Fortress Kaliningrad key to Russia's assertive shield

The exclave is central to what Russia sees as a defensive line, while NATO regards it as a destabilising risk zone

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Trump will hamstring Tillerson at US State Department

The head of the diplomatic corps has expressed frustration with the White House and promised to overhaul his department

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Washington’s weak hand belies the White House's rhetoric and calls for ill-defined global action against Pyongyang

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Defence exports are an important foreign policy tool but also essential to sustaining a large economic sector

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More, not less, division is looming in CEE over foreign policy, illiberal values and deeper integration

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While several Muslim-majority countries have rebuked Qatar, Africa's most powerful governments are seeking a compromise

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The 'grand bargain' which the US president once promised Russia is no longer his to give

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Russia is increasingly looking to ASEAN states to satisfy its policy agenda

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The French and German elections may not lead to a softening of the EU’s position

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The White House has struggled to push much-anticipated legislative proposals through Congress during its earliest months

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