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Diplomacy: Acting US deputy state secretary Victoria Nuland says the fact that President Cyril Ramaphosa stood up to President Vladimir Putin about his war in Ukraine in his recent visit to Russia carried weight with Washington. Photo: Danil Shamkin/ Getty Images
AGOA

A US pat on the back for Ramaphosa

The president’s strong stance on Russia’s war could help salvage trade agreement with the US, says deputy secretary

  • Lizeka Tandwa
5 min read
Victoria Nuland testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, January 26, 2023. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
BRICS

EXCLUSIVE: De-dollarisation debate is ‘just talk’ says Victoria Nuland

The US acting deputy secretary of state said the US dollar was a driver of ‘global good’

  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
ALLAN BLOOM

A neocon by any other name

Robert Kagan, author, essayist, former diplomat, pre-eminent thinker of what is called ”neoconservatism” — and now foreign policy adviser to Republican presidential nominee John…

  • Peter Beaumont
9 min read
ANGELA MERKEL

Prospect of French Nato return tilts power balance

The prospect of France returning to Nato’s military command after more than four decades of estrangement is tilting the balance of transatlantic relations. The United States is…

  • Paul Taylor
4 min read