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The Hindu
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- The Hindu
Germany seeks U.S. guarantee before sending Patriots to Ukraine
Germany needs firm U.S. assurances that it will quickly receive replacement Patriot anti-missile systems if it sends two of its own units to Ukraine, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday (July 23, 2025). In comments to Der Spiegel news magazine, Mr. Pistorius said European NATO members needed 'watertight' guarantees that any American-made Patriot air-defence systems sent to Ukraine would be replaced within about six to eight months. U.S. President Donald Trump last week announced a deal with NATO chief Mark Rutte for European alliance members to buy U.S. weaponry – particularly Patriot systems – for Kyiv to help it in its war against Russia. The move marked a pivot for Mr. Trump as his patience has worn thin with Russia's President Vladimir Putin for frustrating efforts to halt the war in Ukraine. Germany has offered to finance two of the Patriot systems, while several other NATO allies have expressed willingness to pay for three more. But concern has grown as Washington wants European allies to first send Patriot systems from their own stocks to Ukraine and then wait for replacements from the United States. Mr. Pistorius told Der Spiegel it was important that 'the countries transferring systems can continue to meet their NATO requirements and that no security gaps arise for NATO'. Countries including Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands had declared their willingness to finance Patriot systems, but Mr. Pistorius said that 'no decision has been made as to which country could supply Patriot systems to Ukraine'. Speaking later at a Berlin news conference, he said talks were ongoing on the question of 'which countries in Europe and beyond currently have Patriots, and in what quantities are they willing to hand them over?' 'There is money for these Patriots. Now we just need the Patriots,' he added. Germany formerly had 12 Patriot systems, but has sent three to Ukraine and two to Poland. Another Patriot battery is dedicated to training, leaving Germany with six active units.
Time of India
3 hours ago
- Time of India
Turkey UNVEILS First-Ever Hypersonic Missile
/ Jul 23, 2025, 09:33PM IST NATO nation Turkey unveiled its first hypersonic ballistic missile amid ongoing tensions with Israel. Turkey's new hypersonic missile is named 'Tayfun Block-4.' It can reportedly hit the target at more than 1,800 km. Watch this video to know more.
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First Post
4 hours ago
- First Post
Trump grows his multilateral exit list, reverses Unesco decision in just 2 years
With the withdrawal from the Unesco, President Donald Trump has abandoned yet another multilateral institution, making his disdain for multilateralism clear. Here we explore other institutions that he has quit — and how these withdrawals empowered US' adversaries. read more President Donald Trump has withdrawn the United States from Unesco over the institution's purported woke policies and support for Palestine. While the Trump administration has pitched the withdrawal from Unesco and other such organisations as part of the 'America First' agenda, such exits have actually helped US adversaries like Russia and China to expand their global footprint by filling the vacuum created by the US withdrawal. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) is the latest organisation that Trump has withdrawn from. He h as previously withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Paris climate agreement, and a host of bilateral and multinational treaties. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD ALSO READ: Is Trump really a master dealmaker? Here's how his 1st term's deals played out These withdrawals are rooted in Trump's disdain for multilateralism that has seen him even ditch alliances that have been central to US foreign and defence policies for generations. Trump's long war on multilateralism Trump began the war on multilateralism and has continued it in his second term. In 2017, Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and Unesco. In 2018, Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal that the previous Barack Obama administration had negotiated with Iran along with the European Union (EU), United Kingdom, France, China, Russia, and Germany. In his second term in 2025, Trump has also withdrawn from the WHO, the UN human rights body, and the UN Palestinian agency. Trump has also withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement and Unesco that the United States had joined under the previous Joe Biden administration. Trump has also essentially withdrawn from the security commitment to Europe under the blanket of Nato. In the run-up to the 2024 election, he had said he would encourage Russia to 'do whatever the hell they want' to European Nato allies if they would not do his bidding. In addition to putting into question the US commitment to Nato, Trump has also indicated he could abandon Aukus, a security partnership for the Indo-Pacific region with the UK and Australia that involved making nuclear submarines for Australia. Trump's Department of Defence has initiated a review of the pact. Trump goes after woke UN — and hands China a victory The Trump administration has based the withdrawal from Unesco on two topics it has weaponised: purported wokeness and criticism of Israel. White House Deputy Spokesperson Anna Kelly said that Trump withdrew from Unesco because the organisation 'supports woke, divisive cultural and social causes that are totally out-of-step with the commonsense policies that Americans voted for in November'. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Separately, State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said that Unesco's agenda was to 'advance divisive social and cultural causes' and that the organisation's decision in 2011 'to admit the 'State of Palestine' as a Member State is highly problematic, contrary to US policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organisation'. Irrespective of whatever the Trump administration may say, the only beneficiaries of such withdrawals have been US adversaries like China and Russia. Power does not remain in vacuum and if the United States would any place, either a strategic theatre like Europe or multinational organisation like the UN, China is going to increase the footprint there and increase its influence and dominance, according to Prof Tej Pratap Singh, a scholar of China at the Department of Political Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU). ALSO READ: Is Trump on a mission to make China great again? Trump has nearly shut down foreign aid via USAID and paralysed a host of humanitarian programmes in Africa, erasing goodwill generated over decades of hard work across the administrations of both the parties. By killing American goodwill and giving China an opening to expand influence is a self-goal — the withdrawal from Unesco is the latest such self-goal. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'Developing countries need assistance. If the United States withdraws, China will reach out to these nations and they will be glad to have Chinese support. China has been making inroads in Africa for many years and the US withdrawal is set to increase that. India has been countering Chinese influence in the Global South but countering China needs joint efforts and, in the absence of US involvement, China is set to make good gains,' Singh previously told Firstpost.
