia and Eritrea are playing a dangerous game of chess; Tigray lies right in the centre of the board. The relationship between the two nations has deteriorated over the past

Ever since Giorgia Meloni was elected prime minister of Italy in 2022, other European leaders have struggled to place her politically. Concerns about a post-fascist coming to power have largely

Shortly after Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the UN General Assembly convened to deplore Moscow’s aggression and demand it withdraw from Ukrainian territory. Twenty-eight African countries voted in

South Africa broadly aligns with Europe on democratic principles—but its deep ties to Russia and China, and role in BRICS-led initiatives, are straining relations with the West. Pretoria champions a

Throughout Europe, US president Donald Trump is seen as a chaos-monger with a reverse Midas touch: everything he touches ends up worse than he found it. Yet despite his anachronistic

President Donald Trump has long hated the European Union. He hates it because it has a big trade surplus with America, because its size and economic power make it a

Summary China’s strategic approach to its industrial policy—particularly its trade surplus and dominance in clean technologies—is a growing risk to Europe’s competitiveness and economic security. Like many other European states,

Problem On April 13th, two Russian ballistic missiles struck Sumy in northern Ukraine, killing 35 people and injuring 117. This attack, the deadliest in Ukraine so far this year, came

At this year’s Munich Security Conference, US vice president J.D. Vance asserted that Europe faces more threats from within than it does threats from China and Russia. He was correct,

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Recent talks between the US and Russia are making Europeans anxious. While there is a chance that the discussions could bring Russia’s war in Ukraine to a state of quiescence,