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Von der Leyen skips Starmer meeting amid row over €6.5bn EU payment demand
LONDON (Realist English). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declined to meet UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at...
Ukraine receives $52 billion in foreign aid over the past year, half financed through frozen Russian assets
KYIV (Realist English). Ukraine received $52 billion in external financial assistance between November 1, 2024, and October 31, 2025, excluding...
Iran says Europe’s role in future nuclear talks will be “significantly diminished”
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that European powers had “undermined their standing” in efforts...
European leaders to join Zelenskyy at White House talks with Trump
BRUSSELS (Realist English). A number of European leaders will accompany the head of the so-called Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to Washington...
Former EU foreign policy chief warns bloc is complicit in Israeli atrocities through inaction
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union’s former foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has sharply criticised the bloc’s continued inaction over...
EU warns military infrastructure unfit for war with Russia, proposes €17bn overhaul
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Europe’s roads, railways, and bridges are not capable of supporting the rapid movement of troops and heavy...
US and EU reach tariff deal, averting trade war but locking in 15% duties on key European exports
TURNBERRY (Realist English). The United States and the European Union have reached a long-anticipated trade agreement that will avert a...
Brussels prepares for no-deal Brexit-style trade war with US
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union has greenlit a €93 billion ($109 billion) package of retaliatory tariffs on US goods,...
EU closes in on Trump trade deal as UK secures better terms
BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union is nearing a trade agreement with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump that...
Over 60% of expected PLA attendees absent from Party plenum amid corruption crackdown
BEIJING (Realist English). President Xi Jinping’s tightening grip over China’s armed forces was on full display this autumn as an...
$100M ‘Midas’ scheme shakes Ukrainian government while blackouts spread nationwide
KYIV (Realist English). Ukraine is facing one of its most serious political crises since the start of Russia’s full-scale SVO,...
UK halts intelligence sharing with US over suspected unlawful Caribbean strikes
LONDON (Realist English). The United Kingdom has suspended the exchange of maritime intelligence with the United States amid concerns that...
Putin and Tokayev hold talks at the Kremlin amid strengthening Russia–Kazakhstan partnership
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Kremlin on Tuesday evening, welcoming...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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