On April 22, 26 tourists were brutally murdered in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir. In the following days, gun battles erupted between Indian and Pakistani armed forces. Is the next war now looming in Kashmir?

Donald Trump may be a good campaigner, but his government policy in the first few months is characterized by chaotic and irrational decisions: "Dangerous and dumb", according to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The prudent course of action for small nations is to build strategic coalitions of the willing and like-minded to jointly confront the chaos and uncertainty flowing out of Washington.

Even before taking office, President Trump had clearly told Europeans that the US military commitment in Europe would be drastically reduced. Although this did not come as a surprise, in this new geopolitical situation, most governments, military experts, and many mainstream media in Europe switched into crisis mode.

Instead of investing in weapons of mass destruction, making EU defence more efficient should be the priority as well as integrating Russia into a larger collective security organization.

The armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953 has been mentioned as a possible model for how to end the fighting in Ukraine. This makes sense. The Trump administration, however, seems to opt for a quick deal combining “ceasefires in place” with vain prospects of subsequently reaching a genuine peace agreement.