America Has Betrayed Eastern Europe

Large global powers set the tectonic shifts of geopolitics in motion. Small players have always had to figure out how to survive in the cracks in between.

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Keir Starmer Talks Trump, Russia-Ukraine War and the Fragile Europe-US Alliance

The British prime minister said in a series of conversations that the tectonic shifts in America’s relationship with Europe and Russia had to be a ‘galvanizing moment.’
The New York Times - 2d
How America weaponised the world’s economy

Two books chart how Washington has come to depend on both its economic might and the dollar’s dominance in tackling rogue states and geopolitical rivals
Financial Times - Mar. 15
The enduring love between Europe and the US will last long past today’s tensions

The ties between Europe and America run much deeper than the war in Ukraine.
The Hill - Mar. 16
Tariff timeline: How Trump turned global trade into an economic battlefield

Trump has praised tariffs as a fix for economic issues, but their erratic rollout and shifting reasons have worried investors. See a timeline of the president’s trade rhetoric.
NBC News - Mar. 14
London's Heathrow airport closure sparks global travel chaos

The closure of London’s Heathrow Airport due to a large fire that knocked out power has disrupted international travel, with more than 100 flights affected. Heathrow said the closure would affect ...
The Hill - 4d
How Europe can take up America’s mantle

The continent is an economic superpower but it now has to mobilise in defence of democracy
Financial Times - Mar. 11
So who is Kirsty Coventry, who now has global sport’s most powerful job? | Sean Ingle

IOC’s first female president faces significant challenges including handling Donald Trump’s power and protecting women’s sports. Barely an hour after Kirsty Coventry had become the most powerful ...
The Guardian - 5d
An assailant sets a woman alight on a tram in eastern Germany and flees

Police say an assailant has poured a liquid over a woman on a tram in eastern Germany and set her alight
ABC News - Mar. 16
Corporate nonsense betrays football’s soul and sense of community

Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s company Compass is sadly symptomatic of what football has become. What’s this? A second article about the Ineos Compass in a week – it’s this kind of inefficiency that would ...
The Guardian - Mar. 13

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