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Given US President Donald Trump’s historic unpopularity, the mystery is why the Democrats are not poised to win even bigger in the upcoming midterm elections, The New Yorker’s Washington correspondent, author, and commentator Susan Glasser tells IPQ.

German-Indian relations and, by extension, European-Indian relations have experienced a boost in 2026. It’s important now to ground them in honesty.

Deploying a Franco-British “fleet-in-being” to the Strait of Hormuz would be the best way to persuade Tehran to negotiate.

After another temperature record-breaking summer, the need for Europe to introduce air conditioning more widely has become obvious. Luckily, there is a solution with additional benefits.

The Russian president is waging war against the West, and organized crime networks are becoming an ever more important tool in this conflict. Indeed, it is increasingly difficult to tell the security services from the criminal gangs. 

With the midterms tilting in the Democrats’ favor, there is a chance that Congress will once again act as a stronger counterweight to Donald Trump’s presidency. 

Poland has considerable reservations about Germany’s large-scale rearmament. Berlin should change its narrative, include Warsaw in key discussions, and undertake practical steps to make its commitment to the defense of Central Europe more credible.

The United Kingdom is not so much worried about Germany seeking too much influence. Rather, it is concerned that Berlin still appears reluctant to exercise its capabilities for geopolitical ends.

As Berlin sees its role as a middle power grow, it is both constrained and bolstered by being embedded within the European Union.