In early April, US President Donald Trump stunned the world by announcing large-scale new import tariffs. However, he subsequently postponed their implementation for 90 days in order to negotiate new trade agreements more favorable to the United States. The result is embarrassing: no more than a dozen trade agreements have been concluded so far.

After twenty-two months of Israel's war against the terrorist movement Hamas, which brutally attacked Israel on October 7, the previous year, it seems to have reached a critical point. Gaza is exposed to a humanitarian crisis caused by the insufficient supply of food aid, and Israel faces increasing criticism from the international community for...

On Monday, US President Donald Trump was supposed to announce a toughening of US policy towards Russia for its unwillingness to continue the peace process in Ukraine and the intensification of attacks against it. Trump is said to have understood that Russian President Vladimir Putin is deceiving him and that negotiations with the Russians can only...

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump again postponed the introduction of higher tariffs on imports to the US until August 1.

The Pentagon's suspension of Patriot air defense missile deliveries and other precision munitions to Ukraine caught Ukrainians and their allies by surprise. It was justified by the reduction of their stocks due to supplies to Kiev and operations in the Middle East. The background is also said to be an effort to ensure the transfer of weapons...

The second half of June brought another sharp Middle East clash. Israel carried out an attack on Iran with the aim of torpedoing its nuclear program and also eliminating part of the army's top leadership.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has made no small effort to adapt the alliance summit in The Hague to the special style of governance of US President Donald Trump. All US allies have already seen this. This includes the occasional relativization of alliance commitments and unpredictable customs policy.

The Middle East drama is entering its next act. US President Donald Trump has given the green light to an American air strike on key Iranian nuclear facilities. Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. According to Trump, they were to be completely destroyed. The Iranians confirmed the attacks, but whether the damage was of such a magnitude that it would...

This year's summit of the most powerful Western countries, the G7, in Alberta, Canada, was marked by the conflict between Israel and Iran. Because of this, US President Donald Trump left it prematurely. The leaders of Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Britain and Japan were orphaned. The debate about the war in Ukraine and perhaps even about US...

The summit of the most economically powerful countries of the West, the G7, which began in Alberta, Canada, on Sunday, was supposed to be dominated by Russia's war against Ukraine and US President Donald Trump's tariff war against trading partners. Instead, the conclave of Western leaders had to focus mainly on the escalation of the conflict...