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NATO sees Keir Starmer’s entrance on world stage

NATO sees Keir Starmer’s entrance on world stage

New U.K. prime minister will deliver a message of continuity on Ukraine and pledge support for the alliance.

July 8, 2024 11:32 pm CET
Viktor Orbán appoints himself president of Europe. Deal with it.
Zelenskyy rubbishes Orbán’s global ‘peace mission’
China and Belarus hold joint drills near Polish border ahead of NATO summit
Ukraine strikes security deal with Poland
Kremlin mopes over French election results
The magnificent mind of Emmanuel Macron
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Russia bombs children’s hospital as missiles kill dozens across Ukraine

Putin’s forces deliberately targeted kids, Kyiv officials said.

July 8, 2024 11:39 am CET

Ukrainian drones blew up a large ammo depot in Russia

Ukraine takes credit for ‘massive’ detonation deep inside Russian territory.

July 8, 2024 10:43 am CET

Orbán arrives in China after Putin meeting

After causing a diplomatic storm with his surprise visit to Moscow, Hungary’s PM has now gone to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping.

July 8, 2024 8:21 am CET

NATO’s in denial about deterrence by denial

Taking the necessary steps to fully operationalize deterrence by denial is critical — especially before a possible change in America’s relationship with NATO.

July 8, 2024 4:00 am CET

NATO needs to look toward Pacific because of current realities, Jens Stoltenberg says

“China is the main enabler of Russia’s war aggression against Ukraine,” he said.

July 7, 2024 8:31 pm CET

American allies fear Biden is finished and can’t beat Trump

“We’re not sure that, even if he wins, he can survive four years more,” said one official from a European NATO country.

July 7, 2024 12:29 pm CET

Secret meetings, private threats and a massive arms race: How the world is preparing for Trump

In 2016, no one in the world was ready for President Trump. America’s NATO allies aren’t making the same mistake this time.

July 7, 2024 11:31 am CET

Labour’s top policy priorities

A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.

July 6, 2024 3:40 pm CET

Dutch, Spanish far-right parties to join Orbán’s Patriots for Europe

Hungarian leader needs only one more national party for his right-wing alliance to qualify as an official grouping in the European Parliament.

July 6, 2024 11:39 am CET

Slovakia’s Fico laments not visiting Putin with Orbán

While blasting progressive ideology as “poison” and “cancer,” Slovak leader honors Slavic cultural forebears, in first public outing since attack.

July 6, 2024 9:47 am CET

Russian troops push back Ukraine’s underequipped soldiers

Despite recently announced security deals and aid packages Ukrainian troops are still struggling to stop Russian frontline push.

July 5, 2024 6:38 pm CET

NATO’s Stoltenberg rules out Ukraine land-for-peace deal

While Trump advisers mull pushing Ukraine to give up land for peace, the alliance chief pointed at Russia’s refusal to abide by previous cease-fire pledges.

July 5, 2024 4:31 pm CET
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Orbán unites Europe — against him

Hungarian PM’s Moscow trip triggered a tidal wave of condemnation from his fellow leaders.

July 5, 2024 4:26 pm CET

With Brussels fuming, Putin welcomes Orbán as EU leader

“I am at your disposal,” Russian president says, as European leaders castigate Hungarian prime minister.

July 5, 2024 4:14 pm CET

Orbán shakes hands with Putin in Moscow amid EU uproar

The Hungarian PM’s “peace mission” has sparked condemnation from European leaders.

July 5, 2024 1:07 pm CET

Who is Keir Starmer? Britain’s new prime minister is complex, unknowable, aggrieved

Starmer could be a great reforming Labour PM. Or he could be, as his thwarted enemies call him, a Tory in red.

July 5, 2024 6:04 am CET

Surging Le Pen threatens Macron’s European defense dreams

The far-right National Rally remains Euroskeptic and suspicious of NATO despite recent toned-down rhetoric.

July 5, 2024 6:00 am CET

Europe has avoided the nuke question for decades. No longer

America has protected Europe with is nuclear umbrella for more than 70 years. In the era of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, the continent is quietly debating a different nuclear future.

July 5, 2024 6:00 am CET
From Across the Pond

How Trump Republicans really feel about NATO

Like much the state of American politics itself, support for the alliance — though solid overall — is becoming increasingly polarized.

July 5, 2024 4:00 am CET

Hungary’s Orbán to meet Putin in Moscow, days after Kyiv visit

Multiple European leaders slam Hungary’s Russia-sympathizing PM for talking to Moscow without a mandate.

July 4, 2024 10:01 pm CET

Ukraine envoy to NATO: Firm up membership offer

“We are not asking for something extraordinary,” Ambassador Nataliia Galibarenko tells POLITICO.

July 4, 2024 4:26 pm CET

Macron loses clout to European free traders as he does battle at home

As Emmanuel Macron faces another election defeat, France’s hold over EU trade policy is about to loosen. Some EU countries sense an opportunity.

July 4, 2024 1:04 pm CET

Tucker Carlson vs. Zelenskyy: Kyiv says no interview agreed

Ukraine laughs off pundit’s claim that he is close to securing a chat with the president.

July 4, 2024 12:47 pm CET

Ukraine ‘bridge’ to NATO could be dangerous, experts warn

Some foreign policy experts want Ukraine to move closer to joining the alliance, while others say it would rupture the military bloc.

July 4, 2024 1:55 am CET
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