US foreign policy
‘Most destructive arms race in human history’: Zelenskyy appeals at UN for intervention to stop Russia | Russia
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed to global leaders to intervene to prevent Russia from leading the world through “the most destructive arms race in human history”, warning that the combination of drone technology and artificial intelligence would end in catastrophe. Speaking to the UN general assembly, the Ukrainian president tried to galvanise not just the west […]
Trump says he believes Ukraine can regain all land lost to Russia since 2022 invasion | Donald Trump
Donald Trump has said he believes Ukraine can regain all the land that it has lost since the 2022 Russian invasion in one of the strongest statements of support he has given Kyiv. The US president delivered his upbeat assessment by claiming Russia was in big economic trouble in a post on Truth Social after […]
Revealed: how Albanese tried and failed (so far) to get a meeting with Trump | Australian foreign policy
Anthony Albanese is anticipating his first face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump next week. If it goes ahead, it will be the culmination of a long and complicated process of diplomatic scheduling, according to documents obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information. More than 100 pages of government communications reveal the lengths senior Australian officials […]
Zelenskyy accuses allies of ‘wasting time’ as he prepares for Trump meeting | Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Zelenskyy will urge Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Russia when they meet next week at the United Nations in New York, and has called on Ukraine’s allies to “stop wasting time”. Zelenskyy said he expected further sanctions to be imposed if Vladimir Putin refuses to meet him for face-to-face talks or to agree […]