Ukraine Supports New Peace Plan but will Putin? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine is ready to advance a U.S.-backed peace framework with Russia but warned that sensitive issues — especially territorial concessions — remain unresolved. U.S. President Donald Trump…
German Economic Hopes after Election Fade Germany entered 2025 with renewed optimism after Friedrich Merz won the chancellorship promising pro-growth reforms and a €500bn fund to rebuild infrastructure and boost defence. Early hopes have faded: Q3 GDP confirms sluggish growth,…
Tensions Rise over Taiwan Comments by Takaichi Japan-China tensions rose after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned a Chinese attack on Taiwan could threaten Japan’s survival, prompting Beijing to urge its citizens to stop visiting Japan. Tokyo dispatched a senior diplomat…
Europe under Threat from Industrial Espoinage Chinese state-backed hackers have carried out a sustained, escalating cyber campaign across Europe from 2020–2025 that goes beyond simple espionage. These operations have targeted vaccine research, government and parliamentary networks, telecom and cloud infrastructure,…
US and India Defense Deal and Long-term Geopolitical Ties India and the U.S. signed a 10-year defense framework emphasizing information-sharing and technology cooperation, signaling a thaw in relations despite recent trade tensions and U.S. tariffs on Indian goods (including penalties…
How can the European Union Navigate the New Geopolitical Realities The new landscape of globalisation’s geoeconomic forces and rising geopolitics have pushed the EU away from a narrow neoliberal, market-first stance toward an emergent “economic statecraft” and more towards the…
US Strategic Goals in Latin America The second Trump presidency has sharply refocused U.S. attention on Latin America, driven by priorities to curb illegal immigration, stop fentanyl and reduce dependence on Chinese goods. Trump’s approach would mix punitive measures (tariffs,…
US-South Korean Long-Term Industrial Cooperation The Gyeongju summit produced a far-reaching, structural deal between the United States and South Korea: Washington approved South Korea building nuclear-powered submarines (SSNs) and negotiated a $350 billion industrial package that embeds South Korean shipbuilding…
US China Trade Truce for One Year After months of brinkmanship, Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping reached a tentative trade truce during an October 30 meeting in South Korea that pauses several imminent US and Chinese trade measures, calms…
Positive Outcome for South Korea and US in Trade Deal South Korea and the U.S. have largely agreed on a trade-investment deal in which South Korea would invest about $20 billion annually (roughly $200 billion total) as part of a…
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