Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America Martin Sandbu martin.sandbu@ft.com Settings Print Share Listen When the US-Russian “peace plan” for Ukraine was sprung on an unsuspecting Europe two weeks ago, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people in a speech: “Right now, Ukraine may find itself facing a very tough choice. Either the loss of our dignity or the risk of losing a key partner.” If any EU leaders were as plainspeaking as him, they might well have used the same words about their own countries. For it is all of Europe, the EU and its member states who are facing the choice between being in control of their own affairs, and their long-standing partnership with the US. Three times Donald Trump has tried to bounce Ukraine into conceding to Russian demands for the sake of a superficial and unjust peace. Three times the Europeans have scrambled to change the US president’s mind on something they rightly see as existential. H...
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The EU should play its Russian assets card There are ways to overcome a Belgian block and provide vital support to Kyiv Settings Print Share Listen Donald Trump’s latest attempt to bulldoze Kyiv into an unfavourable peace deal with Moscow has exposed, once again, Europe’s inability to shape the course of events in Ukraine and assure its own security. Europeans are paying the price for decades of under-investment in defence and for clinging on for too long to America’s security umbrella. European capitals have helped Ukraine to revise some of the most egregiously pro-Kremlin elements of the US peace proposal. But Trump’s instincts are always to side with Russia to seal a deal. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also at a moment of acute political difficulty. His powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigned on Friday after an anti-corruption raid on his home as part of an investigation into a scandal that has implicated two former mi...
Rise in cost of living overshadows Thanksgiving Americans hit by price increases believe Trump’s policies make their affordability crisis worse SAM LEARNER AND OLIVER ROEDER NEW YORK Settings Print Share Listen Thanksgiving last week kicked off the US holiday spending period but few are in the mood to splurge, as most Americans think Donald Trump is making a national affordability crisis worse. About three-quarters of Americans view the economy as only fair or poor, according to research group Pew, and a majority say the president’s policies have heightened the problem. Those who think the economy is poor cite rising prices as their top reason. Speaking at the traditional Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House, Trump, whose overall approval rating is just 41 per cent according to a Silver Bulletin polling average, said: “It’s a great time of the year, our country is doing really well economically, like we’ve ne...
La (improbable) integración política de la UE es vital El balance de la situación mundial es amargo: China busca un orden mundial chinocéntrico, Estados Unidos está liquidando su democracia, los regímenes autoritarios avanzan y la sociedad civil no parece oponer mucha resistencia. Ante este desolador panorama, Europa debe pensar en volar sola y más unida. Es cuestión de supervivencia MIKEL JASO La invasión rusa de Ucrania ha provocado, entre otras cosas, una percepción tardía entre la población europea de la profunda transformación que se está produciendo en la situación mundial. No obstante, ese cambio llevaba ya tiempo gestándose a consecuencia del declive de Estados Unidos, la superpotencia del siglo XX. Una señal de alarma y... Suscríbete para seguir leyendo Lee sin límites
China's military firms struggle as corruption purge bites, report says December 1, 2025 11:14 AM GMT+11 Updated 54 mins ago Item 1 of 4 A member of the People's Liberation Army stands as the strategic strike group displays YJ-21 missiles during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo [1/4] A member of the People's Liberation Army stands as the strategic strike group displays YJ-21 missiles during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing,... Purchase Licensing Rights Read more HONG KONG, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Revenues at China's giant military firms fell last year as corruption purges slowed arms contracts and procurement, according to a study released on Monday by a leading conflict think tank. The Chinese declines contrast with strong revenue growth globally for big arms and military-services companies, fuelled by wars ...
Taiwan airline seeks role in 'whole of society' defence with surveillance flights to counter China December 1, 2025 11:14 AM GMT+11 Updated 28 mins ago Item 1 of 5 An APEX aircraft equipped with a synthetic aperture radar made by U.S. company IMSAR and short-wave infrared sensors from Teledyne FLIR prepares to take off in Taitung, Taiwan, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Ann Wang [1/5] An APEX aircraft equipped with a synthetic aperture radar made by U.S. company IMSAR and short-wave infrared sensors from Teledyne FLIR prepares to take off in Taitung, Taiwan, October 13, 2025.... Purchase Licensing Rights Read more TAITUNG, Taiwan, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Flying over the blue waters off Taiwan's east coast, a light aircraft equipped with a powerful U.S.-made radar slung under its belly tracks Chinese warships, collecting data its operator is keen to provide to Taipei's security forces. Small Taiwanese operator Apex Aviation, better known for pilot training and charter flights, i...
Wall St Week Ahead: Investors on watch for AI, economic updates as US stocks steady NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Investors will look in the coming week for signals about profitability for artificial intelligence companies, as well as the broader economy's health, to steady the U.S. equity market. Stocks rebounded this week from their biggest pullback since April, helped by a firming conviction that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in December. But some of the market's heavyweight shares remained volatile. Big moves in Nvidia (NVDA.O) and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) , for instance, were driven by developments in AI. Get a daily digest of breaking business news straight to your inbox with the Reuters Business newsletter. Sign up here. Equities are poised to maintain this sensitivity, investors said, after concerns about overheated valuations took some of the steam out of a trade that has propelled markets higher this year. "The narrative surrounding the pro...