• OPINION

  Washington pulling back from the world

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 04/04/2016

  » For many in the US, the attacks on Brussels must have felt like more of the same. Once again, militants struck, the systems designed to stop them failed and all the blood and treasure of 15 years of "war on terror" appear more wasted than ever.

• WORLD

  Year of female leaders

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 13/07/2016

  » It now seems extremely likely that by the middle of January 2017, three of the world's six largest economic powers will be led by women.

• OPINION

  Trump's brave new world of Twitter diplomacy

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 08/12/2016

  » When it comes to managing relations with China, Donald Trump is tearing up the rulebook. First by using Twitter to announce his telephone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, and then in his Sunday afternoon complaints over Beijing's economic and military policy.

• OPINION

  Yes, 2016 was bad. But next year risks being far worse

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 23/12/2016

  » The killing of Russia's ambassador to Turkey on Monday evening might have prompted knee-jerk comparisons to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but it almost certainly won't spark a World War I-type conflict. The lethal truck attack that killed 12 in Berlin a few hours later, however, could ratchet up the prospect of yet another political shock in Europe.

• OPINION

  Kim knows exactly what he's doing

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 10/03/2017

  » With a suspected role in the assassination of his estranged half-brother and a string of increasingly aggressive missile tests, the North Korean leader appears to be testing the patience not just of Washington but also his key ally, China. It's a high-stakes game that may push the region into the worst conflict it has ever seen. Kim Jong-un's actions have a ruthless internal logic, however, and while he has a plan, there is no sign that anyone has a coherent strategy for stopping him.

• OPINION

  Syria, NK a fine balancing act for US

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 14/04/2017

  » If there were ever any doubt that US President Donald Trump's strike against Syria was also intended to send a message to Pyongyang, the deployment this weekend of a US carrier strike group towards the Korean Peninsula should have cleared it up.

• OPINION

  The next super weapon could be biological

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 21/04/2017

  » With the threat of chemical weapons in Syria and nuclear arms in North Korea, the risk of biological weapons has largely dropped off the international agenda. But evolving technologies and genetic engineering may open the door to new dangers.

• OPINION

  In standing up to Trump, Europe gets its mojo back

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 01/06/2017

  » If US President Donald Trump wanted to make an impression with his first visit to Europe last week, he unquestionably succeeded.

• OPINION

  Calm down, America. Attacks won't break Britain

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 08/06/2017

  » When I rolled my wheelchair out of my apartment block on Sunday morning -- mere hours after three attackers killed seven a few hundred yards away in London Bridge and Borough Market -- the most striking thing was the sense of calm.

• OPINION

  The West's military renaissance

  News, Peter Apps, Published on 24/07/2017

  » This month's G20 meeting in Hamburg showed Western countries still struggling for a strategy to stop suspected Russian meddling in their politics and hacking their elections. Behind the scenes, however, the US and European militaries have been more effective in adapting to the actions of President Vladimir Putin and Moscow's aggressive new military doctrine.

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