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Con Coughlin

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Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on Russia's military operation in Ukraine, on Friday February 25, 2022. AP Photo
The UAE’s vote on Ukraine signals a strategic shift

A growing sense of disillusionment with America’s lack of reliability has consequences

CommentFebruary 26, 2022
Con Coughlin
US President Joe Biden with Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels last June. AP Photo
Has Nato already won against Russia?

The Ukraine crisis has brought the once-fractious western alliance together in dealing with its chief adversary

CommentFebruary 17, 2022
Con Coughlin
Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron attend a joint press conference, in Moscow, on February 7. Reuters
Diplomacy might just work to diffuse Russia-Ukraine tensions

Nato leaders are engaged in high-stakes diplomatic efforts to achieve a peaceful resolution

CommentFebruary 10, 2022
Con Coughlin
The US testing a new laser weapon that could be used to counter drone strikes in the Gulf. AP
To see Iran's true foreign policy, look to the Gulf, not Vienna

Tehran's support for the Houthis must be acknowledged and called out by those seeking a new nuclear deal

CommentJanuary 28, 2022
Con Coughlin
The UAE's ambassador to the UN speaks on UNSC condemnation of Houthi attacks. Photo: Screengrab from video
UNSC sees Russia support condemnation of Houthi terror

Moscow signals to Houthis and their Iranian sponsors that they cannot rely on its backing

OpinionJanuary 21, 2022
Con Coughlin
A Houthi supporter holds a gun during a vigil marking the second anniversary of the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis in a US drone attack, at a mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, on January 3. EPA
Abu Dhabi attacks put Biden’s Houthi designation firmly in the spotlight

The UAE has pushed for a decisive international stance in countering the attacks

CommentJanuary 20, 2022
Con Coughlin
A minefield in the Donetsk region, a scene of much fighting in recent years. AFP
The window for diplomacy in Russia-Nato tensions is closing

The road to a peaceful settlement is long and winding, but it must prevail

CommentJanuary 13, 2022
Con Coughlin
Iraqi cleric and Iranian-backed militia leader Moqtada Al Sadr with Qassem Suleimani in Tehran in September 2019. EPA
Iran has not recovered from the setback of Suleimani's death

In the aftermath of Suleimani’s killing, the regime is struggling to maintain its regional network of alliances

CommentJanuary 06, 2022
Con Coughlin
Passengers coming out from UK Royal Air Force's military evacuation flight which arrived from Afghanistan at the Al Maktoum International Airport (DWC) in Dubai on 19 August,2021. Pawan Singh/The National Story by Nick.
UK whistleblower's allegations show Afghans deserved better

Accusations of Foreign Office incompetence have provoked a major political row in Britain

OpinionDecember 28, 2021
Con Coughlin
Ukrainian servicemen walk in a trench on their position on the front line with Russia-backed separatists near the town of Svitlodarsk, in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on December 18. AFP
A solution to the Russia-Ukraine issue

Putin has repeated that he has no intention of provoking a military conflict over Ukraine

OpinionDecember 23, 2021
Con Coughlin
A UK government Covid-19 booster campaign in London. EPA
Europe's winter of discontent with the Omicron variant

The continent is not ready, often not willing, to adopt measures against Covid-19

OpinionDecember 16, 2021
Con Coughlin
People struggle to cross the boundary wall of Hamid Karzai International Airport to flee the country after the Taliban takeover, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 16. EPA
Couldn't the UK have helped more Afghans?

Damning indictments of British Foreign Office incompetence have provoked a major political row

CommentDecember 09, 2021
Con Coughlin
Brussels (pictured) and other European capitals have seen waves of protest against public health measures to curb the spread of Covid-19. EPA
With every new Covid-19 variant, Europe grows more divided

Omicron is putting strain on the increasingly frayed tightrope politicians have to walk

CommentDecember 02, 2021
Con Coughlin
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to open his umbrella next to Prince Charles at the dedication ceremony of the new national UK Police Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, central England, in July. AFP
No rain on Boris Johnson's parade just yet

Despite a difficult few weeks, the British prime minister will remain in power on account of the UK's economic rebound

CommentNovember 25, 2021
Con Coughlin
Belarusian law enforcement personnel in a migrant camp on the border with Poland. Reuters
Migrants and sanctions are the weapons of choice in Europe's new proxy war

Belarus is using new means in a brutal and effective strategy to divide the EU

CommentNovember 18, 2021
Con Coughlin
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