Tag: Defense policy
What if companies become a target
Dusseldorf, Berlin The drones over the oil and gas platforms off Norway come with unclear intentions. They are increasingly worrying employees at Wintershall Dea. You weren’t attacked, just spied on.…
The US-China rivalry will continue to grow despite renewed courtesies
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in Bali Side by side in a tropical setting. (Photo: AP) One cannot overstate the importance of the meeting between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping.…
G20 wants to condemn Ukraine war – but doubts remain
G20 Summit in Indonesia The participating nations were able to agree on a draft of the final declaration even before the summit began. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Very few expected this:…
Agreement on draft G20 final declaration
G20 summit The G20 group is meeting in Bali this week. (Photo: dpa) Nusa Dua Shortly before the start of the G20 summit in Indonesia, the chief negotiators of the…
Biden and Xi meet – but an incident overshadows the talks
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden The presidents talk to each other before the summit of the group of major economic powers (G20) on Tuesday and Wednesday in Bali. (Photo: Reuters)…
“Europe is light years away from strategic sovereignty”
Wolfgang Ischinger Where is Europe’s strategic sovereignty? Dusseldorf Hardly any other diplomat in Germany is as well connected globally as Wolfgang Ischinger. Hardly anyone knows the international trouble spots as…
Biden and Xi meet – but an incident overshadows the talks
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden The presidents talk to each other before the summit of the group of major economic powers (G20) on Tuesday and Wednesday in Bali. (Photo: Reuters)…
Biden and Xi meet – but an incident overshadows the talks
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden The presidents talk to each other before the summit of the group of major economic powers (G20) on Tuesday and Wednesday in Bali. (Photo: Reuters)…
Biden and Xi meet – but an incident overshadows the talks
Washington, Beijing Both leaders had friendly words for each other, even if the relations between their countries are stuck in the deepest crisis for decades. “I’m really glad to see…
Biden and Xi Jinping meet
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden The presidents talk to each other before the summit of the group of major economic powers (G20) on Tuesday and Wednesday in Bali. (Photo: Reuters)…
Biden and Xi Jinping meet
Xi Jinping and Joe Biden The presidents talk to each other before the summit of the group of major economic powers (G20) on Tuesday and Wednesday in Bali. (Photo: Reuters)…
This is what the Biden-Xi meeting is about
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met at the beginning of the week for the first time since the US President took office. (archive image from…
Missile test costs several million euros – How the impoverished North Korea can finance them
Seoul North Korea’s series of missile tests does not appear to be coming to an end. This raises an important question: How can the impoverished country actually pay for it?…
A missile test costs the equivalent of several million euros – but how the impoverished North Korea can finance them
Seoul North Korea’s series of missile tests does not appear to be coming to an end. This raises an important question: How can the impoverished country actually pay for it?…
Selensky celebrates advance on Cherson – the night at a glance
President Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian head of state called the advance on Kherson a “historic day”. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv, Moscow After the withdrawal of the Russian soldiers, the Ukrainian President…
What the withdrawal from Kherson means
The village of Ivanivka near Kherson Abandoned Russian military vehicle. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Riga, Berlin In the end, everything happened quickly: Russia says it has completed the withdrawal of its…
What the withdrawal from Kherson means
The village of Ivanivka near Kherson Abandoned Russian military vehicle. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) Riga, Berlin In the end, everything happened quickly: Russia says it has completed the withdrawal of its…
Why there will be no peace even after the end of the Ukraine war
President Vladimir Putin (left) and Xi Jinping Russia or China is about destabilizing what makes us who we are. (Photo: dpa) It cannot be repeated often enough: Russia’s attack on…
Biden and Xi meet at G20 summit next week
Biden and Xi (picture from November 2021) Biden and Xi had spoken to each other five times in the past two years or so, but have not met in person…
Five theses on the announced Russian withdrawal from Cherson
Berlin So now it is coming after all, the retreat from Cherson. After months of heavy and costly fighting for both sides, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and the supreme…