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European Council President Antonio Costa, left, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen greet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss continued support for Ukraine and European defense at European Union headquarters in Brussels on March 6, 2025. European Union leaders held emergency talks in Brussels as the Trump administration upends traditional alliances and retracts wartime backing of Ukraine. (Nicolas Tucat/Getty-AFP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Who will pick up the global leadership America has abandoned?

March 21, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Whether the future is more democratic or authoritarian will likely hinge on whether Europe or China does a better job replacing U.S. influence.

President Donald Trump supporters ride with an effigy of him in their convertible at a Presidents Day rally outside the Trump International Golf Club, Feb. 17, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Ben Curtis/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: How to spot autocracy’s rise

March 7, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

In Hungary and Turkey, Viktor Orban and Recep Tayyip Erdogan consolidated power with a few key steps.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is flanked by U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, left, and U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz on Feb. 18, 2025, during an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

Elizabeth Shackelford: In a stunning comeback, Russia wins the Cold War

February 21, 2025 at 8:21 a.m.

Donald Trump seems either unaware or unconcerned that Vladimir Putin’s plan is to weaken the United States too.

Current and former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development and their supporters rally with members of Congress outside the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Foreign aid delivered by USAID is for our nation’s benefit — including our farmers

February 7, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump's and Elon Musk's attacks on USAID and foreign assistance will hurt American national security.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Congress should use its power against Trump

February 4, 2025 at 5:25 p.m.

Unless Congress takes its power back, the costs to our country and citizens as a result will be incalculable.

A sunrise view of the Detroit side of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, expected to open this year, that will connect Windsor, Canada, and the Motor City, is seen on Jan. 15, 2025. President-elect Donald Trump's vow to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian imports could ravage Canada's auto industry and decimate Windsor, a city deeply tied to the auto industry in Detroit, which is just across the border. (Ian Willms/The New York Times)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Donald Trump’s first week signals a coercive, not cooperative foreign policy

January 24, 2025 at 8:19 a.m.

Donald Trump’s message to the world more broadly is that the United States is no longer a cooperative member of the global community.

A supporter of South Korea's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, waves the flags of South Korea and the United States during a rally near the presidential residence in Seoul on Jan. 9, 2025. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Plight of South Korea’s democracy has lessons for us

January 10, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Polarization in South Korea, has helped a political leader rally enough support to potentially thwart accountability.

A Sudanese woman sits by her sick child in a Doctors Without Borders-run clinic in the Aboutengue displacement site near Acre, Chad, on Oct 4. 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Will Joe Biden’s last push to end war in Sudan be enough?

December 27, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The war in Sudan has received far less attention than the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine. A last-ditch effort by Biden’s team is hoping to change that.

Calin Georgescu, independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, shakes hands with a supporter outside a closed voting station in Mogosoaia, Romania, Dec. 8, 2024, after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Romania is fighting back against Russia’s election interference

December 13, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The Russian government has long been active in election interference and related disinformation campaigns against democracies.

Traditional Russian wooden dolls, called matryoshka dolls, depicting Donald Trump, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Nov. 5, 2024. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Might makes right. Welcome to the new world disorder.

November 15, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The rules-based order that had shaped the rules of the game since World War II was already on its heels before Donald Trump was reelected.

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