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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held a 90-minute phone call, their first as leaders since the Ukraine war started.

This is Putin and Trump’s world now

America is no longer interested in underwriting Ukrainian and European security. Britain and Europe must ask whether they want to be at the table – or on the menu.

  • Roland Oliphant

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Donald Trump insists NATO nations ramp up defence outlays to 5 per cent of their annual economic output.

Trump pressures Europe to fix its own defences

Europe knows after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that it needs to spend more on defence. Donald Trump’s election has only made that imperative more urgent.

  • Jeanna Smialek and Steven Erlanger
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in 2017.

Trump signals tougher approach with Putin on Ukraine

“We can do it the easy way, or the hard way,” said Trump, who previously claimed he would end the war within 24 hours of being sworn in as president.

  • Rob Harris
French President Emmanuel Macron reacts as he delivers his New Year speech to the French Army as he visits at the Digital Support and Cyber Command (CATNC) of the French Army, in Cesson-Sevigne, western France.

‘Wake up’ and spend more on defence, Macron tells Europe as Trump takes office

“Who would have thought a year ago that Greenland would be at the centre of political and strategic debates?,” the French president said without mentioning Trump by name.

  • Sylvia Corbet
President-elect Donald Trump

How Australia, and the world, can respond to an unpredictable future

There are limited and difficult choices ahead for those who believe in a multilateral world order.

  • The Age's View

Telling Israel the killing must stop in Gaza is not antisemitic

Israel had every right respond to Hamas, but some of its supporters ignore a critical constraint under international law.

  • Rodger Shanahan
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Trump and Merkel.

Angela Merkel reveals advice the Pope gave her to deal with Donald Trump

The long-serving German chancellor sought counsel on how to tackle the US president-elect’s “property developer mentality”.

  • Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh
Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defence unit train in a forest near Kyiv.

Where Ukraine stands after 1000 gruelling days

Wednesday, November 20 marks a grim milestone in the history of Ukraine. What happens next will determine if its borders stand.

  • Hanna Arhirova
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Ukraine allowed to use US weapons if North Korea joins Russia’s fight, says Pentagon

NATO has confirmed North Korean troops are in Russia’s Kursk region, fanning Western concerns the conflict in Ukraine could widen.

  • Phil Stewart and Andrew Gray
Then US president Donald Trump greets Mark Rutte as he arrives at the White House in Washington in 2019.

Is the ‘Trump whisperer’ Ukraine’s last hope in defeating Putin?

New NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte is known as master of compromise, especially when negotiations are at breaking point.

  • Rob Harris

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