Russian leaderโs antagonism to Zelenskyy and lack of interest in a ceasefire leaves colossal task for USDavid Lammy: Trumpโs right, Putin can take the hard or easy wayOn paper, everyone is in agreement: Donald Trump says he wants a ยญceasefire; Kyivโs ยญ…
The G7 meeting in Canada was a vital show of unity that put the ball firmly in Russiaโs court. Thereโs not a shred of ambiguity about thatIn diplomacy, focus is often on where we disagree. But Britain and our partners are stronger when we stand togethe…
“But we are absolutely not there yet,” defense chief says a day after talks with U.S. President Trump.
The Russian leader rolls out his classic strategy to handle tempestuous U.S. president.
Russia may have to accept European peacekeepers in Ukraine while Kyiv could be forced to cede territory and abandon hopes of NATO membership, U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz indicates.
Jonathan Powell played a crucial role in securing peace in Northern Ireland โ and his much-hyped skills as a negotiator are being put to the test again.
An agreement is ready to be signed, but Azerbaijan has a few last requirements.
The U.K. prime minister and his top security adviser worked intensively to rescue the broken relationship between Kyiv and Washington, drafting a truce plan that might one day pave the way for peace.
Europe takes charge of its own security. Plus Reformโs young wingโข Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressEurope has changed. Call it a watershed, a turning point or, if you prefer German, Zeitenwende, but the continent is reassessing it…
Over 11 days of breakneck diplomacy, Kyiv was convinced of need to pacify Trump, but reconciliation may be all too briefRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesThe 11 days of whiplash-inducing talks British and French officials endured to repair shatte…
The attack killed at least five people.
Ukraine agrees to immediate 30-day cease-fire if Russia does too.
The U.S. president has single-handedly pushed Kyiv into its most perilous time since Russia’s all-out invasion began.
“The key is to move quickly and effectively,” Ukraine’s president said.
In an interview with Le Monde, the political scientist Franรงois Mabille analyzes the ambiguous diplomacy of a Curia torn between the defense of international law and the pope’s standpoint, who prefers to dialogue with everyone, including aggressors.
In this week’s edition of our weekly talk show, participants discuss the dramatic shake-up regarding Ukraine diplomacy
Plans to announce a large package of military aid for Ukraine fizzled ahead of the gathering.
“President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?” Phil Goff asked the Finnish foreign minister.
Military alliance members already had trouble trusting each other with classified information. It’s just got worse.
Donald Trump won’t deal with the EU. The EU can’t deal with Trump.ย
The Labour government has promised to lead the world on climate change, but its renewed focus on defense has thrown those plans into uncertainty.
The U.S. sends key weapons to Ukraine โ without them it will have a tougher time fending off Russian attacks.
The forum will take place from May 29 to 30, as it continues its mission of fostering cross-border dialogues on international diplomacy and cooperation.
The man who wrote Hillbilly Elegy would have recognised the old eastern Europe. But heโs attacking the democratic order we yearned forEven before the shocking treatment of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, the US had voted with Russia in the UN. …
The British prime minister has had a shaky start at home โ but is winning grudging praise for his response to Trumpโs Ukraine pivot.
Prime minister draws praise from Conservatives for his diplomatic efforts
After the surreal Oval Office brawl, strenuous efforts are under way to try to repair some of the damage.
PM takes centre stage amid calls for new era of diplomacy but declines to point finger at chaos in the White HouseRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesAfter Fridayโs calamitous scenes in the Oval Office there were immediate calls for quick answers, …
The Alaska senatorโs statement was a rare note of dissent from a Republican.
Starmer pushes plan for “coalition of the willing” to offer security guarantees to Ukraine ahead of Sunday’s summit in London.
With or without the US, Europe must learn to defend itself, and Ukraine, against Russian aggressionThe treatment of the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, by the US president, Donald Trump, during what appears to have been a staged confrontation…
France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support, as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.
After weeks of intense negotiations, Kyiv and Washington have agreed on a deal to jointly develop Ukraineโs natural resources. While a final agreement still has a long way to go, the diplomacy around it matters as much as the agreement itself.
COP16 talks in Rome yielded agreement on funding nature restoration in poorer countries โ but some details remain vague.
Plans call for fewer embassies, cuts to programs to build goodwill abroad and more focus on immediate U.S. interests.
Brussels threatens to use its trade bazooka after President Donald Trump says the European Union was created to โscrewโ America.
Vastly differing views of the Russian leader’s geopolitical ambitions are fueling the transatlantic divide.
The US presidentโs day of diplomacy involved an alleged rapist, a claimed trafficker and then Britainโs PM. It said everything about our new eraShortly after Keir Starmer arrived in Washington to fight for the future of Europe, two men who make a mocke…
Once united within a single country, the two republics are mired in a bitter feud.
Lars Fruergaard Jรธrgensen might not be a household name, but his companyโs drug Ozempic is. And its success has thrust him โ reluctantly โ into the limelight.
โIf there is a ceasefire without a backstop, it will simply give him the opportunity to wait and to come again,โ Keir Starmer warned on the flight to Washington, D.C.
Sit-down between top diplomats is off.
UK and France need to convince US to align with them over Ukraine, while at the UN Trump openly sides with RussiaKeir Starmer, when he visits the White House on Thursday, will have to pick up the many loose threads left by another chaotic day of diplom…
Rich and poor countries are battling over who will fund nature conservation in the shadow of a radically anti-green U.S. administration.
On a visit to the White House on Monday, Emmanuel Macron is expected to detail proposals by Paris and London to deploy troops in Ukraine to guarantee a ceasefire. Le Monde’s diplomacy correspondent Philippe Ricard answered readers’ questions in a live …
Move that was backed by Russia and China deals further blow to western unity
As Donald Trump raises questions over security, Germany’s election winner and the French leader want to safeguard the continentโs influence.
The relief aims to support “an inclusive political transition in Syria,” says Council of the European Union.
Israel delays prisoner release, charging Hamas with the โcynical use of the hostages for propaganda purposes.โ
Following last weekโs US-Russia talks, the mood in Moscow suggests many are beginning to think about what a post-war reality might look likeAfter three years of war and western isolation, Russians are starting to hope that the recent flurry of US-Russi…
British prime minister insists Ukraine must be โat the heart of any negotiationsโ on a peace deal. What we know on day 1,096Europe live: latest news on the Ukraine warVolodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday praised the UK for showing โleadershipโ on the war wi…
Germany’s Merz says Britain and France may need to โshareโ their nuclear weapons as America canโt be relied on to defend NATO.ย
Opposition builds against U.S. president for embracing Russian narrative on Ukraine war.
Zelenskyy has tested a variety of tactics to try and manage the U.S. president โ but nothing seems to be working.
The U.S. president called out Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a diatribe against Kyiv.
Washington and Moscow agreed Tuesday to establish a consultation mechanism to address “irritants” in bilateral relations.
Ukrainian soldiers are paying little attention to US diplomacy and civilians doubt good will come of it.
Ukrainian soldiers are paying little attention to US diplomacy and civilians doubt good will come of it.
American negotiators met with their Russian counterparts Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to kick off negotiations over the Russia-Ukraine war.
Washington and Moscow agreed to establish a consultation mechanism to address “irritants” in bilateral relations.
Many feel JD Vanceโs speech in Munich shows Trump 2.0 is a far more disruptive and chaotic force than their worst fearsAs European leaders meet in Paris to prepare an answer to their apparent exclusion from the talks about Ukraineโs future, the existen…
โI do not know what it is,โ said Ukraineโs President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Jonathan Reynolds says Britain has not given up on persuading the US to allow Ukraine to join NatoEurope live โ latest updatesThe UK hopes to act as a โbridgeโ between Europe and Donald Trumpโs US, the business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, has said be…
“That’s what we’ve been waiting for,” Hungarian prime minister says.
Relations between the US and Europe entered uncharted territory after a week of diplomatic shocks that saw the Trump administration cutting Kyiv and Brussels out of bilateral US-Russia talks to end the Ukraine war and setting a hard line on NATO defen…
In today’s edition of the Capitals, read about how the US opened Ukraine peace talks with Russia without EU allies, Germanyโs AfD steps up far-right diplomacy with Orbรกn love fest, and so much more.
Europe’s contingent arrives in Munich braced for even higher-stakes diplomacy than they would have anticipated days ago.
In today’s edition of the Capitals, read about how the US opened Ukraine peace talks with Russia without EU allies, Germanyโs AfD steps up far-right diplomacy with Orbรกn love fest, and so much more.
Still, a front-row seat among Europeโs far-right greats remains a distant prospect for Weidel.
The vice president faces a perennially difficult task as he attempts to take the MAGA mantle.
U.S. and Russian leaders spoke on the phone Wednesday about ending the war โ and agreed to start negotiations โimmediately.โ
As AfD says Germany is in grip of โeco-dictatorshipโ, Green party tones down mention of climate actionThe crowd had crammed into a concert hall in central Berlin to hear crunch-time election pitches from Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock, the high-pr…
Germany’s election will be a gauge of how far the world’s third biggest economy has swung to the right.
British ministers are scrambling to avoid Trumpโs tariffs.
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Britain used to lead the world on international development. But in the era of right-wing populists, its Labour government is now treading carefully.
How should one handle the 47th U.S. president? Kiss the ring, resist, offer deals and wait for exhaustion to set in.
The presidentโs allies want foreign aid repurposed to encourage more oil and gas development around the world.
Numerous UK politicos have found their group chats getting two ticks โ from the entire British public.
The president has made big statements. But securing real peace will involve a mix of global diplomacy, threats and sweetenersโข Christopher S Chivvis is a senior fellow and director of the Carnegie Endowmentโs American statecraft programmeAmid the maels…
An aide-mรฉmoire to Secretary of State Marco Rubio from a former adviser to Tony Blair.
The vice president will mingle with world leaders in Munich and Paris at a time when the White House has made clear itโs not afraid to shred old alliances.
Kyiv wants to secure the U.S. administration on its side before any peace talks with Russia.
The country aims to curry favor and keep the U.S. president committed to transatlantic defense by being the first to catch the mood in Washington.
They cast his idea to own and rebuild the strip as a negotiating ploy Wednesday, while walking back key details.
U.S. president’s shake-up of the security apparatus has complicated scrutiny of controversial British deal over Diego Garcia military base.
Former party deputy chair Jack Lopresti said to be carrying out support work to help the countryโs fight against RussiaA former Conservative MP ousted in the 2024 election has reportedly joined the International Legion in Ukraine in a non-combat role t…
As the threat of a trade war looms, Britain hopes it has a few secret weapons.
Britain blindsided the European Union just before Trump took office by parking a host of banking reforms โ and directly pointing to uncertainty in the US.
Despite Keir Starmer’s prolonged EU diplomacy blitz, a ‘reset’ of relations will take a long time to bear fruit.
The post Game of Chequers: Starmer, Scholz and the ‘British paradox’ appeared first on Euractiv.
The presidentโs failure to name a USAID administrator and other steps seem to suggest that, at the very least, heโll fold USAID into the State Department.
Britain’s prime minister is seemingly always overseas, and some allies wish heโd delegate more of the diplomatic grind โ just as his predecessor did.
Europeโs leaders had plenty of warnings about what the U.S. presidentโs second term might mean, but amid much eye-rolling, hand-wringing and wishful thinking, they failed to agree on a plan.
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Incoming British ambassador to the U.S. says his comments were “ill-judged” and Trump has won “fresh respect.”
Heโs said the UN bodyโs head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic.
The economic difficulties facing the Hungarian leader with will further undermine his ability to hijack โ let alone drive โ the EUโs agenda.
Ukraine has sought to clean up defence spending as the war grinds towards its fourth year, an effort that has taken on greater importance as US President Donald Trump considers whether to continue supporting Kyiv’s military. For in-depth analysis and …
Russian president flatters U.S. leader by referring to the 2020 American election as “stolen.”
Mainstream EU leaders have breathed a sigh of relief. After a Hungarian presidency marked by what they saw as damaging freelance diplomacy, the torch has now passed to Poland, which holds the reins for six months at a particularly turbulent time. Ther…
