Trade policy is set to become one of the key tools of Ursula von der Leyen’s “union that strives for more”. But securing support from […]
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The U.S.-Australia Alliance: What to Know
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison heads to Washington this month for a state visit. The trip will highlight his warm ties with President Donald J. Trump and bring attention to an increasingly important alliance as Washington and Beijing compete for influence in the Indo-Pacific. What’s on the agenda? Set to take place September 20, the […]
Brazil and US strengthen ties, free trade in the pipeline
Mike Pompeo and Ernesto Araujo Relations between the United States and Brazil appeared to be at an all-time high after Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo described the level of engagement between both countries as “without precedent.” And his US counterpart, Mike Pompeo , complimented the administration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for supporting Israel and […]
The problem at the core of progressive foreign policy
Editor’s Note: Democratic presidential candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have ambitious plans but seem unwilling to make the trade-offs they would require, argues Thomas Wright. This piece originally appeared in The Atlantic . In 2016, Donald Trump took on and defeated the Republican foreign-policy establishment. Some progressives wonder if they may be […]
New head of EU mission in Taipei eager to start work
A screenshot of the video post taken from EETO’s Facebook page. Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) Filip Grzegorzewski, the new head of the European Union mission in Taipei, said in a Facebook video Friday that he was eager to start working to promote ties between the two sides. Grzegorzewski, 43, who speaks fluent Mandarin, French and […]
The identity of a UK-Australian academic being held in a notorious Iranian jail has been revealed
Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a lecturer at the University of Melbourne, is being held in an Iranian prison. Moore-Gilbert family A British Australian woman detained in Iran for several months has been identified as Kylie Moore-Gilbert. Moore-Gilbert is a lecturer in Middle Eastern politics at the University of Melbourne. Travel-blogging Australian couple Mark Firkin and Jolie King […]
Brain trauma suffered by U.S. diplomats abroad could be work of hostile foreign government
Are U.S. diplomats being targeted abroad? CBSN Live Are U.S. diplomats being targeted abroad? 17m ago 14:13 buttons/button-playertray-rightbuttons/button-playertray-right In 2016 and 2017, 25 Americans, including CIA agents, who worked in the U.S. Embassy in Cuba suffered serious brain injuries causing impaired vision and memory loss among other persistent problems. Now we have learned that at […]
Justin Trudeau Needs a History Lesson
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain On August 23rd the Canadian Prime Minister’s office issued a statement to remember the so-called “black ribbon day,” a bogus holiday established in 2008-2009 by the European Parliament to commemorate the victims of fascist and communist “totalitarianism” and the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop non-aggression pact in 1939. Various centre-right political […]
The faces of the next College of Commissioners?
Ursula von der Leyen ’s future College of Commissioners is beginning to shape form as all but two – Italy and the UK – of the European Union’s 28 members have nominated candidates for the EU Executive. Von der Leyen has begun interviewing her future Commissioners and has signalled that this process will not be […]
Iran-Russia relations are at their highest over decades, says top diplomat
MOSCOW, September 2. /TASS/. Relations between Iran and Russia are at their highest over the past decades, visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said on Monday after talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “Relations between Russia and Iran are at the highest level over the past decades,” he said at a news conference. […]
India dismisses Imran Khan’s opinion piece on Kashmir
Brussels: “Didn’t have the time to read it,” is how Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar dismissed the vitriolic opinion piece written by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in the New York Times where he has threatened the world with the spectre of a nuclear war over Kashmir. In an interview with Politico in Brussels, […]