Andreas Kluth

Donald Trump has spent much of his first term and all of his second offending, menacing or humiliating America’s traditional partners.

Middle powers will keep ganging up against the US

2026-07-22T10:00:00.000Z
In February, Zelensky was roasted for wearing the military-style garb he has donned since Russia invaded; this time he showed up in all black, and Trump agreed that he looked “fabulous”.

This Ukraine summitry is all reality TV, zero substance

2025-08-20T12:00:00.000Z
Come January, we will find out if Trump’s (right) fellow strongmen, such as North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, ask for permission from his White House as they make their moves in geopolitics.

America deserves Donald Trump. The world doesn’t

2024-11-09T13:24:47.000Z
The Nov 5 election may not deliver an immediate clear outcome as to whether Donald Trump (left) or Kamala Harris won.  A contested transfer of power may thus play out over months.

US election chaos would endanger the whole world

2024-10-31T08:51:42.000Z
That America's  democracy is exceptional became dubious during the first Trump term, especially with the attack on the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021.

US exceptionalism is dead no matter who wins the election

2024-06-19T09:07:08.000Z
Houses destroyed by a Russian missile strike in the town of Selydove, Donetsk region, in Ukraine on Nov 15. Russian President Vladimir Putin broke a cardinal rule of international law when his troops invaded a sovereign country, Ukraine, in February 2022.

Warts and all, international law is still better than no law

2023-11-16T08:50:07.000Z
The Wagner mutiny in Russia ended after Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) took a deal negotiated by Belarus' President Lukashenko (right).

Putin’s biggest mistakes in the Wagner uprising

2023-06-26T09:53:51.000Z
Jars containing rare earth minerals produced by Australia's Lynas Corp from its Mount Weld operations are seen near Laverton, north-east of Perth, Australia, August 23, 2019.

China’s rare earth hold – ‘oil shock’ of the 21st century?

2023-01-11T08:29:52.000Z
Ukrainian service members in the city of Sievierodonetsk, as Russia's attack on the country continues. Both Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Joe Biden have yet to define where their "red lines" lie in the war.

Lagarde, Putin, Biden and the trouble with drawing red lines

2022-07-26T08:30:00.000Z