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Polish Minister for European Affairs Adam Szlapka speaks during the presentation of the program for the 2025 Poland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Warsaw, Poland, on Dec. 10, 2024.
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With Donald Trump set to take office as US president on Monday, Poland is beginning its six-month presidency of the European Union with a warning: This is “the right time to say loudly that it’s time [for Europe] to take responsibility for our future and our security,” Poland’s Europe minister, Adam Szłapka, told the Guardian on Wednesday. Poland holds the rotating presidency from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2025.
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Trump in front of a map on fire.
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In a G-Zero world, where no one country or group of countries is willing and able to provide global leadership, the law of the jungle prevails.
Palestinians react to news on a ceasefire deal with Israel, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 15, 2025.
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Israel and Hamas agreed on a deal to pause the 15-month conflict. A six-week-long first phase of the deal is set to begin soon.
What We’re Watching: Yoon arrested, Controversial nominee, Gaza ceasefire prospects, Trump’s latest tariff idea, NATO’s Baltic patrols
What We’re Watching: Yoon arrested, Controversial nominee, Gaza ceasefire prospects, Trump’s latest tariff idea, NATO’s Baltic patrols
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested by officers from the national corruption authority after an hours-long standoff on Wednesday morning.
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In a political environment plagued by instability and polarization, who is poised to benefit? President-elect Donald Trump is the leading symptom, in many ways, and the most powerful beneficiary of the G-Zero, argues Eurasia Group founder and president Ian Bremmer during a GZERO livestream to discuss the 2025 Top Risks report.
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of defense, gestures as he leaves a Senate Committee on Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 14, 2025.
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Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Dems grilled him on allegations of misconduct and his history of opposing women in the military, while Republicans applauded his performance. Is he likely to be confirmed?
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China is in for an unprecedentedly tough time. Donald Trump’s cabinet of China hawks signals a potentially more confrontational stance with Beijing, a foreign policy approach that will function not unlike the first Trump administration's over Russia, says The New Yorker's Susan Glasser during a GZERO livestream to discuss the 2025 Top Risks report.
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