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FT: Trump wants 5% NATO defence spending target, Europe told

11:29 25.12.2024

FT: Trump wants 5% NATO defence spending target, Europe told

Donald Trump’s team has told European officials that the incoming US president will demand NATO member states increase defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP, but plans to continue supplying military aid to Ukraine, ‘The Financial Times’ writes. The US president-elect’s closest foreign policy aides shared his intentions in …

Sputnik from Bratislava: Putin and Fico discuss Ukraine, bilateral ties, and gas

13:06 24.12.2024

Sputnik from Bratislava: Putin and Fico discuss Ukraine, bilateral ties, and gas

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that he had discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin the situation in Ukraine and the possibilities for resolving the conflict, as well as relations between Russia and Slovakia, Sputnik reports from Bratislava. "In a long conversation, Vladimir Putin and I exchanged views on the …

View from Oslo: How will the Ukraine War end? (Russia wanted a neutral Ukraine. That was their only real demand)

11:48 24.12.2024

View from Oslo: How will the Ukraine War end? (Russia wanted a neutral Ukraine. That was their only real demand)

This is a deep and objective analysis of the situation around Ukraine, which was conducted by Ola Tunander, research Professor Emeritus, Peace Research Institute, Oslo. To avoid a nuclear war, the Western countries must change their attitude and their perception. They must understand that Russia also has security interests and …

View from Washington: Trump should recognize that Russia will remain a pillar of any future World Order

11:47 24.12.2024

View from Washington: Trump should recognize that Russia will remain a pillar of any future World Order

With the possible exception of China, no issue will figure larger on the foreign-policy agenda of the incoming Trump administration than Russia, writes at ‘The Hill’ Thomas Graham, a distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who was the senior director for Russia on the National Security Council staff …

View from London: Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman

11:44 24.12.2024

View from London: Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman

Turkey and Israel move to take advantage of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, writes ‘The Financial Times’. At a regional level, Erdoğan has a good claim to be one of two strongman leaders that are reshaping the Middle East. His hated rival, Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, is …

British military trend: Nobody wants to serve the Crown in the army

11:40 24.12.2024

British military trend: Nobody wants to serve the Crown in the army

Run, “Baby”, run! Soldiers quit the Armed Forces in their droves despite Labour pay rise, ‘The Telegraph’ notes. Around 15,000 people left the military in the year to October, 7,778 of which were declared “voluntary outflow” - meaning they left the Armed Forces of their own accord. During this period, …

EU deletes ‘Ukraine must win’ mantra

11:18 23.12.2024

EU deletes ‘Ukraine must win’ mantra

EU deletes ‘Ukraine must win’ mantra. The bloc has removed the phrase from a statement, in an apparent posture shift, RT notes. The European Union has reportedly dialed back its stance on the Ukraine conflict, replacing the phrase “Ukraine must win this war” with “Russia must not prevail” in a …

WSJ: White House aides hid Biden’s apparent ‘mental decline’ from Day 1 of his presidency

11:18 23.12.2024

WSJ: White House aides hid Biden’s apparent ‘mental decline’ from Day 1 of his presidency

How the White House functioned with a diminished Biden in charge? Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. The administration denied Biden has declined, writes ‘The Wall Street Journal’. White House aides covered up President Biden’s apparent mental decline …

POLITICO: Europe’s economic Apocalypse

11:17 23.12.2024

POLITICO: Europe’s economic Apocalypse

Europe is running out of time. Stagnation, flagging competitiveness, Donald Trump. The continent is facing "an existential challenge," writes POLITICO. With Donald Trump poised to retake the White House in a few weeks and the continent’s economy in a deepening funk, the bedrock on which the region’s prosperity rests isn’t …

A neverending battle in Washington: Difficulties for Mike. Difficulties for Donald

11:16 23.12.2024

A neverending battle in Washington: Difficulties for Mike. Difficulties for Donald

Powerful political battles continue in the US establishment. ‘The Hill’ writes about the difficult situation in the House of Representatives and the fate of Speaker Johnson. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) averted a government shutdown, but the days-long rollercoaster as the leaders cycled through multiple plans leaves serious questions about how …

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