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    Marco Rubio Reassures Europe to Death

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    US Secretary of State Marco Rubio received a standing ovation at last week’s Munich Security Conference in Germany after delivering a speech the conference chair, retired German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger, effusively described as “reassuring.” Speaking for the entire audience, he drew Rubio’s attention to “the sigh of relief” heard “through this hall.” The timing was… Continue reading Marco Rubio Reassures Europe to Death
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      Gaza’s future or Trump’s favour: what is the Board of Peace trying to secure? – video

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      A group of largely authoritarian world leaders and a few observers joined Donald Trump in Washington for the inaugural meeting of the newly established Board of Peace. Guardian Europe reporter Jakub Krupa looks at who attended the organisation’s first meeting and what it means for the future world order. The body was created to implement the US president’s vision for Gaza’s future after the territory was destroyed by Israel, but Trump has widened its scope, calling it ‘the most consequential international body in history’Troops for Gaza and money top agenda as Trump’s Board of Peace meetsAuthoritarians, strongmen and dictators: who is on Trump’s Board of Peace? Continue reading… More

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      Corruption is no longer envelopes of cash – now it is about who is being shielded and who is being sacrificed | Kenneth Mohammed

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      Trump has attacked judges and weakened global safeguards. Someone needs to stand up to the US and stop the erosion of democracyIn an era of overlapping crises, corruption is no longer a side issue – it is a structural threat to achieving international equality and even freedom itself. Each year, Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, a league table of 182 countries, is greeted with predictable theatrics: praise where it flatters power, condemnation where it can be weaponised, and hollow promises of reform that quietly expire once attention moves on. Instead of a moment of reckoning, it is ignored by those with the power to act.As this newspaper reported, last week’s table showed a “worrying trend” of backsliding and a picture of “democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access and state targeting of campaigners and journalists”. Continue reading… More

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      Trump news at a glance: president weighs ordering ‘bad things’ against Iran as nuclear deal sits in limbo

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      Experts say there are already sufficient US military assets in the Middle East to begin aerial bombing – key US politics stories from Thursday 19 February at a glanceDonald Trump has said it will be clear within “probably 10 days” whether he can reach a nuclear deal with Iran, as the US military buildup in the Middle East intensifies.The US president, speaking at the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington DC, insisted Iran could not have a nuclear weapon and emphasised that “bad things will happen” if the country continued “to threaten regional stability”. Continue reading… More

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      Trump news at a glance: president’s ‘board of peace’ set to meet, minus some key US allies

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      Some European leaders have criticised the organisation’s murky funding and political mandate – key US politics stories from Wednesday 18 February at a glanceDozens of world leaders and national delegations will meet in Washington DC on Thursday for the inaugural meeting of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, as major European allies declined to join the group and criticised the organisation’s murky funding and political mandate.The White House has indicated that the summit for his new ad hoc council at the renamed Donald J Trump Institute of Peace will heavily function as a fundraising round, with Trump announcing on social media that countries have pledged more than $5bn toward rebuilding Gaza, which has been devastated in the war with Israel and remains in a humanitarian crisis. Continue reading… More

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      The Arctic Litmus Test: Greenland and the Collapse of Global Order

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      When Russian tanks crossed the Ukrainian border, the concussive force did more than shatter a sovereign frontier; it fractured the metaphysical foundation of the post-1945 world. It signaled a retreat from the rule of law back toward the rule of force. Today, this erosion of global norms finds a new, chilling epicenter in the Arctic.… Continue reading The Arctic Litmus Test: Greenland and the Collapse of Global Order
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      Democrats at Munich security summit to urge Europe to stand up to Trump

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      European leaders divided over how far to accommodate Trump’s ‘wrecking ball’ politics and foreign policyUS Democrats will use a security summit this weekend to urge European leaders to stand up to Donald Trump, with the continent divided over how to keep the unpredictable US president on side.Democrats at the annual Munich Security Conference will include some of Trump’s most outspoken critics, such as the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Arizona senator Ruben Gallego and the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer. Continue reading… More