You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. The Baltic is becoming a battleground between NATO and Russia www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

Three more years of this... Trump Announces New ‘Trump Class’ of Warships www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...

France prepares for Russia as U.S. withdraws www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Iraq's political future in limbo as factions vie for power after inconclusive November parliamentary election www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center www.bbc.com/news/article...

Russia's Potemkin Village Society nationalinterest.org/feature/russ...

Five elections to watch in 2026 by @fridaghitis.bsky.social on Substack open.substack.com/pub/fridains...

Conservative Hard-Liner Is Elected as Chile’s President www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/w...

You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. More reasons for America’s friends to plan for the worst www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

EU to move Ukraine membership forward despite Hungary veto www.dw.com/en/eu-to-mov...

Just posted a new video on my campaign site about the state of the race in the Fifth District--which has clarified in the past week--and what I have to offer that's different.

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Why Maga hates Europe: Trump takes the culture wars across the Atlantic - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

An excellent essay by Tom Millard in The Cosmopolitan Globalist on how America went off the rails and how Donald Trump and MAGA-style populism rose to such prominence open.substack.com/pub/clairebe...

Bulgarian prime minister steps down after mass protests www.dw.com/en/bulgarian...

1/3 Trump’s statement, together with the recent National Security Strategy: • Accept Russia’s military advantage as determinative. • Shift the US toward a negotiated end to the war on Russia’s terms. nypost.com/2025/12/09/u...

Donald Trump is showing signs of not having the physical stamina to do the job www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

Nigeria's Benin rescue thwarted an attempted military coup, sends a warning to a volatile region www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

The daughter of Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado accepts her mother's Nobel Peace Prize www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/e...

The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate that would ban dual citizenship for U.S. citizens newrepublic.com/article/2039...

Lithuania declares national emergency over security risks posed by balloons from Belarus apnews.com/article/lith...

Failed coup shakes up Benin's reputation for stability www.dw.com/en/failed-co...

About a dozen soldiers in Benin were arrested following the failed coup attempt www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

Government in Benin says attempted military coup has failed www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

A military coup is underway in Benin www.france24.com/en/live-news...

@claireberlinski.bsky.social in The Cosmopolitan Globalist on the French view of the Russian threat open.substack.com/pub/clairebe...

The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...

The President Who Never Grew Up www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Conservatives in the lead in Honduras election, early results show www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Uganda’s Fixed Election Belies an Uncertain Future foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/27/u...

Honduras election to be held on Sunday www.americasquarterly.org/article/hond...

Ousted Guinea-Bissau president flees to Senegal www.bbc.com/news/article...

You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. Armed men take power in Guinea-Bissau, again www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Russian spy network exploits Ukranian teenagers in Europe www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

Rutte rules out Russian veto on Ukraine joining NATO www.politico.eu/article/mark...

The five most divisive figures in the proposed government of likely Czech populist prime minister Andrej Babis www.politico.eu/article/the-...

Guinea-Bissau president confirms military coup www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

Guinea-Bissau military officers claim 'total control' of country www.france24.com/en/africa/20...

How the European Union looks to counter China in Africa www.dw.com/en/eu-africa...

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announces she is resigning from House www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Europe races to respond to US-Russian Ukraine peace plan - on.ft.com/43FlpoX via @FT

U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Democrats hold a 14-point lead in latest PBS News/NPR/Marist 2026 midterm Congress poll, the largest lead for the Democrats since 2017 www.newsweek.com/democrats-op...

An assessment of Donald Trump's foreign policy after 300 days in office www.politico.eu/article/300-...

Italian defense minister accuses Russia of waging hybrid war www.politico.eu/article/ital...

Poland suspects 'foreign intelligence services' after explosion hits railway line to Ukraine www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

Yulia Navalnya, widow of Alexei Navalny, on what the Russian opposition wants www.politico.eu/article/russ...

Communist candidate Jeannette Jara and far right candidate Jose Antonio Kast finish first and second in Chile's presidential election and will face off in a runoff on December 14. www.dw.com/en/chile-far...

You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. Chile heads for a sharp right turn www.economist.com/the-americas...