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Eighty years after the end of the Second World War in 1945, Europe, especially Western Europe is in disarray, as their transatlantic ally for eight decades, the United States, is refusing to guarantee the security of the European nations belonging to the NATO under the new Trump doctrine. Earlier, there were differences between the U.S. and the European nations on a number of issues, but those never had such wider dimension impacting the geopolitics of the continent just as it is doing in 2025.

The way the US President Donald Trump literally got enforced his one-man plan for the Gaza Ceasefire and the manner in which he is now trying to organise Peace Talks to get the Russia-Ukraine war ended, are pointers to the future of the American foreign policy.

LONDON: The geopolitics of Europe are moving. The least we should demand of our elected representatives in Parliament is a frank discussion of that.

The anti-discrimination students body which pioneered the massive upsurge in Bangladesh last year leading to the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 and abdication of the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India, is set to float their new political party with specific programme and constitution by the end of this month. The preparatory committee is proceeding at a breakneck speed to finalise the list of the members of the proposed leadership and if everything goes as per current programme, the announcement may be made even on February 24.

The world, much to its disappointment, is seeing the United States of America, which is the world largest economy and mightiest military power, rapidly embracing raw, unrestrained capitalism under the newly inaugurated second-term Presidency of Donald John Trump abandoning all traces of egalitarianism. Induction of Tesla chairman Elon Musk to head the department of government efficiency (DOGE) with the stated purpose to eliminate excessive and fraudulent federal spending and also rid the prevailing system of “dispensable regulations” is a clear indication of the US embracing laissez-faire in its bawdiest form. The Trump Administration decision to gut the USAID (United States Agency for International Development) is harming global campaign against HIV, polio, mpox and bird flu and depriving millions of women and girls in poor countries of support. As it shows the US in poor light in the rest of the world, it has caused shock and despair to the Agency’s more than 10,000 employees.

NEW YORK: US president Donald Trump’s proposal to annex the Gaza Strip and transfer its two million Palestinian inhabitants to Egypt and Jordan has provoked a predictable outcry. Virtually all Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, oppose the idea. Human rights organizations and international lawyers note its violation of international law.

WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit the United States is more significant than ever at a time when the geo-political situation is fast changing, and new leaders take over in many countries. Modi’s scheduled meeting with US President Donald Trump on Thursday in White House offered positive results for the United States results in terms of their business expansion but for India, exact benefits are yet to be assessed. One thing is however clear. Trump remained firm on his policy on immigrants and Modi nodded to that.

LONDON: UK’s Labour Government pledged on Thursday to pour more money and arms into the Ukraine conflict even as the prospect of peace emerged this week. Turning his back on US President Donald Trump’s negotiations, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said Britain would continue to “ramp up the money, the capability that we are putting into Ukraine.”

WASHINGTON: In only one of an avalanche of unconstitutional, outrageous and crude executive orders this week, Donald Trump installed an 18-year-old who goes by his internet name “Big Balls” as Senior Adviser to the U.S. Department of State.

LONDON: Campaigners have demanded reform after a damning report laid bare shocking conditions facing migrant workers propping up Britain’s crumbling care system. Unison surveyed more than 3,000 people who came to Britain on health and care worker visas to tackle shortages in the sector. It found that nearly a quarter had paid fees to an employer or an intermediary upfront in return for a job — with dozens handing over more than £20,000.