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Relations between Italy and the Trump administration have soured after the U.S. faced pushback on military operations, with both leaders trading barbs publicly and privately.
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Yesterday marked ten years since the Brexit vote, which triggered political chaos in the UK and beyond, leading to instability across western democracies and government changes.
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In a pivotal by-election, Andy Burnham has reclaimed a seat for Labour, potentially shifting the political landscape in the UK, as unease grows over Keir Starmer's leadership.
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Jordan Bardella, the man who will more likely than not be the next President of France, made headlines this week when he criticised President Donald Trump for being “erratic…
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For years, European Union federalists have hoped that one particular project would take flight: A Franco-German jet fighter.
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For the first time in decades, the threat of rationing has returned to Europe.
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When President Donald Trump returned to power, the overwhelming reaction from European leadership was that they would need to grit their teeth for four years.
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The West’s populist wave has now lasted for over ten years. In that length of time, it has brought a sea of new faces to power, or to the cusp of it.
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Although counting is continuing across the United Kingdom, the outcome of yesterday’s local elections is clear: Nigel Farage’s populist Reform Party has triumphed.
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is a man who knows what to say to grab headlines.
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Nuclear weapons are treated by the governments that have them as a useful tool. Obtaining a nuclear weapon enters you into a rare club where you are Taken Seriously.
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When a party loses an election, they usually seek to determine what went wrong, almost inevitably coming up with two solutions for the next one: Back off or double down.
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Tomorrow, Tuesday, American Vice President JD Vance will be travelling to Budapest for two days.
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The Iran War has now entered its second month.
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There is a war going on, oil prices are rushing up and down, and elections are being held.
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Last year, American Compass founder Oren Cass was being interviewed by The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart.
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On the surface, it would seem that Europe’s establishmentarians are finally waking up.
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“What’s next?” That’s the question on everyone’s minds across the West.
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Much has been written about the Munich Security Conference, particularly Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s speech.
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The Liberal Democratic Party of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had a resounding victory in her country’s elections over the past weekend.
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Since 1972, the United States has always had some sort of ongoing bilateral nuclear treaty with the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Russian Federation.
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Europe is back. At least, that’s the message Europeans brought to Davos.
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Europe’s leadership, particularly western and north-central Europeans, made two arguments when faced with President Donald Trump’s move to annex Greenland: That, whatever…
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The Trump administration’s National Security Strategy, released last December, was chock-full of terms and phrases which made waves across the world.
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Based on recent statements from European leaders, you could be forgiven for forgetting that the United States just captured the incumbent leader of Venezuela.
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Last week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz declared the West was over. “What we once called the normative West no longer exists in this form,” he explained.
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Europe’s push to rearm has run into a series of snags.
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Last month, Nuremberg, a film about the Nazi war crime trials, was released to critical acclaim.
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If you’ve been on X over the past few days, and your algorithm is as politics-filled as mine, you may have seen an old video being passed around.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has had a brutal few weeks.