The 80th anniversary of VE day marks a point where a new generation will have no direct connections to those who fought in the biggest conflict in world history;

The French president is taking a big risk with his Middle Eastern diplomacy.

Global oil markets may find themselves squeezed between the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs and China's long-term desire to reduce its own imports;

Mark Rutte is right, Europe needs to think about the post-war relationship with Russia

The era of global macro imbalances is over – but we are not equipped to deal with this.

The British political class's continuing obsession with the US says less about geopolitics, and more about its relationship to power

Donald Trump’s transactional foreign policy marks the end of foreign aid as we know it

Trump is our best hope now in Ukraine. How did we get there?

Giorgia Meloni and Emmanuel Macron are both close to Donald Trump. Could this be the basis of an unlikely alliance?

Brexit had a much a bigger effect on the EU than it did on the UK because it changed power relationships

The German chancellor failed because he is weak in character and intellect

Allowing western missiles to strike targets deep in Russia will not change the war. Time to cut a deal.

The Europeans will repeat the same mistakes they made in 2016 - and add some more.

Ukraine is in such a mess because western experts underestimated Russia on many levels. Now they are underestimating the Brics+.

The EU referendum in Moldova and the elections in Georgia should give the EU a pause for thought.

Austerity is a bad idea. For parties of the left to embrace it is suicidal.

Russia is winning the Ukraine war because it has moved over to a war economy. Time for a strategic re-think in the West.

Europe's far-right parties are all different. The Austrian variant is particularly nasty.

Sahra Wagenknecht, a politician of the left with themes of the right, is the new power broker in German politics

The Franco-German relationship is not what it used to be. The two countries are growing apart.