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The US would condemn other countries who acted this way. What a sad state of affairs Michael H Fuchs America’s brutal response to protests has weakened its global standing – and been a propaganda gift to foreign dictators Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged violence against protesters and threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy […] More
The end of one country, two systems is now clearly in sight. Though Beijing promised to respect Hong Kong’s freedoms and autonomy for a full half-century, it has chipped and then hacked away at them since the handover in 1997. Almost a year ago, the people of Hong Kong startled themselves and the world with […] More
Post-coronavirus, the UK must find some friends to stand up to China Martin Kettle Covid-19 has seen China supplant the US in the global power league. Alliances are now crucial to reject the superpower’s bullying Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Illustration: Eva Bee Amid the pandemic, the great issues of the […] More
In 2017, US President Donald Trump’s new administration found itself in a quandary. Should it continue providing weapons for use in Saudi Arabia’s murderous war in Yemen that had been raging for two years? In June 2017, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unexpectedly declared neighboring Qatar an enemy and imposed a blockade. It even […] More
The Guardian view on the EU and Covid-19: better late than never Editorial Europe is in the pandemic frontline but unity among the nations has been rare. That may be changing – not before time Ursula von der Leyen and the European commission have been tasked with creating a recovery fund alongside the EU’s next […] More
The Guardian view on the politics of generosity: gifts with price tags Editorial China’s supplies of medical goods have been greeted with cynicism as well as gratitude Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage President Xi Jinping (centre left) and other Chinese leaders stand during national mourning for victims of coronavirus in Beijing […] More
She cited a need for the country to be ‘principled, consistent and trustworthy’ while accepting an award for diplomacy The former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, has warned that the US had adopted an “amoral” foreign policy that “substitutes threats, fear and confusion for trust”. In her first public remarks since leaving the US […] More
Defence secretary Mark Esper confirmed the policy change that would, according to a Pentagon review, increase danger to US armed forces The US will end its moratorium on the production and deployment of landmines, it has been reported. Photograph: Konrad K/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock The US will end its moratorium on the production and deployment of landmines, in […] More
