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Self-interest over ideology as disparate inner circle shapes Trump foreign policy

Administration officials, his family and even Mar-a-Lago guests wield outsized influence on a mercurial president

The Guardian - US

Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?

Trump’s attack on Venezuela suggests expansionism is under way but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy

The Guardian - UK

George Washington’s foreign policy was built on respect for other nations and patient consideration of future burdens

Foreign policy is usually discussed as a matter of national interests – oil flows, borders, treaties, fleets. But there is a problem: “national interest” is an inherently ambiguous phrase. Although it is often presented as an expression of sheer force, its effectiveness ultimately rests on something softer – the manner…

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Pope blasts how countries are using force to assert dominion in major foreign policy address

Pope Leo XIV has denounced how nations are increasingly using force to assert their dominion worldwide

The Independent UK

Trump already has open door to grow U.S. military presence in Greenland thanks to a little-known Cold War-era agreement between the U.S. and Denmark

“This agreement is very generous, it's very open,” one foreign policy expert said. “The U.S. would be able to achieve almost any security goal that you can imagine under that agreement.”

Fortune

U.S. accused of causing ‘historic rupture’ as Donald Trump turns the world into a ‘den of robbers’

The world order is at stake.

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French president condemns US for ‘turning away from allies’

Emmanuel Macron’s comments come as Germany’s president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, warns against turning world into ‘robber’s den’

The Guardian - UK

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With Venezuela, Trump has achieved his dream of making his own 80s action movie

Given his rise during the ego joyride of the 1980s, it’s no shock that Trump’s foreign policy is to emulate that decade’s belligerent cinema

The Guardian - UK

Nancy Pelosi Links Trump's Greenland Takeover Ambition To Secret Russian Favour For Putin

Nancy Pelosi has publicly connected Donald Trump's revived desire to acquire Greenland with alleged strategic gains for Vladimir Putin and Russia, raising concerns about NATO, Arctic geopolitics and US foreign policy.

International Business Times UK

2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the global stage

The U.S. military operation in Venezuela and capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026, topped off months of military buildup and targeted strikes in the Caribbean Sea. It fulfills President Donald Trump’s claim to assert authoritative control over the Western Hemisphere, articulated in his administration’s 2025 National Security…

The Conversation

Venezuela live updates: US may intercept fleeing oil tanker off UK coastline days after Maduro capture

President Trump said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela after U.S. stealth operation to capture autocratic leader Nicolas Maduro

The Independent UK

As Trump rewrites the rules in Venezuela, NZ faces a foreign policy reckoning

Donald Trump’s seemingly reckless and probably illegal attempt at regime change in Venezuela highlights the need for New Zealand to rethink its current stance toward the United States.

The Conversation

EU calls for respect of international law as Trump remains vague on Venezuelan transition plan

EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas called for 'calm and restraint by all actors' as the Trump administration remained vague on its transition plan for Venezuela after the ousting on Maduro. All member states, except for Hungary, supported the statement released by Kallas on Sunday night.

Euronews

Viral Tulsi Gabbard Post Urging US To Stay out of Venezuela Sparks Fury After Maduro Raid

Resurfaced 2019 Tulsi Gabbard post urging US to stay out of Venezuela sparks backlash after Maduro's capture, exposing deep divides in foreign policy and political accountability.

International Business Times UK

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What is the Monroe Doctrine? Here’s how it has shaped U.S. foreign policy for two centuries, including Trump’s ouster of Maduro

It was intended to ward off European colonization or other interference in the Western Hemisphere. In return, the U.S. also agreed to stay out of European affairs.

International Business Times UK

Keir Starmer's Ex-Aide Reveals Alaa Abd El-Fattah Was Whitehall 'Running Joke'—Here's Why

Former advisor Paul Ovenden criticizes UK government's focus on Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, revealing internal skepticism and highlighting lobbying influence over foreign policy.

International Business Times UK

Trump Fans Turn On White House Over 'Israel First' Foreign Policy Boasts, 'Wasting' Power In 2025

Trump supporters are turning against the White House's 2025 foreign policy focus, with critics claiming the administration has abandoned 'America First' in favor of international engagement and perceived pro-Israel bias, jeopardising the political unity that won the election.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the new Monroe doctrine: Trump’s forceful approach to the western hemisphere comes at a cost

Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2025. Today, how US foreign policy has dramatically – and alarmingly – turned towards Latin America and the Caribbean

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US Foreign Policy Outsourced? Vance Calls Jared Kushner, Trump's Son-in-Law, The Peace 'Investor'

US Vice-President JD Vance's remark calling Jared Kushner the 'investor' in the Gaza ceasefire reflects an unprecedented shift in US foreign policy dynamics, where a private citizen with extensive business ties plays a central diplomatic role.

The Guardian - UK

Our king, our priest, our feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages

Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute

The Guardian - UK

Into the void: how Trump killed international law

The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away

The Guardian - UK

Kremlin renews criticism of Europe’s efforts to amend US plan to end Ukraine war

Putin’s top foreign policy aid says proposals could prolong conflict as talks with US negotiators are held in Miami

The Conversation

Trump’s new security strategy exposes the limits of NZ’s ‘softly-softly’ diplomacy

President Donald Trump’s recently-issued National Security Strategy marks a decisive break in United States foreign policy. It also poses an uncomfortable challenge for New Zealand and other countries that have long depended on a rules-based order.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump claims peace deal ‘closer than ever’ but differences on territory remain

US officials said that Kyiv would be offered ‘Article Five-type’ security guarantees in a peace deal

The Conversation

One UK journalist’s close access to Hitler carries a warning about Trump’s media restrictions

Interviewing Hitler opens in Linz, Austria, in 1938: the year before the outbreak of World War Two. Adolf Hitler, who was born in Austria, has just announced the Anschluss, the forced political union of Germany and his birth country. Since seizing power in 1933, he has been overseeing Germany’s rearmament…

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