A flagging alliance? Far from it.
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Leaders of the Western military alliance meet in Lithuania with the ongoing war in Ukraine as a backdrop.
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Maps can be very touchy subjects. That’s why Vietnam has banned the Barbie movie.
The world turned upside down.
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Terms like ‘Third World’ and ‘developing nations’ have long fallen out of fashion.
Lula and Modi walking a new diplomatic path.
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Brazil and India are among the countries pointedly not taking sides over the war in Ukraine. But this is not the nonaligned movement of yesteryear.
Business deals by foreign countries in the U.S. can be reviewed by the government for national security risks.
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order in 2022 tightening the rules for foreign investment in the US.
Is Lula pursuing divisiveness or diplomatic pragmatism on the world stage?
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Lula’s courting of – or by – China and Western powers has confounded critics. But in reality, it is a continuation of the foreign policy he pursued during his earlier term in power.
China’s President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin cement bonds at the Kremlin in March.
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The US’s negative attitude towards BRICS reflects its own weakening global power, especially its inability to isolate Russia in Europe and to contain China’s growing influence.
The stage of the 67th annual Eurovision Song Contest at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool.
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2023 sees the UK host the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine. But what role does the stage itself have to play in the musical spectacle?
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Climate change is a real threat to national security. So why didn’t our armed forces review properly come to grips with this?
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Labor has signalled Australia is back on climate change. If so, why aren’t we telling the world?
Zambia president Hakainde Hichilema and US vice-president Kamala Harris in Lusaka.
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President Hichilema’s self-styled ‘chief marketing officer’ approach has unlocked new investments from a diverse mix of partners.
Finnish military personnel raise their country’s flag at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
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A historian looks at the steps leading up to Finland joining the Western strategic alliance – and what that means for small nations elsewhere.
Opening the doors to Russia and China’s perception.
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The setting was grand, so too was the plan. But behind the peace plan put forward by China and welcomed by Russia, is the question, what do both nations seek?
Landing geopolitical punches.
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The Gulf state has an insatiable appetite for sporting glory.
Putin’s decision to go to war has seen great geopolitical ripples.
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A year into the war in Ukraine, a historian reflects on how it has affected the geopolitical environment.
Turks have called their country Türkiye since 1923.
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Turkey vs. Türkiye? When a country changes its name or requests changes to the spelling of its name, there are almost always political motives.
In 2022, Chinese researchers published more scientific papers on artificial intelligence than any other nation.
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In 2014, Chinese researchers published more papers than any other country for the first time. In 2019, China overtook the U.S. as the No. 1 publisher of the most influential papers.
Messi’s moment.
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Some key winners have emerged off the field.
Spotlight on Qatar.
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The mighty power of football across the globe.
South African foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, right, hosts US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, for the SA-US Strategic Dialogue in Pretoria, in August 2022.
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Tensions between the US and South Africa – this time over the terror alert – are nothing new. Their relations have always had highs and lows since South Africa became a democracy in 1994.