Ukraine

The New Middle East: A Region In Flux

Middle East conflicts evolve as U.S. policies, regional power shifts, and external influence reshape global stability.

Four Years and Counting: This is Not Trump’s World

Trump's 2025 return reshapes global trade, foreign policy, and alliances, but world leaders resist his disruptive agenda.

A Line in the Sand? Saudi Hosts Putin-Trump Showdown

Trump and Putin plan Saudi talks on Ukraine war; Kyiv's role uncertain, raising concerns over the legitimacy of any peace deal.

Mass Protests in Slovakia: Fico’s Friends in the Kremlin

Mass protests erupt in Slovakia as PM Robert Fico's pro-Moscow stance sparks nationwide outrage and EU tensions escalate.

Talking Diplomacy at a Time of War

As the war in Ukraine drags on with the third anniversary looming this month, H.E. Dmytro Senik and I discuss Ukraine's relationship with the UAE, the GCC, and the Russia-Iran axis.

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Anti-Bardella Performative Resistance Falls Short

Culinary protests splatter and legal verdicts land; Jordan Bardella rides economic fatigue to dismantle the cordon sanitaire shielding the French presidency.

Meloni in Manama: The Sakhir Declaration and Gulf Security

Missiles over Doha have turned the Sakhir Declaration from standard diplomacy into a survival blueprint, pushing the Gulf toward self-reliance and Europe ties.

The Rome-Moscow Connection: How Italy and Kyrgyzstan are Keeping Russian Trade Alive

While Europe builds a wall of sanctions against Russia, Italy has found a backdoor, shipping goods through the mountains to Kyrgyzstan.

EU-US Trade Talks: Price of Sovereignty on the Factory Floor

Brussels rejects trading digital sovereignty for tariff relief, leaving European steel workers to bear the heavy cost of a deepening transatlantic deadlock.

The Pope’s Turkey Visit: Eastern Mediterranean as Christianity’s Foundation

Pope Leo XIV's first papal journey to Turkey from 27-30 November 2025 placed the eastern Mediterranean once again at the centre of Catholic imagination, inviting Europe to reconsider how geography shaped its tradition.