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Poland’s Radek Sikorski

Ex-war reporter turned foreign minister leading the charge to keep Russia – and China – in check

At a time when Europe’s leadership has been diffuse and distracted, Radek Sikorski has emerged as one of the West’s most forceful voices.

  • Rob Harris

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A patch with a coat of arms combining the NATO insignia and that of the German federal state of Saxony is seen on a soldier’s uniform as troops of Dutch and German units take part in military exercises near Gardelegen, Germany, on Wednesday.

NATO is wooing Australia and China is not happy about it

The alliance’s increased focus on the Indo-Pacific region is irritating China, whose view of the Russia-Ukraine war aligns more with Moscow’s.

  • Rob Harris
US President Donald Trump went to his golf course in Florida on Friday as global financial markets collapsed after his tariffs announcement.

How the West was lost by Trump, a predator upon his own allies

Donald Trump has abandoned any meaningful notion of “the West” and, with it, America’s role as “leader of the free world”.

  • George Brandis
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,

‘You cannot annex another country’: Danish PM makes direct appeal to US after Rubio meeting

Mette Frederiksen was addressing the media in Greenland with the territory’s incoming leader when she suddenly switched to speaking in English.

  • Rob Harris
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.

‘Pathetic’: Leaked Signal texts aren’t just embarrassing for Europe – they’re a warning

The high-level message exchange leak shows US leaders’ view of all future collaboration with European allies as a trade.

  • Rob Harris

‘Home alone’: How Trump is changing security in Europe

Trump’s return as US president has left Europe’s main military pact looking less assured. Here’s how defence is being reshaped on the continent.

  • Jackson Graham and Angus Holland
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President Donald Trump meets NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (Pool via AP)

‘Enough is enough’: Greenland hits back after Trump reaches out to NATO over island plan

American control of the Arctic island is necessary to enhance international security, the US president says in meeting with NATO chief.

  • Steve Holland
US president Donald Trump welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White House before the Oval Office bust-up.

Trump’s Russia-Ukraine approach brings uncertainty to all nations

An end to the war on the terms proposed by Donald Trump’s administration would give Vladimir Putin a victory and change the calculus in conflicts around the world.

  • The Age's View
Phil Goff has lost his job as High Commissioner to the UK.

New Zealand’s most senior diplomat in London loses job over Trump remark

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said the remark from the high commissioner was “disappointing” and made the envoy’s position “untenable”.

  • Charlotte Graham-McLay
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, Britain’s Keir Starmer and France’s Emmanuel Macron in London on Sunday.

Europe’s on a war footing, and it’s going to turn the world upside down

The coalition of the willing must act with lightning speed before Vladimir Putin may be tempted to strike beyond Ukraine. We are approaching the point of maximum danger.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

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