On 1 April 2025, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill called the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025 in the Senate. It was immediately referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. The sponsors were candid about their motivation to raise the cost of aggression high enough to force Moscow into genuine negotiations. At the time, relations between the Trump administration and Ukraine were lukewarm. The tensi

It is common for each side to claim victory following a negotiated peace deal, and the Iranian regime and Trump administration are no exception. Following months of kinetic and economic warfare, the US and Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 17 June which formally concludes the conflict and establishes a framework for negotiations towards a final settlement over the following 60 days. To ensure their domestic legitimacy after a costly war, the Trump administration an

China has traditionally occupied a special place in American foreign policy. For a long time, bilateral relations were predominantly based on partnership but over the past fifteen years, they have increasingly been characterised as intense competition or even confrontation. President Donald Trump’s policy combines both the legacy of a long partnership and the new geopolitical realities in which Beijing is frequently set against Washington. US-China relations at the end of the

Throughout Trump’s second term, his administration’s policies towards Ukraine, russia, and transatlantic alliances have been unpredictable and sometimes contradictory. The recently-released National Security Strategy attempts to outline a coherent vision for America’s new relationship with the world. The two-and-a-half pages on Europe are perhaps the most notable part of this vision, with the document’s harshest criticism reserved for its closest allies. Europe is portrayed a