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  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Biden calls western leaders to reassure allies on Ukraine aid

    Partisan battles in Washington and apparent stalemate in war have thrown US support for Kyiv into question

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    Ukrainian troops load ammunition
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Washington infighting puts US support for Ukraine in doubt

    Divides on Capitol Hill may well fracture foreign policy consensus as Kyiv awaits further aid

    US president Joe Biden and defence secretary Lloyd Austin at a cabinet meeting on Monday
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    Gideon Rachman
    Why the west cannot turn a blind eye to a murder in Canada

    Ignoring the possible role of foreign governments in assassinations would pose major risks to national security and social stability

    James Ferguson illustration of four men in suits sitting at a conference table, covering their faces with their hands. In front of each are country flags - from left to right: the UK, US, Canada and Australia. There is an elephant standing behind them with India flag painted onto its body
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Biden seeks to reassure Ukraine as war aid becomes US political battleground

    Support for Kyiv thrown into doubt as Republicans tie funding to border policies

    President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Russian frozen assets ‘ought to’ be used to rebuild Ukraine, says US special envoy

    Penny Pritzker, appointed by Biden this month, backs one of Kyiv’s demands on post-war reconstruction

    Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets Penny Pritzker in New York earlier this month
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    Janan Ganesh
    What the world should expect from a second Trump term

    The jilting of Ukraine, a bonfire of treaties, but perhaps a surprise on China

    Donald Trump at an event in Iowa in July
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Indian dilemma for America and its allies

    New Delhi’s alleged role in a murder on Canadian soil requires due legal process

    Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Narendra Modi at the G20 in New Delhi. Foreign policy can be a messy affair, but sometimes values have to take precedence
  • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Biden to supply Kyiv with long-range ATACMS missiles after months of lobbying

    Washington will send a version of the weapon that uses cluster munitions, according to people familiar with the matter

  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    The Big Read
    The west’s Modi problem

    The US and its allies are cultivating India as an economic and diplomatic partner. But its prime minister’s authoritarian streak is becoming harder to ignore

    Narendra Modi faces left, against an Indian flag, while the figures of Modi with Biden, Macron, Sunak and Trudeau line up behind him
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    US-China relations
    US and China to launch economy and finance working groups to stabilise ties

    Move to increase engagement follows Treasury secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to Beijing in July

    Janet Yellen and He Lifeng shake hands in front of US and Chinese flags
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Canada
    Biden raised Canadian Sikh’s death with India’s Modi at G20

    White House says targeting dissidents in other countries ‘absolutely unacceptable’

    India’s prime minister Narendra Modi and US president Joe Biden among world leaders pay respect at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi
  • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Israeli opposition rejects idea for Saudi Arabia to enrich its own uranium

    Civilian nuclear programme is one element of a highly complex US-brokered proposal to normalise Israel-Saudi relations

    Yair Lapid delivers a speech
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia says solving Palestinian issue crucial to deal with Israel

    Crown prince also warns US that Riyadh will seek nuclear bomb if Iran secures atomic weapon

    Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman
  • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Biden and Netanyahu vow to work to normalise Israel-Saudi relations

    US president pledges to address ‘hard issues’ at talks with Israel’s prime minister in New York

    Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu, left, talks with US president Joe Biden on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Biden urges world leaders to stop Ukraine from being ‘carved up’

    US president presses allies to maintain support as Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepares latest appeal to Washington

    Joe Biden addresses the UN General Assembly on Tuesday
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    US says Ukraine needs urgent air defence support

    Defence secretary Lloyd Austin stops short of committing to provide Kyiv with longer-range missiles

    US defence secretary Lloyd Austin
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Geopolitics
    US unveils Atlantic co-operation pact

    Partnership does not include security but comes as Washington tries to counter Chinese influence

    A man emerges from the Atlantic Ocean carrying a US flag
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Sanam Vakil
    Western policy towards Iran lacks both goals and goalposts

    The release of prisoners and anniversary of the killing of Mahsa Amini highlight a failure to solve the challenges from Tehran

    A woman stands on a car roof as a huge throng of people fill the road ahead
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Yemen
    US pushes Saudi Arabia and UAE to heal divisions over Yemen

    Washington worries differences between the Gulf neighbours could upend efforts to secure deal to end civil war

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the UAE’s President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    US-Iran tensions
    Iran releases prisoners in swap deal with US

    Exchange agreed after months of negotiations has potential to de-escalate tensions between arch foes

    Siamak Namazi and Morad Tahbaz, who were released during a prisoner swap deal between the US and Iran, arrive at Doha International Airport, Qatar
  • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
    US-China relations
    US and China officials meet in Malta ahead of possible Biden-Xi summit

    Jake Sullivan and Wang Yi hold talks as part of effort to stabilise relations between geopolitical rivals

    Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, left, and White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Zelenskyy to meet Biden in Washington in quest for more aid

    Ukraine leader also set for talks at Pentagon and Capitol Hill as Congress considers $24bn support package for Kyiv

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Antony Blinken
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Taiwan
    Taiwan opposition candidate to push US for clarity on defence commitments

    KMT’s Hou Yu-ih calls for ‘dialogue and exchanges’ with China to reduce tensions across Strait

    Hou Yu-ih, a Taiwan presidential candidate from the main opposition party Kuomintang, celebrates during the party’s congress in New Taipei in July
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Bahrain
    US and Bahrain sign security deal as Washington seeks fresh Gulf ties

    Agreement seen as possible blueprint for accords with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

    Bahrain’s prime minister, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, left, and US secretary of state Antony Blinken sign a security and economic agreement in Washington on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Putin and Kim’s ominous marriage of convenience

    A North Korea-Russia arms deal is bad news for Ukraine, the US, and even China

    Men in suits stand in a launch site of a rocket
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