The effects are often unexpected

In a fracturing world, trade and co-operation will come first

His antics are causing headaches for Giorgia Meloni and Marine Le Pen

A revealing new history of the cold-war crisis that inspired modern refugee law

The shutdown of VOA, RFE/RL and other broadcasters weakens America and supporters of democracy

Will America’s president damage the world’s most powerful intelligence pact?

Only with something inferior to Elon Musk’s offering

Foreign-policy realists will struggle to explain America’s sharp turn

Poland wants co-operation with France on a nuclear deterrent. That could take many forms

The alliance has three to four years to adopt AI and new tech

How criminal innovators are mastering synthetic drugs, AI, the dark web and drones

Donald Trump’s resentful, show-me-the-money approach to statecraft is catching on

No, Donald Trump’s Putin-wooing is not like Nixon going to China

An independent army, air force and nuclear bomb would come at a high price

The country has long relied on America for security and China for its prosperity. Those two pillars are wobbling

How Donald Trump’s about-turn in Europe will affect Asia

Europe has been left scrambling after an attack on the partnership that kept the peace for nearly 80 years

Seventy countries have recently backed “all Chinese efforts” to take the island

China is weaponising its supply chains, but risks blowback if it goes too far