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On the slow road to peace in Ukraine
Wolfgang Ischinger is a former German ambassador to the U.S. and the U.K. He is president of the Munich Security Conference Foundation, and chaired the Munich Security Conference from 2008 to 2022. He...
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President Donald Trump said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a “lengthy and highly productive phone call” on Wednesday morning in which they agreed to work together “very closely” on a...
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Trump and Putin stun Europe with peace plan for Ukraine
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Labour tried to ignore Nigel Farage. It didn’t work
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Trump’s uphill battle to make NATO allies hit his mega defense spending target
Donald Trump lobbed a financial hand grenade into NATO, and now the alliance’s members are scrambling to figure out how to respond. NATO spent a decade trying to reach its target of spending at least...
View ArticleNATO ministers plead for Ukraine to be involved in Trump-Putin peace talks
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View ArticleRussia hammers Ukraine with huge drone attack hours after Putin-Trump call
Russia attacked Ukraine with 140 drones overnight, shortly after Wednesday evening’s call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. “On the night of February 13, 2025 the...
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán scoffed at EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday, describing her recent statement in support of Ukraine as “sad” and “worthless.” “This declaration is...
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Ukraine’s Brit allies cry ‘appeasement’ as Trump talks to Putin
LONDON — British lawmakers drew chilling historical parallels Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump signaled that he’s ready to do a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in...
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Trump kept Germany’s Scholz in the dark about his Ukraine peace plan
BERLIN — U.S. President Donald Trump appears not to have told Chancellor Olaf Scholz about his impending bombshell peace plan for Ukraine, despite Germany’s crucial role in supplying arms and aid to...
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Trump’s Ukraine bombshell puts British support to the test
LONDON — The United Kingdom has positioned itself as one of Ukraine’s staunchest allies from the start. Now a real test of British mettle begins. Keir Starmer made a promise from the beginning of his...
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