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Dispatches from a year of global conflict and uncertainty

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Why Vladimir Putin’s in no hurry for peace

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Are things falling apart for Ukraine?

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Ukraine: battered by bombing and scarred by corruption

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Trump-Xi meeting: the key takeaways

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Putin, Zelensky and the art of ‘playing’ the US president

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Putin’s forever war against the west

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Charlie Kirk and the politics of rhetoric and division

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Xi Jinping showcases his dream of a China-led ‘new world order’

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Israel opens new front in Gaza war

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Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? We spoke to the experts to find out

The US president, Donald Trump, claims to have “solved six wars in six months”. To work out if there was any substance to his claims, The Conversation international affairs editors Sam Phelps and Rachael Jolley interviewed six academic experts on those regions to find out what Trump actually did, and…

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How the Trump-Putin summit could play out

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Trump poised to meet Putin to discuss Ukraine – but Zelensky set to be left on the sidelines

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Will the latest diplomatic moves to end the war in Gaza work?

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Gaza and Ukraine are both waiting for action

For the past few weeks the headlines about Gaza have focused on the hundreds of people who have been killed while queueing for food. The aid distribution system put in place in May, backed by the US and Israel and run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, has proved to be…

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Will Donald Trump get Vladimir Putin (before Maga gets Trump)?

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Israel’s relocation plan for Palestinians and fading hopes for a ceasefire

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Why flattering Donald Trump could be dangerous

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Inside Ukraine’s remarkable drone attack

You can generally tell when Vladimir Putin appears rattled by an adverse event in his war on Ukraine. He (or one of his proxies) ramps up the bloodcurdling rhetoric. And so it is with Ukraine’s “Spiderweb” drone attack on four airbases inside Russia, which reportedly destroyed or damaged as many…

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The debate over genocide claims in relation to Gaza intensifies

In the past few days, discussion around whether Israel is committing acts of genocide in Gaza has intensified. On May 28 The Guardian reported that “380 writers and groups” had signed an open letter calling Israel’s military campaign in Gaza “genocide”. The letter reads, in part:

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Ukraine: it’s clear right now there are no serious plans for peace

When it comes to the sincerity, or otherwise, of Vladimir Putin’s apparent willingness to talk peace with Ukraine, the Russian leader has given us plenty of hints. He may insist he wants to see a deal done and an end to the killing. But his insistence that any agreement would…

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Putin dodges peace talks in Istanbul as Russia pushes for territorial concessions from Ukraine

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Ukraine’s path to peace appears to be rapidly disappearing

It’s getting hard to figure out who all the US-sponsored talks over ending the conflict in Ukraine are supposed to benefit. Listening to Donald Trump over recent weeks, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s all about him.

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Has Donald Trump been outfoxed by Putin and Zelensky?

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Putin mulls over US-Ukrainian ceasefire proposal – but the initial signs aren’t positive

While Donald Trump’s special envoy was en route to Moscow to talk about a possible ceasefire deal with his opposite numbers in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin enjoyed a meet-up with his old friend Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, and the atmosphere was reportedly congenial.

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