In an age of trade wars, terrorism and rising nationalism, Europe must become a global player with a muscular foreign policy to match its economic strength, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker declared Wednesday.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad kicked off his first official visit outside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region on Friday, a move indicating the new Malaysian government continues to pursue a proactive foreign policy toward China.

Re: “World has many things to be grateful for – US foreign policy not one of them”, Have Your Say, yesterday.

Re: “US no longer piggybank for an ungrateful world”, Letters, July 7-8.

A few weeks ago I wrote that the inclusion of hawks on his foreign policy team meant that US President Donald Trump was more than likely going to antagonise the North Koreans.

The news that the Kim-Trump summit may be on the rocks illustrates the lunacy of Washington’s foreign policy.  

Sense of humour deficit alert! May I point out to “offended” letter writers Michael Burd and Stephen Zamel (Have Your Say, May 5) that The Nation’s Stephff does not write news articles, nor does he write opinion pieces or purport to shape global foreign policy.

Many of us are familiar with the term “Stockholm Syndrome”. In 1973, four people were taken hostage in Stockholm.

The United States' top diplomat defended his country's foreign policy record on Wednesday, saying progress had been made in the last year to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions and to counter the "immense challenges" posed by Russia, China and Iran.

Something must be seriously amiss when a statement by the US secretary of state is eagerly welcomed by China and Russia – while the White House struggles to explain that it’s “on the same page” with his own foreign policy mechanism.

December 12 will be observed as International Universal Health Coverage Day in response to a proposal from the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative (FPGH), which is currently chaired by Thailand.

If United States President Donald Trump’s previous foreign policy moves have by and large been driven by putting “America first”, his intention to formally recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and later move the US embassy there would be best described as ill-advised – more accurately dangerously foolhardy if carried out. 

Trump’s latest act of sheer lunacy has gotten a lot of people scared.

Beijing’s foreign policy is becoming increasingly interventionist, and the effects are being felt all around the world

During World War II, Winston Churchill said: “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” He made this statement prior to the allied assault in Normandy.