European firms flee Cuba as US sanctions deadline bites
A wave of departures and suspended operations in recent weeks suggested the warning had worked.
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US rejects UN migration declaration, denouncing replacement immigration across the West
The Trump Administration did not take part in the second International Migration Review Forum, held at UN headquarters in New York.
Austria says refused US requests for military overflights
Austria has rejected US requests for military overflights of its territory since the start of the conflict in the Middle East in line with its policy of neutrality,…
What if America ‘loses’ the Iran war?
The fact that the joint US-Israeli attack on Iran has not gone to plan is by now patently obvious – most clearly in President Trump’s insistent pleas with European…
No more Obama-Biden timidity, it is time for America to assert itself again
It’s commonly said that generals always fight the last war.
US tradition of respecting European leaders in danger of being squandered
Some readers will recall that last week I posed the question of what sort of an alliance the British government might think it had with United States after denying…
US diplomatic decline and the lost European mind
Donald Trump and his administration have a problem: As I have outlined elsewhere, I think that the United States is pursuing a strategic foreign policy – often…
Rubio: A distinguished and effective diplomatic chief
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s address to the Munich Security Conference last week has ricocheted around Europe and the world as a stirring and conciliatory…
US flags alleged China-linked NGOs amid growing influence battle with Beijing
The US State Department has transmitted a report to Congress alleging that several US-based non-profit organisations may be linked, directly or indirectly, to Chinese…
US leaves 66 ‘anti-American, useless, or wasteful international organisations’
In a sweeping move, the United States has formally withdrawn from 66 international organisations deemed "wasteful, ineffective or harmful" by the US President Donald…
America’s policy of ‘containing’ China is on the brink
The scenario that Brussels Signal warned about half a year ago in this very column seems to be coming to pass, with Pentagon leaks suggesting that an epochal shift…
Europe still has the power of… what, exactly?
President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course earlier this month when he decided to send Patriot missiles, along with other possibly offensive weaponry, to Ukraine,…
EU smears US with ‘isolationism’ but it forces Europe to do more
Ever since Donald Trump arrived on the world stage, liberal internationalists have thrown one particular insult his way: “Isolationist!
Understanding Trump: a new doctrine for foreign policy without nuisance
For over a hundred days, every pundit and columnist has tried to decipher Donald Trump’s foreign policy strategy.
Security without deterrence
As the geometry of international relations alters under the shockwaves emanating from the White House, old assumptions about alliances begin to fray.
Would Trump defend Taiwan?
President Trump’s tariff bombshell is more than simply a historic economic decision with geopolitical consequences on the side, as second-order effects.
America’s Hemispheric Turn?
Donald Trump’s real foreign policy vision in his second term remains an intriguing puzzle.
US foreign policy? You have to wonder if America is even trying
Ah, the United States and foreign policy—a tale as old as time, or at least as old as Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points.
It’s too early to jump to conclusions about US foreign policy
The advent of Donald Trump’s second presidency has brought a considerable level of disruption to US foreign policy in a very short space of time.
US VP Vance pours cold water on idea of stationing nuclear weapons in Poland
US Vice President JD Vance has said he would be “shocked” if US President Donald Trump decided to deploy nuclear weapons in Central and Eastern Europe but later…
US Secretary of State Rubio snubs EU foreign policy chief Kallas
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has cancelled a planned meeting with the European Union's High Representative Kaja Kallas, leaving her to scramble for talks with…
Congress and the ‘Trump supremacy’
In Western-style democracies, most new – or returning – heads of government enjoy a “political honeymoon” upon taking office.
US reasserting their role as the primary superpower with breathtaking speed
As I have written elsewhere, I have always been suspicious of the idea of an emerging multipolar world order.
Imperialism not a replacement for good governance, it is its consequence
In this third and final part of our series on neo-Imperialism I would like to start with the most important observation: Successful and lasting imperialism is a…
Dominion: Trump’s new grand strategy?
With Donald Trump only days away from being sworn into what will likely be the most “imperial” of US presidencies since Franklin D.
Is it time for Neo-Imperialism?
Imperialism is making a comeback, which is why I decided to turn this column into a three-part series to put forward my argument as to why that is the case.
Political polarisation and US foreign policy
As the United States begins to emerge from a critical election, the weight of domestic polarisation is more than a national issue: it is a force with profound implications…
Peace requires strength, but also diplomacy
When Ronald Reagan ran for president of the United States in 1980, he put “peace through strength” at the heart of his foreign policy vision.
The US unmatched in military force, but has no strategy
The two most important elements a state needs to have at its disposal in the international arena are first, a strategy, and second, the capabilities to execute said…
By the slimmest of margins, the US system has worked again
All of Europe that is not dominated by the Kremlin should rejoice in the passage of the long-delayed bill of assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in Washington…