Navigating the great churn in global ties

The European summit convened by British Prime Minister (PM) Keir Starmer in London on Sunday gave further indication of the massive changes in global power relations triggered by the advent of the second Donald Trump administration in the US.

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This emergency gathering of the "willing coalition" of leaders from 20 countries — including French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian PM Georgia Meloni — called in the wake of the recent disastrous diplomatic encounter between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has pledged support to Kyiv and promised to secure its sovereignty, independent of Washington's reset in its relations with Moscow. Starmer said the current juncture was "a once-in-a-generation moment for the security of Europe and we all (European nations) need to step up".