Andreas Kluth
This Ukraine summitry is all reality TV, zero substance
The medium is the message, as Marshall McLuhan predicted and the US president internalised. For Ukrainians, that spells tragedy.
America deserves Donald Trump. The world doesn’t
The president-elect has no philosophy or policy, and his incoherence about global relations is not feigned
US election chaos would endanger the whole world
Like nature, world politics abhors a vacuum, and the American election may be about to deliver one
US exceptionalism is dead no matter who wins the election
No matter the president, the US will no longer meet the world as moral beacon or crusader, but as just another Great...
Warts and all, international law is still better than no law
Flouted by Russia, Hamas and maybe Israel, it is almost impossible to enforce. And yet it remains indispensable.
Putin’s biggest mistakes in the Wagner uprising
His address to the nation during the Wagner mutiny and the subsequent deal to let its leader off the hook suggest the...
China’s rare earth hold – ‘oil shock’ of the 21st century?
Beijing’s dominance in the rare earths race may bode ill for stability
Lagarde, Putin, Biden and the trouble with drawing red lines
Part of being a leader is deterring adversaries from doing undesirable things. That comes with huge risks
