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  • Yvonne Murray Global Security Reporter

    Yvonne Murray

    Global Security Reporter

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    US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing, China.

    Can the US and China avoid the 'Thucydides Trap'?

    Google searches for 'Thucydides Trap' spiked on Thursday following a mention by China's leader Xi Jinping during his highly anticipated meeting with US President Donald Trump in Beijing.

    Analysis and Comment • 5 hrs
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    What does the Trump-Xi summit mean for the rest of us?

    It's worth paying close attention when the leaders of the two most powerful countries on the planet meet next week. Because what China's Xi Jinping and America's Donald Trump decide in Beijing could have major implications for us all, writes Yvonne Murray.

    Analysis and Comment • 11 May
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    Is US 'humiliated' over Iran, as German leader claims?

    German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had unusually strong words for his American ally this week, bluntly saying that the US clearly had no strategy for the Iran war, writes Global Security reporter Yvonne Murray.

    Analysis and Comment • 02 May
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    Will this energy shock seal the deal for renewables?

    Analysis and Comment • 25 Apr
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    Slopaganda - how Iran's viral videos skewer the US

    The unpopularity of the war in the US and abroad meant Iran's Lego videos landed on fertile ground and spread organically across the internet worldwide, writes Global Security Reporter Yvonne Murray.

    Comment and Analysis • 18 Apr
    A man stands with an Iranian national flag at Valiasr Square in Tehran

    Relief as Trump pulls back at eleventh hour

    The day started with a social media post that sent shockwaves around the world. Here was a sitting president of the most powerful country on earth threatening to wipe out Iran.

    Analysis and Comment • 08 Apr
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    UNIFIL will leave Lebanon next year - what happens next?

    UN officials often describe the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon as the "eyes and ears" of the international community, writes Yvonne Murray.

    Analysis and Comment • 06 Apr
    United Nations peacekeepers with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon drive past a Lebanese army outpost in the area of Naqura in southern Lebanon

    Two UNIFIL peacekeepers killed in south Lebanon, UN says

    Two Indonesian peacekeepers have been killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon, the UN peacekeeping mission has confirmed, bringing to three the number of peacekeepers killed in southern Lebanon in the past 24 hours.

    Middle East • 30 Mar
    HIALEAH, FLORIDA - MARCH 24: People hold a banner that reads "Cuba Next Do it, Let's Finish the Job" at a Free Cuba rally that brought together political leaders, activists, artists and community members on March 24, 2026 in Hialeah, Florida. Rally-goers

    After Venezuela and Iran, is Cuba next?

    The United States, for now the world's preeminent superpower, is actively pursuing a policy of regime change in other countries, writes Yvonne Murray.

    Analysis and Comment • 29 Mar
    TEHRAN, IRAN - MARCH 14: A man stands in a damaged residence on March 14, 2026 at the site of buildings, including a police station, that were destroyed in an airstrike two days ago in the Khani Abad neighbourhood of Tehran, Iran. According to authorities

    'Tech bros are going to war' - first major AI conflict

    This war is just three weeks old and already the reported statistics are startling.

    Analysis and Comment • 22 Mar
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