A personal report by our Middle East correspondent Gerhard Arnold Our group tour of Sri Lanka ended on Friday 27 February 2026. We said goodbye to our fellow travellers at the hotel, as we all had different flights home. My wife and I were hopeful that US President Trump would…
Guest commentary by Jean-Dominique Giuliani, President of the Robert Schuman Foundation, Paris Emmanuel Macron’s speech on 2 March 2026 marks a major shift in French nuclear doctrine in the interests of enhanced European security. The fundamentals of France’s robust, effective and independent deterrent have been the subject of broad national…
(Ed/ENJ) European Commission President Ursula von Leyen first used the term “Pax Europaea” in May 2025, during her acceptance speech for the Charlemagne Peace Prize in Aachen. This new term, reflecting the gradual disappearance of “Pax Americana” in Europe, was subsequently adopted by Commissioner for Space and Defence Andrius Kubilius…
