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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures to the crowd as he concludes a campaign rally on October 19, 2024, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What Trump’s re-election could mean for global security and American foreign policy

If Donald Trump re-enters the White House after the 5 November elections, countries like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea will be delighted

Xi Jinping, China’s president, speaks at the West Kowloon Station in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Photo: Getty Images

Xi Jinping’s radioactive friend

Instead of weakening the United States and bolstering China’s geopolitical standing, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has accomplished the exact opposite. As China’s president…

It’s been 30 years since South Africa signed the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and stuck to it

OPINION| Global nuclear disarmament is long overdue

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is a step in the right direction, but the world will remain unbalanced while nine states still hold these dangerous weapons

Trump has made Iran a favourite target since his rapprochement with nuclear-armed North Korea. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Trump hits back at Iran ‘war’ talk

The high-stakes verbal sparring is reminiscent of the exchanges Trump had last year with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

Files reveal Trident strike needed ‘to kill 10m Russians’

Whitehall documents written in 1970s and marked ‘personal and top secret’ show logic of British Cold War deterrent.

US: al-Qaeda could provoke India-Pakistan conflict

Al-Qaeda is seeking to destabilise South Asia and could trigger a war between Pakistan and India, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday.

Second nuclear test sets ominous mood

Sending an aggressive message to Obama may be the strategy of North Korea’s leader to protect his dynasty and secure succession.

Pakistan nuclear projects raise US fears

Pakistan is continuing to expand its nuclear bomb-making facilities despite growing international concern, US nuclear experts say.

McCain raises spectre of nuclear war

John McCain raised the spectre of nuclear war as he struggled to overcome rival Barack Obama’s widening lead in the US polls.