Ukraine imposed sanctions on three Chinese companies on Friday claiming they were involved in production of advanced Iskander missiles, a day after Zelenskiy alleged that China had been supplying weapons to Russia.
Trump said the departure of “Too Late” Jerome Powell, who he appointed during his first term in office, “cannot come fast enough” as he pushed for the US central bank to lower interest rates.
Britain would support a decision by Germany to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine, sources have indicated, in a boost to Friedrich Merz, the incoming chancellor.
by Oleksiy Kolomiyets - President, The Centre for European and Transatlantic Studies
The faction of "supporters of the Ayatollah of Iran" won the White House. In fact, this could mean a geostrategic defeat for the US and Trump in the Middle East. This was expected.
by Oleksiy Kolomiyets - President, The Centre for European and Transatlantic Studies
Ukraine has once again become a key link in the modern power clash. The second phase of a full-scale war against Russia has begun. The "West" has effectively ceased to exist.
But although wiping $10 trillion (£7.8 trillion) off global share prices in a matter of days apparently failed to rattle the US president, he was no match for all out market Armageddon.
Leon Aron is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. - The Hill
In what by now looks like a pattern, in his most recent phone call with Trump, Putin again rejected the White House ceasefire — and again piled up still more preconditions before even considering one.
Aslı Aydıntaşbaş ;, Angela Stent, Tara Varma, and Ali Wyne, Patricia Kim - The Brookings Institute
The geopolitical landscape is shifting at a breakneck pace, raising urgent questions about how the China-Russia strategic relationship—both with each other and with the United States—might evolve.
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