NOURNEWS – Friedrich Merz’s two-day visit to China cannot be viewed merely as an economic trip. The visit gains meaning amid Germany’s domestic crisis, Europe’s widening gap with the United States, and the erosion of the West’s unilateral order — as a simultaneous effort to remain in power and to redefine Europe’s position in the emerging global order.

NOURNEWS – Trump has taken US foreign policy out of formal institutions and placed it in the hands of a small, trusted circle — a model based on deal-making, quick agreements and personal diplomacy that seeks to break deadlocks in Gaza, Iran and Ukraine with a “get yes first” approach.

NOURNEWS – Washington’s silence following the third round of the Geneva talks, coupled with the withdrawal of non-essential US personnel from Israel and the reopening of some shelters in the occupied territories, signals a rise in security activity. Experience from the 12-day war showed that, in US strategy, negotiations can even serve as a cover for hard action.