The tariff war launched by US President Donald Trump has entered a phony war stage. But the next six months will reveal the ...

The plan for an advanced missile defence shield over the US offers no guarantee of success and risks undermining global ...

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now into its third year, has confounded many assumptions – both in Moscow and in the West – about the effectiveness of Russian military capabilities, ...

Israel appears to be planning to expand its operations to take military control of the whole Gaza Strip. Recognition of ...

South Africa’s president avoided calamity by calling on his diverse delegation. That lesson should be taken forward into ...

Nine years after the Brexit vote, a new UK–EU deal promises smoother trade and deeper cooperation – but is it the end of the Brexit saga or just another chapter? Bronwen Maddox digs into what the deal ...

Post-PKK Kurdish politics can be transformative because resolution of the Kurdish issue requires a reimagination of Turkish ...

Unresolved questions on pathogen sharing and vaccine access have effectively placed the agreement in limbo. And ratification ...

Kikli, an armed group commander, has triggered internal conflicts over power and influence, shattering the relative calm that ...

Saudi Arabia is tying respect for Syrian sovereignty into prospects for normalized relations with Israel – and claiming US ...

Although Friedrich Merz has big ambitions for Germany’s international role, significant domestic pressures remain and will constrain his government’s room for manoeuvre.