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Europe caught between NATO obligations and US expectations

Politics Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 19, 2026.

At a meeting of defence ministers from all 32 NATO allies in Brussels on 18 June, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a six-month review...

Ahead of the NATO Summit, the Pentagon is tightening its stance towards European allies

Politics TA | AP Insight - June 18, 2026.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashed out at NATO allies on Thursday, announcing a six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe whose outcome will...

US midterms and the global right-wing drift

Politics Ferry Biedermann - June 18, 2026.

European leaders, just told by the American president who’s the boss at the G7 summit in Evian, must be hoping that Donald Trump’s wings will...

Swiss voters reject right-wing's bid to cap population at 10 million

Politics TA | AP Insight - June 14, 2026.

Nearly 55% of voters in Switzerland on Sunday rejected an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country’s population at...

What is Nigeria’s strategic cost of aligning with France?

Politics Adekeye Adebajo - June 8, 2026.

At first glance, Nigeria and France make for an unlikely pair. Nigeria, after all, is the “giant of Africa,” whose vast potential has too often...

US travel ban leaves South Sudan even more alone in facing myriad challenges

Politics Sharmila Devi - June 5, 2026.

A US travel ban on people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan imposed after an Ebola outbreak in the...

Partners, not protectorates - What will future American alliances look like?

Politics Richard Haass - June 3, 2026.

US President Donald Trump’s second administration has been clear from the outset that it would recast American foreign policy in fundamental ways. Its National Security Strategy,...

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