Quietly last week, the West African state of Togo extended a state of emergency for another six months. The country had declared a three-month

France’s president Emmanuel Macron is fond of grandiose language. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he declared Europe had entered a

Although the war in Syria has fallen away from the front pages, the conflict continues to simmer. So too does the endless

As the war in Ukraine enters its sixth month, with no signs of the conflict ending any time this year, the diplomatic war for hearts and

As the war in Ukraine approaches the five month mark, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is keen to project the appearance of

One could almost hear the glee in Ankara when the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan upended NATO consensus by declaring

France’s ultimate centrist is now a man squeezed in the middle. Unexpectedly, Emmanuel Macron lost his absolute majority in the French parliament,

The war in Ukraine has been burning for more than 100 days. But outside of the West, the conflict is

Oh, how the audience laughed. George W. Bush, America’s former worst president until the age of reality TV politics, was giving

Mere days into his new presidency, and Emmanuel Macron is already demonstrating he has lost none of his towering ambition.

It may have looked easy, but it should have been much easier. Emmanuel Macron won a sizable 58 percent majority over his far-right rival Marine Le

Seven weeks in, the Middle East continues to practice the art of neutrality over the war in Ukraine, unwilling to openly take sides in

Russia’s sudden war against Ukraine was swiftly followed by a series of sanctions from the United States and Europe that isolated and

When the United Nations gathered at the very start of March to issue a resolution against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the votes

A week into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the attempt to understand what is happening politically is still developing. Analysts

For the past two decades, February 14 has marked a moment of reflection for many in Lebanon, the anniversary of the 2005