Although Friedrich Merz has big ambitions for Germany’s international role, significant domestic pressures remain and will constrain his government’s room for manoeuvre.

Failing to align with the EU on a key climate policy tool will be costly for UK industry and stifle investment in the energy ...

Growing differences with the US president over the war in Gaza and the new government in Syria are compounding domestic pressure on the Israeli prime minister.

The summit will be valuable if it yields a substantive defence agreement. But wider foreign policy issues should be part of ...

The US prioritizing bilateral talks with Iran over nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) negotiations could lead to contradictions in implementation and put the treaty at risk.

Following the recent round of hostilities between India and Pakistan, experts look into the long-term implications for ...

India and Pakistan declared a ceasefire on 10 May, bringing an end to four days of military conflict. After it was first ...

India and the UK announced the conclusion of their bilateral trade agreement on 6 May. The in-principle free trade agreement (FTA) was reached after 14 rounds of negotiations, with UK Prime Minister ...

Eight years to the day from his memorable 2017 state visit to Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump is again returning to the Gulf region this week. This broader tour is designed to foster economic ...

Presented with a binary choice between US and Chinese technology, middle powers must balance realism and ambition in ...

Concluding a ‘landmark’ trade agreement with the UK and launching military operations against Pakistan on the same day: it is fair to say that, for India, the future and the past have collided this ...