Foreign policy

The G7 conundrum: How hard should you push China in a crisis?

June 25, 2022 12:17 pm

America will arrive at the Bavarian G7 summit with upgraded plans to try to reduce Beijing’s political and commercial reach.

G7 to discuss Russian oil price cap via sanctions relief

June 24, 2022 8:58 pm

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz cautioned that the proposal would be difficult to implement.

The EU is delaying an inevitable debate: Will it rewrite its biggest rules?

June 24, 2022 4:58 pm

Leaders avoided the question this week, but the EU will ultimately have to decide whether to change how it makes key decisions.

Russia wants to control energy reserves of all former Soviet countries, Mike Pompeo says

June 23, 2022 7:00 am

‘Today’s ruinous prices … will be remembered as a time when gas was cheap,’ if Putin prevails in Ukraine, former US secretary of state says.

Mission Not Yet Accomplished: Biden heads to Europe hoping to keep Ukraine coalition intact

June 23, 2022 6:24 am

The upcoming G7 trip in some ways represents a taller task than the last time the president went to the continent.

The Czechs Europe needs to know

June 23, 2022 6:00 am

As the Central European country takes over the EU presidency, here’s who could be influential.

The end of Macronism

June 23, 2022 4:00 am

A poor performance in this week’s parliamentary election has brought French President Emmanuel Macron back to earth.

Get ready to cringe as Boris Johnson and Prince Charles meet at Rwanda summit

June 22, 2022 7:45 pm

Prince Charles’ first outing as head of the Commonwealth follows his reported criticism of Boris Johnson’s flagship immigration policy.

Germany’s Scholz says EU must reform before it can admit Ukraine

June 22, 2022 6:40 pm

German chancellor demands shift to unanimity voting on foreign policy, but it’s unlikely that countries such as France will follow him.

In defense of closer ties with Modi’s India

June 22, 2022 4:05 am

Continued cooperation with New Delhi is still preferable — even if difficult.

Scholz adviser turns heads with appeal to consider future Russian relationship

June 21, 2022 4:41 pm

German chancellor’s foreign policy adviser urges Europe not to forget about its long-term relations with Moscow and to tread carefully toward China.

Russia to summon EU envoy over Kaliningrad row, official says

June 21, 2022 10:40 am

Tensions are high over the Russian exclave following Kremlin outburst on Monday.

Europe at Large

Europe can help prevent disaster in outer space

June 21, 2022 4:00 am

Unregulated junk and debris threatens a chain reaction of collisions.

Commission president calls to end unanimity in EU foreign policy decisions

June 20, 2022 3:30 pm

Ursula von der Leyen calls for qualified majority voting, saying geopolitical events require faster response.

Envy on the Kyiv Express: Scholz, Draghi needle Macron over posh cabin

June 16, 2022 2:47 pm

German chancellor and Italian prime minister notice that the French president seems to have gotten the nicest spot on the train to Kyiv.

Commentary

Belgium gambles on Congo’s President Tshisekedi

June 16, 2022 4:04 am

Brussels is trying to make amends for its past actions in the Congo, but risks legitimizing a contested president.

EU countries unanimously back Ukraine — except on its bid to join the EU

June 15, 2022 10:43 pm

Kyiv’s demand for ‘candidate status’ sets off fierce, fractious debate.

Canada and Denmark settle ‘Whisky War’ with a bottle exchange

June 15, 2022 5:00 am

The friendly deal signed Monday will split the uninhabited mound of rock between Nunavut and Greenland roughly in half.

Greece, Turkey vie for US goods — at the other’s expense

June 15, 2022 4:00 am

Athens wants to be known as the ‘reliable and predictable ally,’ while Ankara is offering a ready military and connections beyond the West.

Biden to travel to Middle East in July, White House says

June 14, 2022 2:37 pm

The president will make stops in Israel, the West Bank and then Saudi Arabia, where he’ll seek to rebuild relations just a year after vowing to make the kingdom a “pariah.”

Slovakia’s PM urges Germany to accept Ukraine as EU candidate

June 14, 2022 4:35 am

Eduard Heger’s push comes as the European Commission is expected to recommend official candidate status for Ukraine.

Olaf Scholz gets lost in communication over war in Ukraine

June 13, 2022 4:02 am

The German chancellor is struggling to explain his foreign policy goals to allies and citizens.

German, Serbian leaders clash over Kosovo, Russia sanctions

June 11, 2022 12:09 pm

‘We do not respond to pressure in this way,’ the Serbian president tells the German chancellor in rebuke.

It’s time to get European enlargement back on track

June 10, 2022 4:07 am

The EU must keep its Thessaloniki promise to the Western Balkans.

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