How did Joe Biden’s foreign policy go so off course?
The president set out to chart a more pacific and humane foreign policy after the Trump years but at some point he and his team of advisers lost the plot.
Anyone who writes about current events knows how cruel
Das Schicksal der Demokratie und der europäischen Zukunft Georgiens steht erneut auf dem Spiel. Die jüngste Wiedereinführung des Gesetzes über ausländische Agenten durch die Regierungspartei Georgian Dream sei ein äußerst besorgniserregender Scheideweg auf dem demokratischen Weg des Landes, schreibt Paata Gaprindashvili.
Paata Gaprindashvili ist Direktorin von Georgia’s Reforms Associates (GRASS) und ehemalige Botschafterin.
Diese vom russischen Recht inspirierte Gesetzgebung zielt darauf ab, unter dem Deckmantel der Transparenz Kontrolle über zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen auszuüben. Doch seine Auswirkungen gehen weit über die rechtlichen
The long decline of the Republican Party’s internationalist wing may have reached a tipping point.
Since Donald Trump emerged as the GOP’s dominant figure in 2016, he has championed an isolationist and nationalist agenda that is dubious of international alliances, scornful of free trade, and hostile to not only illegal but also legal immigration. His four years in the White House marked a shift in the party’s internal balance of power away from the internationalist perspective that had dominated every
With a deadly conflict in the Middle East, Russia still waging its invasion of Ukraine and China on the brink of invading Taiwan, the world has arguably not been this close to war in a century.
But while Americans are on the other side of the globe, the US would not be safe from a nuclear war, experts warn.
Russia has an arsenal of more than 5,900 warheads capable of reaching the US in about 30 minutes. At the
Der Foreign Investors Council (FIC) hat die diesjährige Bewertung des Geschäfts- und Investitionsklimas in Serbien zusammen mit Empfehlungen zu seiner Verbesserung vorgelegt und festgestellt, dass bei nur 28 % der 383 Empfehlungen des letzten Jahres Fortschritte erzielt wurden.
Der Rat ausländischer Investoren ist nicht besorgt über „Instabilität“ und ist sich der politischen und wirtschaftlichen Herausforderungen bewusst, denen Serbien gegenübersteht, ist jedoch der Ansicht, dass es Dinge gibt, die unabhängig von den Umständen getan werden können.
„Unter extrem schwierigen Bedingungen aufgrund
The US Embassy has told foreign nationals to make their way to the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border to evacuate as Israeli tanks prepare to plough into the besieged Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli military on Friday punished Gaza with more airstrikes in retaliation to the despicable terror attacks launched by Hamas on October 7. Tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers are readying themselves for battle as an invasion appears imminent.
In an urgent security alert this morning, the US
In „Foreign Bodies“ untersucht Simon Schama vergangene und gegenwärtige Pandemien und wie viel – und wenig – wir gelernt haben.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said she hopes to discuss “post-colonial foreign policy” during an upcoming trip to South America with four other House Democrats.
The progressive lawmaker held a Q&A session on her Instagram story on Monday night, and announced a congressional delegation to Brazil, Chile and Colombia this month during the August break, when many lawmakers travel overseas.
Ocasio-Cortez indicated that climate change and green energy policies would play a big role in her trip, and said she is
The foreign ministers of China and Russia conferred by phone on Monday, after Beijing participated in weekend talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending the war in Ukraine that did not include Moscow.
The Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, and his Russian counterpart, Sergey V. Lavrov, discussed “the Ukrainian crisis and other international and regional issues of common concern,” according to a statement from China’s foreign ministry.
During the call, Mr. Wang told Mr. Lavrov that China would “uphold an
