Participants at the London summit for Ukraine on March 2 tried to put on a brave face even as multiple dilemmas confronted the Europeans.

LONDON — Keir Starmer spent years in opposition studying the electoral victories of two center-left politicians cast in a similar mold to himself. Outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Germany and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia were seen by the Labour Party’s top strategists as kindred spirits to Starmer.

Outgoing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was relegated to the third row. Military power is the name of the game now.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been invited to London for a major defence summit, along with other key European leaders, the German government said on Friday. The outgoing chancellor will visit the UK's capital on Sunday as part of a meeting between European,