The German Embassy in Colombo has sought to clarify Germany’s political situation following news of a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the regional state election in Saxony-Anhalt, stressing
If there were an award for Most Unfulfilled Personal Wish of the Year, Donald Trump would be the runaway winner. His desire to receive the Nobel Peace Prize has been so overt –
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Two quotes, separated by four years, show how profoundly global politics has shifted. The first reads: “The United States of America shall undertake to prevent further eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty
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If there was a single theme tying American foreign policy together in 2025, it would be a decisive shift away from the rhetoric of ‘global leadership’ toward an unapologetic assertion of privilege within
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A state visit by the Russian president to India is always a significant event, given the size of the two countries and their influence on the world stage. However, Vladimir Putin’s trip
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As expected, Tuesday’s five-hour meeting in the Kremlin produced no breakthrough. Moscow made it clear it will not compromise on its demand that Ukrainian forces withdraw from the remaining parts of Donbass
More The student radicals of Paris in 1968 used to chant: “Be realistic – demand the impossible.” It was a clever slogan for a moment of revolution. But what happens when revolution is not an
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Another G20 summit convenes this week in Johannesburg, but the mood surrounding it says more than the agenda ever will. The forum was born not out of ideology but necessity. Its creation
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Donald Trump is not, by instinct, a president who seeks war. But he is a president who believes deeply in projecting strength. And in the US, strength is almost always performed on
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A year has passed since November 2024, when Donald Trump won the US presidential election for the second time. And it makes more sense to start the clock there, rather than on
More US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would only meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin once the terms of a potential deal were clear. Moscow agrees that such a meeting
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