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As King Charles ended his four day visit to United States on April 30 aimed at consolidating the “250-year special relationship” of the United States and the United Kingdom, independent presidential candidate Diane Sare commented that the reception he had received at the White House and the Congress, as well as the media comments, indicated “how few Americans have any […]

Donald Trump’s campaign commitments not to engage in forever wars, and to help put an end to long-standing international conflicts have been irreparably broken, at the latest since the outbreak of the illegal U.S.-Israel war against Iran. As if to underline his disregard for international law, not to mention his disconnect from reality, Trump asserted gleefully on May 1, that […]

In line with helping countries of the Global South, China began implementing on May 1 a “comprehensive zero-tariff regime” on all imports from all African countries, minus Eswatini, which still has diplomatic relations with Taiwan, not with China, regardless of their size, politics, or economic circumstances. The significance of this policy, as emphasized by Global Times in an editorial and […]

Amid the fast-changing news arriving every day, it is useful to take a step back and reflect on the bigger strategic picture in the world. What emerges is that the world order that has prevailed since the end of the Cold War, at the latest, is undeniably finished. We have extensively covered various aspects of that breakdown in our newsletter, […]

The Schiller Institute is holding an in-person international conference on May 30-31 in Berlin, Germany, to take up the theme of How the End of 500 Years of Colonialism Will Benefit the Entire World. Such an event, the Schiller Institute points out, is urgent given the unprecedented upheavals in the world. “Not only have the nations of the Global South […]

On April 27, British King Charles III and Queen Camilla began a four-day state visit to the United States, in order to celebrate, according to Buckingham Palace, “the historic connections and the modern bilateral relationship” between Britain and the United States. Coming in the year of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution that severed those connections to the Empire […]

Now that the defeated Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán dropped its veto of the EU proposal, the way is open for the €90 billion “loan” to Kyiv from the European Union. The money is to be borrowed on capital markets, under a guarantee from EU member states. The breakdown of the guarantee will follow the usual procedure based on their share […]

Following the defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on April 12, the Ukrainian authorities announced nine short days later that the Druzhba pipeline transporting Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia has just been re-opened. The Zelenskyy government had sworn for almost three months that it was simply a physical impossibility to transit the oil, due to the damage to […]

A new military strategy for the German armed forces has now been adopted, most of which remains secret. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, however, did unveil some of its contents in a statement to the public and parliament on April 22. To make a long story short, since Russia represents an acute military threat to Germany, he said, the Bundeswehr must […]

While mainstream media were focused on Donald Trump’s attacks against the Pope, Leo XIV’s trip to Africa (April 13-23) was an exemplary exercise of leadership in a world where adult leaders are all too few. In a press conference on the plane taking him back to Rome on April 23, Leo provided a lesson to governments on statecraft, as he […]