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Alexander Ward

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ARTICLES BY ALEXANDER WARD

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of the United Arab Emirates, welcomed President Trump upon his arrival Thursday in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Giuseppe Cacace/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Trump’s Middle East tour boosts Arab states at Israel’s expense

5 min read . 17 May 2025

US President Donald Trump has been unable to resolve the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza despite his vows to do so quickly once in office. (REUTERS)

Trump promised to end two wars quickly. In private, he admits he’s frustrated.

5 min read . 10 May 2025

US intel boosts Greenland spying for Trump's takeover bid, targeting independence movement and resource views.

US orders intelligence agencies to step up spying on Greenland

3 min read . 07 May 2025

US National security adviser Michael Waltz. (Getty Images via AFP)

Trump to oust national security adviser Mike Waltz

3 min read . 01 May 2025

Trump blames Zelensky as Ukraine rejects U.S. peace plan recognizing Russian control of Crimea. (AFP)

Trump blames Zelensky as Ukraine peace talks stumble

5 min read . 24 Apr 2025

A mine in Ukraine, which wants to secure continued U.S. support against Russia. (AP)

Minerals become ultimate bargaining chip in Trump’s diplomatic deals

4 min read . 06 Apr 2025

Ukraine has large deposits of minerals including titanium. (AFP)

Trump’s new Ukraine proposal looks like an offer it must refuse

4 min read . 29 Mar 2025

Trump's ad hoc national security approach sparks internal disputes, diplomatic confusion, and global uncertainty.

Signal chat blunder shows pitfalls of Trump’s ad hoc approach to foreign policy

5 min read . 26 Mar 2025

Elon Musk to receive Pentagon briefing on U.S. war plans for China, sparking security and policy concerns. (Image: Reuters)

Musk to receive top-secret briefing on US war plans for China

3 min read . 21 Mar 2025

Scores of militias operate in the wilds of eastern Congo. (REUTERS)

War-torn Congo has a deal for Trump: Kick out rebels, get minerals

5 min read . 19 Mar 2025

L-R, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. Trump and Putin spoke by phone on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, with the White House saying the talks on securing a ceasefire in Moscow's invasion of Ukraine were going well. (Photo: AFP)

Trump’s call with Putin signals long road ahead to Russia-Ukraine deal

5 min read . 19 Mar 2025

US vice president J.D. Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House on 28 February. (AP)

Trump and Zelensky both suffer setbacks after Oval Office blowup

5 min read . 01 Mar 2025

People hold placards outside the USAID building. The Trump administration dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, freezing billions of dollars in foreign assistance for programs that treat AIDS, track pandemics and provide maternal care. (Photo: Reuters)

Trump’s attack on Zelensky signals new world order taking shape

6 min read . 20 Feb 2025

US President Donald Trump’s unorthodox approach risks creating new strategic dead ends. (AFP)

Trump writes a new playbook for quagmires in Gaza and Ukraine

6 min read . 13 Feb 2025

A view shows an apartment building damaged by Russian military strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in this picture taken from the window of an armoured vehicle, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine. (Photo: Reuters)

China tries to play the role of peacemaker in Ukraine

6 min read . 13 Feb 2025

Trump’s Gaza proposal also shows that the president is leaning on his long history as a businessman and real-estate developer. (REUTERS)

Trump campaigned on ending foreign entanglements. Now he wants to own Gaza.

6 min read . 05 Feb 2025

USAID was established in 1961 to fund efforts to manage disease outbreaks and reduce child mortality, among other aid programs.

How Trump gutted America’s $40 billion aid agency in two weeks

5 min read . 05 Feb 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Netanyahu, Trump to hold talks on Gaza cease-fire and wider Middle-East strategy

4 min read . 04 Feb 2025

A billboard in Israel promotes a regional peace deal. Photo: nir elias/Reuters

Netanyahu, Trump to hold talks on Gaza cease-fire and wider middle-east strategy

4 min read . 04 Feb 2025

The Al-Hol displacement camp in Hasakah governorate, Syria. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho/File Photo (REUTERS)

Trump order freezing foreign aid halts programs worldwide

5 min read . 28 Jan 2025