EU-US Cooperation on China and Taiwan
The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia…
Europe
Playing political footsie with Trump 2.0 won’t cut it for Europe. It’s time to get tough
The world must prepare for a US president who will be even more chaotic and less open to diplomacy and compromise than before Sucking…
Turkish, US defense chiefs discuss Syria, regional security
Yasar Guler, Lloyd Austin also discuss bilateral issues, according to Türkiye’s National Defense Ministry Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler and US Defense Secretary Lloyd…
Fall of Damascus sidelines Russia and brings Turkey to the fore
As Moscow’s top diplomat reeled in Doha, his Turkish counterpart appeared to know he had the upper hand As celebratory gunfire was heard across…
Trump is unlikely to change direction for Ukraine
Donald Trump on the sidelines in France where he attended the re-opening of a change of direction of U.S. involvement in helping NATO and…
I’ve never been keen on turkey. Now my aversion is approaching outright loathing
The Christmas bird has now been financially weaponised I’m calling this column “Turkey, Revisited”, after “Toads, Revisited” by Philip Larkin, a poet who was…
The Syrian National Army: Rebels, thugs or Turkish proxies?
The umbrella group – closely tied with Ankara and accused of abuses against Kurds – has played a pivotal role in the rebel offensive…
As Assad’s power crumbles, Turkey, Iran and Russia disagree on way forward for Syria
Foreign powers urge opposition groups to end fighting and preserve single, united country at talks in Qatar The three key external national actors in…
After Trump was late, Zelenskyy-Macron trilateral was all smiles and handshakes
In Trump’s first trip abroad after the election, he arrived late to meet with Macron and gave the French president a characteristically intense greeting….
The Qatargate Files:Hundreds of leaked documents reveal scale of EU corruption scandal
Evidence from the European Parliament’s graft investigation provides a record of more than 300 alleged attempts to manipulate EU democracy. Call them the Qatargate…