Top news of the week: 14.02.2023.
Spoiler Alert: Foreign Policy Won’t Be a U.S. Election Issue
The U.S. president’s State of the Union speech emphasized populism and protectionism, not global affairs. It must be election season already.
The Czech Republic’s Flannel Revolution
General Petr Pavel being elected as Czech President is good news for the pro-Ukraine and pro-NATO forces at home and abroad.
How Europe should manage relations with Turkey
Given the country’s strategic significance, the upcoming elections are hugely important — and the response to the earthquakes will heavily weigh on its outcome.
Can Giorgia Meloni Govern Italy?
A founding European Union member adjusts to its new leader, whose rise breaks a postwar taboo.
South Korea’s Nuclear Flirtations Highlight the Growing Risks of Allied Proliferation
Yoon’s comments have fueled a debate in Washington over how to handle a problem that policymakers cannot wish away.
Can Colombia’s mercurial president bring “total peace”?
Gustavo Petro, the country’s first avowedly left-wing leader, has big ambitions
Biden's State Of The Union Speech Shows This Isn't Your Father's Democratic Party
On trade and corporate power, unions and the safety net, Biden signaled a shift in the party’s center of gravity.
Freedom Caucus Founder's Reason for Ditching Group Raises Eyebrows Online
Arizona Rep. David Schweikert helped establish the conservative caucus in 2015 but has left, citing its perceived association with populism.