Geopolitics

Taiwanese are growing increasingly anxious that their island’s interests may be sacrificed as Washington and Beijing stabilize their relationship after the May 2026 Trump-Xi summit in Beijing. When Donald Trump sat down with Xi Jinping in Beijing last month, it was meant to reset a bilateral relationship battered by two years of tariff warfare and […]

Netanyahu declares victory over Iran and rules out Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, directly challenging Trump’s peace push at the G7 summit. JERUSALEM. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a “historic victory” over Iran on Monday and ruled out any immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon, Gaza, or Syria, directly undercutting the U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal […]

President Trump’s latest tariff strategy, announced June 2 under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, uses forced labor allegations to achieve what the Supreme Court took away from him: a broad wall of tariffs around the American economy. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on February 20 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act […]

After 21 years without a presidential vote, Mahmoud Abbas has decreed elections for early 2027, but the timing, the electoral rule changes, and his silence on his own candidacy have fueled deep skepticism across Palestinian factions and civil society. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, 90, issued a presidential decree on June 14 calling for presidential […]

G7 opens in Évian as Macron scrambles to hold the center against transatlantic storms EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — The 52nd Group of Seven summit opened Monday on the shores of Lake Geneva under a cloud of violent anti-globalization protests and deepening fractures between the United States and its traditional allies, with host President Emmanuel Macron facing […]

Moscow’s missile strike on the historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex was not a random act of war. It was a deliberate signal aimed directly at Europe as the continent finally begins to tighten the screws on Russia’s war machine. At least 11 people are dead after a Russian overnight barrage of missiles and drones […]

Macron offers France’s nuclear-powered carrier to patrol the reopened Strait of Hormuz, positioning Europe at the center of post-crisis maritime security. French President Emmanuel Macron announced at the G7 summit that France stands ready to deploy the aircraft carrier Charles-de-Gaulle to the Strait of Hormuz, signaling a major European commitment to securing the critical waterway […]

Former President Donald Trump has thrown a wrench into must-pass national security legislation by demanding that Congress attach his SAVE America Act voting bill to the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, setting up a high-stakes standoff on Capitol Hill. Trump announced on social media that he would oppose the renewal of FISA Section […]

A Friday signing ceremony in Switzerland will formally seal the US-Iran ceasefire deal, but the agreement is already under assault from three directions at once: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military provocations, a furious Iranian hardliner revolt in Tehran, and President Trump’s own impulsive public outbursts against his ostensible allies. The question facing diplomats as […]

Israel has expanded its military footprint across Gaza, southern Lebanon, and southern Syria to roughly 1,000 square kilometers, according to a new Al Jazeera investigation published June 14. The same day, Israeli forces issued forced displacement orders for 29 towns in southern Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of violating the November 2024 ceasefire. Together, the developments reveal […]