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Open a book of maps and look for the “Indo-Pacific” region – it likely won’t be there.

When the CDU/CSU and the SPD sealed their coalition agreement to form the next German government, the would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz proudly announced: “Germany is back on track”. Against a backdrop of considerable geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges, the partners wanted to send clear signal not only to the German public,…

Pro-EU Romania is facing a possible foreign policy shift, with a far-right leader -- and fan of US President Donald Trump -- topping the first round of a tense election rerun and now up against a centrist mayor for president.

Formal diplomatic meetings are still significant in today’s world, but a new approach is quietly shaping international affairs. This method, often unnoticed by the public, involves informal communication channels, intelligence-based analysis, and indirect negotiations. Governments use these tools to pursue foreign policy objectives more flexibly and with less political risk.

From the Great White North to Down Under and beyond, Trump's chaos is an unexpected boon for normie democracy

Trump's new imperialism makes neither economic nor geopolitical sense.

Trump administration officials have repeatedly claimed that judges who order the administration to take action to bring deported Venezuelans back from the El Salvador prison where the U.S. sent them are meddling in the conduct of foreign policy.

Motivated by grievances against allies and foes, US president is ‘tearing down’ the modern global order, analysts say.

Trump has cut off Ukraine aid, brokered and lost a ceasefire in Gaza and took a sledgehammer to world commerce