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Did the US just ditch Ukraine?
As world leaders, chief diplomats, and defence leaders alike board their private jets to Munich today, just know that their teams are re-writing every briefing note and messaging strategy in the wake of Washington’s mic drop only hours ago. Here’s what happened. Speaking first from Brussels at the UK-chaired Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting, the […]
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The Israel-Hamas ceasefire wobbles
It’s been three weeks since Israel and Hamas signed a deal that put a tentative end to their ~16 months of devastating conflict. The pact ramped up the flow of aid into the strip and enabled the return of an initial 16 Israeli hostages held by Hamas and more than 730 Palestinian prisoners in Israel. […]
Trump’s latest tariffs, from four cities
Brave that deja vu, because Donald Trump has now signed another executive order imposing 25% levies on all aluminium and steel imports, effective 12 March. So to make tariffs seem not-boring, let’s take a quick musical tour of four capitals… Notwithstanding the buzz or shock, these US tariffs aren’t new. The president imposed broadly similar levies back during Trump 1.0, before […]
Paris AI Summit hangs in the balance
Shrugging off some winter showers, France’s Emmanuel Macron (co-hosting with India’s Narendra Modi) has rolled out the red carpet for heads of state, executives (hi Jamie Dimon), and AI power players at the latest AI Action Summit, which wraps today (Tuesday). And a quick glance at the headlines might suggest that oh, Macron is announcing $110B in […]
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