World leaders were quick to congratulate Trump. But behind closed doors, governments have an array of concerns bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

The new Mexican president is signaling to Donald Trump that she'll side with the US over China bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Of all the winners and losers from Syria’s sudden change of power, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands out as among those with the most to gain bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

As Germany faces key elections, Angela Merkel’s memoir shows how the country’s two halves were never quite reconciled bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Seems a good moment to re-up this, given her surprise intervention to kneecap her party's lead election candidate: As Germany faces key elections, Angela Merkel’s memoir shows how the country’s two halves were never quite reconciled bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Musk fought the law in Brazil and the law won. Now Lula wants to go further bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Trump’s tariffs and Germany’s troubles collide in Hamburg bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Alan Crawford Oliver Crook

A global trade war is heating up and Germany’s biggest seaport, like the country at large, is steeling itself for what may be to come bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Politics

Even for a city used to hostile forces, Ukraine’s capital is reeling from US President Donald Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of support bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Politics Alan Crawford Daryna Krasnolutska

Even for a city used to hostile forces, Ukraine’s capital is reeling from US President Donald Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of support bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Politics

Read our great profile of Bucharest Mayor and presidential hopeful Nicușor Dan as he tries to win voters with his TikTok-led campaign bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Irina Vilcu andra timu and Alan Crawford

Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan is running for Romanian president in a campaign closely watched by Washington and Moscow. He has some universal truths on the decay in trust between voters and the state. From my visit this week: bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

Spain's Sanchez breaks ranks and says what others in Europe are surely thinking in light of Trump's tariffs - look again at China bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Bloomberg Politics

It’s time for Merz to make Germany great again bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via Alan Crawford

Writing Like a Mountain, or Dead of its own too-much nybooks.com/articles/2025/… via The New York Review of Books

Some of the toughest new laws attempting to rein in TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat are emerging from capitals such as Canberra, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

President Aleksandar Vucic wants to reap the rewards of cultivating ties with the MAGA movement bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Brussels can breathe a little more easily after the nationalist right was held at bay in three European weekend elections bloomberg.com/news/newslette…