Matthew Parris, Times of London
n May 4, 1982, near the start of the Falklands war, Argentina's air force fired two French-made Exocet missiles from a French Super-Etendard aircraft, wrecking HMS Sheffield, which sank after the loss of 20 lives. Secret diplomacy between Britain and France went into overdrive.
Marcus Hellyer, The Strategist
What a difference a day makes. On Wednesday, Australians wouldn't agree to host storage facilities for low-grade medical nuclear waste anywhere in their states. On Thursday, they found out they were going to have nuclear reactors based ...
Beyza Unal, Chatham House
Chatham House experts examine the potential implications of the new defence and security partnership between the UK, US, and Australia known as ‘AUKUS'.
Vladimir Socor, Jamestown
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is reverting to his earlier, forlorn hopes of improving relation with Russia through a personal meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian president is eager to meet Putin "any time, any place"—whether bilaterally or in the framework of a "Normandy" summit (Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France). The chief of the Ukrainian Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, is negotiating …
Rainer Zitelmann, Nat'l Interest
For the first time in modern German history, there may be a left-wing government and that includes ex-communists.
Jessica Mathews, Foreign Affairs
How to rightsize the country's global role.
James Holmes, 1945
The news broke this week that Australia, Great Britain, and the United States have forged a new alliance dubbed AUKUS, for Australia-U.K.-U.S. Among other things, the alliance will help the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) construct a contingent of at least eight nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) by the late 2030s. While allied leaders named no names, the SSN initiative is meant to help...
Philip Stephens, FT
The US president could be a candid friend to the UK and urge the prime minister to honour his post-Brexit Irish trade deal
Mazal Mualem, Al Monitor
In an interview published Sept. 14, Defense Minister Benny Gantz told Foreign Policy magazine that Israel would be willing to accept a US-negotiated nuclear deal with Iran. The statement signaled a clear shift away from the doctrine espoused by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that formed the basis of Israeli policy for the last 12 years. The interview also signaled that the country's defense policy is now being...
David Gerard, Foreign Policy
The system doesn't work, the currency crashed, and the public hates it.
R. Pillai Rajagopalan, Diplomat
New Delhi and Canberra have had to bear the brunt of increasingly belligerent Chinese behavior in the Indo-Pacific, pushing their bilateral relationship to new heights.
