NATO chief aims to put Ukraine in position of strength for peace talks with Russia

BRUSSELS — NATO’s sec­re­­tary-gen­er­al said he wants to dis­cuss ways to put Ukraine in a posi­tion of strength for any future peace talks with Rus­sia dur­ing a meet­ing Wednes­day with Ukraine’s pres­i­dent and a small num­ber of Euro­pean lead­ers. But Mark Rutte appeared frus­trat­ed at grow­ing spec­u­la­tion in NATO cap­i­tals about when those peace talks might…

Kenyan police in Haiti submit resignations over pay delays — Reuters

Kenyan police in Haiti sub­mit res­ig­na­tions over pay delays  Reuters Under assault by gangs in Haiti, a Kenyan-led mis­sion fights back  The Asso­ci­at­ed Press UN Force Faces Relent­less Gang Vio­lence in Haiti’s Cap­i­tal  Newsweek Haiti’s multi­na­tion­al police mis­sion denies reports of unpaid wages  Al Jazeera Eng­lish Kenya police boss denies reports offi­cers in Haiti peace­keep­ing mis­sion haven’t been paid in…

The Democrats must radically rethink foreign policy | Anatol Lieven

A deep and search­ing debate on the Demo­c­ra­t­ic party’s approach to for­eign affairs is now urgent In domes­tic polit­i­cal terms, the for­eign pol­i­cy of the Biden admin­is­tra­tion has proved almost unimag­in­ably suc­cess­ful – for Don­ald Trump, whom it enabled to run for pres­i­dent as the rep­re­sen­ta­tive, how­ev­er men­da­cious­ly so, of for­eign pol­i­cy restraint. A deep…

Fear, joy and calls for a strong Europe: France reacts to Trump win

PARIS — A cen­tu­ry of straw polls at the icon­ic Harry’s Bar in Paris have accu­rate­ly called almost every U.S. elec­tion. This Novem­ber was no dif­fer­ent. The tal­lies dis­played on the bar’s win­dow on a chilly Wednes­day morn­ing were anoth­er reminder of Don­ald Trump’s deci­sive vic­to­ry — with uncer­tain con­se­quences for France and Europe. Even as…

Analysts welcome Nigeria’s security pact with Niger

abu­ja, nige­ria — Nige­ria and neigh­bor­ing Niger have signed an agree­ment to boost their secu­ri­ty coop­er­a­tion, despite ten­sions fol­low­ing a coup in Niger more than a year ago. The Niger­ian army announced the secu­ri­ty coop­er­a­tion pact on Tues­day in a com­mu­nique. The coun­tries’ defense chiefs signed the accord this week in Niamey, Niger’s cap­i­tal. It’s the first military…