US foreign policy

America’s barbarians inside the gates

US President Donald Trump's caprice makes it impossible for his explainers to keep pace, says the writer.

In a world defined by ‘raw power’, Europe must shed ‘traditional caution’: EU chief

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Europe had to toughen up to influence the world around it.

US Embassy in Singapore says asking businesses for ‘financial contributions’ is standard practice

The US Embassy in Singapore had in a letter dated Jan 8 called on businesses here to partner the embassy and contribute financially to its preparation for upcoming festivities.

News analysis

Trump’s Greenland tariff threats: What options do European countries have?

A march protesting President Donald TrumpÕs threats regarding Greenland in the territoryÕs city of Nuuk, Jan. 17, 2026. European Union ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, regarding TrumpÕs threat of punishing tariffs if he does not get his way over acquiring Greenland, and leaders from across the 27-nation bloc will meet in Brussels later this week. (Juliette Pavy/The New York Times)

America’s hunger for Greenland is tearing NATO apart

Crowds in Nuk waving the flag of Greenland in protest against President Donald Trump's takeover ambitions, the pursuit of which is threatening to unravel NATO.

News analysis

US-Danish working group on Greenland set up, but Trump not budging from wanting to own the island

(L/R) US Vice-President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio depart the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus after a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt in Washington, DC, on Jan 14, 2026.

Why Arab states are silent about Iran’s unrest

The protests in Iran today arguably pose an even greater threat to the regime than those in 2022 - yet the reaction in the Arab world has been surprisingly muted.

Trump’s Godfather plan for Greenland may be falling into place

US President Donald Trump’s insistence that Denmark hand over Greenland has shades of the incident involving the fictional Corleone family.

With Maduro gone, Rubio’s political fortunes are tied to Venezuela’s

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a leading contender for the US presidency in 2028.

Trump’s exercise of raw power upends world order, sending friends and foes reeling

US President Donald Trump has taken a wrecking ball to the rules-based global order that the US helped build from the ashes of World War II.

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