Donald Trump wants to stop Britain returning some islands in the Indian Ocean to its former colony of Mauritius. Does this mean he’s about to bomb Iran? Starmer’s Indian Ocean headache Trump gave Keir Starmer a fresh headache yesterday when he warned that... See more
As Peru loses its seventh president in 10 years, Washington is getting anxious about Lima’s burgeoning relationship with Beijing. Peru loses another president Yesterday’s vote in Peru’s congress to remove interim president José Jerí from office after just... See more
Before the Ukraine war, Europe relied on Russia for much of its energy. Now it’s becoming dependent on the United States instead. Europe’s new energy trap Moments after the leading lights of Europe’s political and security establishment leapt to their fee... See more
As armed conflicts proliferate across Africa, the African Union seems ineffective and at risk of losing its legitimacy. But there are good ideas for how to improve it. A common foreign policy for Africa? The African Union (AU) ended its annual leaders’ me... See more
Most of the European defence and foreign policy elites meeting at the Munich Security Conference agree that the United States has taken a wrecking ball to the old “rules-based, international order”. But they have yet to work out just what Europe ought to ... See more
