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France and the UK ready to lead Hormuz coalition

Middle East TA | AP Insight - April 17, 2026.

The leaders of France and the U.K. on Friday welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open, but...

Istanbul does not need to be Dubai; being Istanbul is enough

Turkey Emre Alkin - April 18, 2026.

Last week, we witnessed lively – at times shallow – debates about whether Istanbul and Turkey’s major cities could attract the capital fleeing Middle East...

UK’s Mandelson affair exposes risk of politicising diplomacy

UK Harvey Morris - April 22, 2026.

Career diplomats watching the latest instalment of the Peter Mandelson drama unfold in the British parliament this week might be forgiven for concluding that the...

Bigger defense budgets are not enough to secure Europe

EU Paolo Surico - April 30, 2026.

After years of underinvestment, Europe is finally beginning to increase defense spending. Few have put the stakes more bluntly than former NATO Secretary-General George Robertson, who...

Europe watches as Trump and Xi thrash out their interests

Politics Ferry Biedermann - May 7, 2026.

One of the more puzzling aspects of the upcoming meeting between China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump is why it is taking...

The war in Ukraine is turning European industry into a military factory

EU Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - May 10, 2026.

Europe is no longer trying to build the army of the future; it is trying to build an army that can survive the war of...

France moves aircraft carrier group toward Strait of Hormuz

Middle East TA | AP Insight - May 6, 2026.

France’s aircraft carrier strike group is moving south of the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea in preparation for a potential French-British mission in...

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