Yesterday
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Why China may be relishing Trump’s tariff showdown
By targeting allies and neighbours with tariffs, the US is playing into the hands of China.
- Gideon Rachman
This Month
Putin-Trump talks ‘very dangerous’ without Ukraine: Zelensky
Donald Trump said US-Russian officials were already talking about “ending the war”, but Ukraine’s president wants to be front and centre of any discussions.
- Susie Blann, Samya Kullab and Illia Novikov
January
As Trump and Putin circle each other, an agenda beyond Ukraine emerges
The Russian leader has made it very clear he is ready to deal, keen to end three years of diplomatic isolation.
- David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski
NATO alarm as another undersea cable ‘sabotaged’
Disruption of the line between Sweden and Latvia follows earlier incidents linked to suspected sabotage by Russia and China.
- Richard Milne
‘Fantastic woman’: Can the Trump whisperer save Europe?
Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has emerged as the US president’s favourite EU interlocutor, with hopes growing she could talk him out of a trade war.
- Amy Kazmin
- Analysis
- World politics
The art of dealing with Donald Trump
The president-elect’s aggressive claims about potential territorial expansion are a crash course for allies in his negotiating tactics.
- Alex Rogers, Felicia Schwartz and Lucy Fisher
December 2024
5 ways ‘America First’ could transform the world in 2025
Donald Trump is leading the way, but Russia and China are also seeking radical change to the status quo.
- Gideon Rachman
More aid for Ukraine, but Trump wants 5pc NATO defence spending target
The US president-elect now intends to maintain supplies to Kyiv after his inauguration, but will demand allies more than double their financial commitment.
- Lucy Fisher, Henry Foy and Felicia Schwartz
Germany in crisis as government collapses
Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, triggering an election in a new era of unstable politics in Germany amid a series of crises across Europe.
- Christopher F. Schuetze and Jim Tankersley
Blast bunkers, iodine tablets: How Finns are bracing for apocalypse
Finland’s bunker network feels like a throwback to a bygone era. But the Finns’ vigilance raises the question: if catastrophe came, how would we Aussies cope?
- Hans van Leeuwen
November 2024
Chinese ship dragged anchor for 160km to ‘sabotage’ sea cables
An investigation into the Baltic Sea incident focuses on whether Moscow directed the captain of the Yi Peng 3 to deliberately cut the cables.
- Kieran Kelly
Russia seeks to intimidate Ukraine with new missile, officials say
The decision to deploy the weapon will “neither change the course of the conflict nor deter NATO allies from supporting Ukraine”, a spokeswoman said.
- David L. Stern, Siobhán O'Grady and Ellen Francis
Trump chooses Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador
The former acting attorney-general will be the president-elect’s voice in the Western alliance despite having no foreign policy credentials.
- Jill Colvin and Eric Tucker
- Explainer
- Russia-Ukraine war
Five scenarios that could trigger Putin to launch a nuclear attack
The Kremlin has revised its nuclear policy. Does that make the use of atomic weapons more likely?
- AP
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump’s foreign enemies are about to get a significant boost
The president-elect is threatening to gut the institutions that make America great, which can only benefit Russia and China.
- Gideon Rachman
- Updated
- Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine will soon fire missiles 300km into Russia after US clearance
The US president has reversed his policy in the Russia-Ukraine war as Donald Trump takes over the Oval Office in two months.
- Updated
- Mike Stone and Humeyra Pamuk
World braces for Trump’s ‘clown show’ defence chief
The Iraq and Afghanistan veteran and Fox News host gained notoriety by blaming “wokeness” for US military failures. Now he is set to be in charge.
- Mehul Srivastava, John Paul Rathbone and Lucy Fisher
October 2024
Turkey strikes Kurdish targets following deadly attack on defence firm
The defence ministry said more than 30 targets were “destroyed” in the aerial offensive, without providing details on the locations that were hit.
- Suzan Fraser
- Opinion
- US election
America’s new Asian alliance network will survive beyond Trump
No matter who is in the White House after November 5, the US’ carefully structured latticework of alliances that underpins its regional primacy will continue.
- James Curran
Netanyahu vows to fight on; Chalmers slams ‘snobs’; BHP mine hit
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