Donald Trump's announcement of a 100% tariff on imported brand-name drugs is clearly aimed at protecting the American industry. By forcing pharmaceutical giants to establish or expand production on American soil, Donald Trump is seeking to bring jobs back to the US, reduce dependence on foreign supply chains and strengthen domestic production capacity. At a time of growing global uncertainty, this industrial instinct is understandable: every Western nation wants to protect it

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defiant UN address underscores a painful paradox for the West. On one side, Israel faces an existential fight against Hamas, a terrorist organization armed and financed, amongst others, by Iran, whose clear aim is not compromise but Israel’s destruction. On the other, the people of Gaza are enduring catastrophic suffering — displacement, shortages of food and medicine and the trauma of war.   The West must acknowledge both realities. To ign

The Kremlin has described NATO's plan to shoot down Russian aircraft that violate the Alliance's airspace as ‘dangerous’. In reality, what is dangerous is that Moscow continues to test the West's resolve. Every intrusion, whether by fighter jets, bombers or drones, is a calculated act of intimidation against the West. It aims to weaken deterrence, normalise aggression and project Russian power at the expense of Western security.   Let us be clear: defending NATO airspace is n