How will Iran respond to the Israeli airstrikes?
President Donald Trump was off the mark when he was asked about the likelihood of an Israeli military strike on…
Is Trump’s unified Republican front fracturing over Russia?
For the most part, President Trump hasn’t had to worry too much about the loyalty of his fellow Republicans on…
Biden has learned nothing from his foreign-policy experience
Historically, ex-presidents spend their golden years on the speaking circuit, writing their memoirs or planning for the inauguration of their…
What will Trump do if the Ukraine peace talks fail?
With the war in Ukraine now in its fourth year, Trump administration officials, including Donald Trump himself, have spent the…
Marco Rubio treads a fine line at NATO
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s trip to NATO headquarters in Brussels couldn’t have been easy for either Rubio or the…
Trump the ‘Peacemaker’ has his work cut out
Joe Biden is out, Donald Trump is in, and ‘the golden age of America has begun.’ Trump’s second inaugural address…
Trump is coming for Europe on defence
Hundreds of millions of Americans will have a new president tomorrow. Depending on where you land on America’s increasingly hyper-partisan…
Jimmy Carter was a master of conflict resolution
On 29 December, former US president Jimmy Carter died peacefully at his ranch house in Plains, Georgia, at the age of…
America is not prepared for Syria after Assad
On Saturday afternoon, US intelligence officials leaked an assessment: the Assad regime, which has ruled Syria for over half a…
Trump is already the diplomat-in-chief
The United States only has one president at a time. Until January 20, that’s Joe Biden. But President-elect Donald Trump…
Would a Secretary Marco Rubio implement Trump’s policies?
What on earth is Donald Trump thinking? That’s what many realists and restrainers inside and out of Washington are asking…
What does Trump’s win mean for America’s allies – and its enemies?
When Donald Trump won his first-ever election in 2016, the world woke up the next morning in a collective state…
Why a Trump win may not rock the boat as much as you think
If you didn’t know any better, you might think the 2024 US presidential election was a make-or-break moment for America…
The endgame: Biden’s quest for a foreign policy legacy
President Joe Biden only has a few more months before he steps out of the White House, hands over the…
Why the Palm Beach assassination attempt is unlikely to affect the 2024 race
Again? That was the immediate reaction I had when the Associated Press bulletin popped up on my phone as I…
President Kamala could spell trouble for Israel – but good news for Ukraine
In the two days since Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid and endorsed vice president Kamala Harris as the Democratic…
The Biden-Trump debacle doesn’t mean America is in decline
There’s no point sugarcoating it: the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was a complete mess. Biden…
Expect tension and clashes at Italy’s G7 summit
Another year, another G7 Leaders’ summit. The confab between the world’s wealthiest democracies has long since become one of those…
The special relationship between Israel and America is faltering
President Biden doesn’t give many sit-down television interviews, but when he does, he tends to make news. This week he…
What Trump gets right about Nato
With the exception of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Slovakia’s Robert Fico, it’s safe to assume that Europe is petrified about the prospects…
What will US air strikes actually achieve?
The 28 January drone strike in Jordan that killed three American soldiers and wounded 40 more necessitated a US military…
How the Houthis can frustrate the West
On Thursday, the United States and the United Kingdom launched two rounds of strikes against 72 Houthi targets in Yemen…
2024 will be a tough foreign policy year for Joe Biden
In the United States, presidential elections are rarely won or lost on foreign policy. Domestic matters like the economy, crime,…
Why 2024 will be tough on Joe Biden
In the United States, presidential elections are rarely won or lost on foreign policy. Domestic matters like the economy, crime,…
Why isn’t Biden being straight with Zelensky?
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington a year ago was a love-fest, characterised by standing ovations from American politicians,…
