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How Poland Lost its Foreign Policy Compass
It was only in 2015 when Law and Justice (PiS) changed the bearing, placing the alliance with Donald Trump atop the hierarchy of priorities, simultaneously setting a collision course with Europe. This change was deservedly viewed as controversial, but at least it was clear what it was guided by. At present nobody knows anything.
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Chinese Military Points at US in Anger
China back 'raging' to United States of America, The country strongly condemned US in a statement calling it a security risk in the region.
This happened after a US warship sailed through a sensitive route, the Strait of Taiwan. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur transits the strait Tuesday (22/6/2021).
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Editorial: Greece in the post-pandemic world
The common conviction for the last year-and-a-half has been that the evolving international public health crisis has had a critical impact on world affairs.
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NATO takes tough line on China at first summit with Biden
NATO leaders designated China as presenting "systemic challenges" in a summit communique on June 14, taking a forceful stance towards Beijing at Joe Biden's first summit with an alliance that Donald Trump openly disparaged and ridiculed.
China slams G7 'manipulation' after Xinjiang, Hong Kong criticism
China on June 14 accused the G7 of "political manipulation" after it criticized Beijing over its human rights record in Xinjiang and Hong Kong.
G7 agrees to increase climate finance, calls on others to join
The Group of Seven nations agreed on June 13 to increase their climate finance contributions and meet an overdue spending pledge of $100 billion a year to help poorer countries, calling on other developed countries to join the effort.
G7 to agree climate, conservation targets as summit ends
G7 leaders on June 13 will back new conservation and emission targets to curb climate change, and finalise collective action on several other fronts, as they wrap up a three-day summit aimed at showcasing revived Western unity.
The last summit for Merkel
For the first time, Joseph Biden is participating as the U.S. President.
"We can do it. 'Wir schaffen das!', I think is the phrase. Clearly!", said Boris Johnson in 2019, alluding to the chancellor's saying from 2015.
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US Navy warship crosses Bosphorus, enters Black Sea
A US Navy destroyer on June 11 crossed the Bosphorus and entered the Black Sea, Turkey's Anadolu state news agency reported, as tensions simmer around Ukraine.
The crossing by the USS Laboon was reported as U.S. President Joe Biden met Western leaders at the G7 summit in England.
NATO Leaders Gather in Brussels for Policy Making Summit on June 14
After an identity crisis over the past years, NATO leaders will gather in Brussels on Monday (14 June), for a summit to re-orient the alliance, sandwiched between the G7 summit in Britain and an EU-US summit right after.
After four acrimonious years under the Trump administration, Biden's arrival will not make the challenges go away.