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Senegal’s Democratic Spotlight March 05, 2025

French politician Jacques Chirac once said that democracy is a luxury Africa can ill afford. But last year, the people of Senegal made clear in a free and fair presidential election that democracy can prevail in Africa. ...

Senegal

In Syria, Moving Forward Means Looking Back March 05, 2025

In the months since the militant opposition group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stunned the world by bringing down the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad in early December 2024, Syria has faced many pressing concerns. The country is ravaged and war-torn. More th...

Syria

How the War Party Lost March 05, 2025

The Feb. 28 Oval Office brawl between Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump, and JD Vance offered a stark reminder that, all too often, wars do not end when rational calculation would dictate an end, but rather when all those who want to fight to the deat...

Democrats

Major War Brews in Central Africa March 05, 2025

The fall of Goma, the administrative center of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu Province, to the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in late January has significantly upped the ante in the country’s longstanding unrest. What had until now...

Africa

Another Mystery Disease Outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo March 04, 2025

Africa

Slovak PM: ‘Eu’s Democratic System Is Broken and Romania Proves It’ March 03, 2025

Russia

How Far Will Rwanda Go in Congo? March 03, 2025

Amid Western Inaction, Kigali Is Carving Up Its Neighbor and Reigniting a Regional War ...

Europe Wants to be the World’s Speech Police March 03, 2025

The greatest threat to Europe isn’t China, Russia, or some other external actor; it’s “the retreat of Europe from… fundamental values” like the freedom of speech.That was Vice President Vance’s warning to European leaders at the 2025 Munich Security ...

J.D. Vance

free speech

European Union

Forgotten Wars: Conflict Intensifies in Burkina Faso March 03, 2025

Over the past decade, Burkina Faso has been experiencing a profound political and humanitarian crisis, driven by armed insurrections and a resurgence of terrorism. Since 2015, the country has witnessed an escalation of violence perpetrated by jihadis...

Could Trump Herald a New Era of Peace in the Middle East? December 13, 2024

Donald Trump’s astounding return to the White House has the Middle East bracing for change. In Gaza, the West Bank, and beyond, Trump 2.0 could spark a major peace and reconstruction effort backed by regional Arab allies as part of a new series of Ab...

Middle East

Trump administration

Palestine

How von der Leyen Sold Out the Farmers December 13, 2024

This is a story which exemplifies the vicious, anti-democratic cycle that underpins the EU’s political dynamics....

Democrats Need a Foreign Policy That Can Work December 13, 2024

How to Harness Populist Energy and Build a Better International Order ...

Democrats

The U.S. Should Prepare for More Syria-Like Tumult December 11, 2024

Assad’s downfall could offer new opportunities for the United States by energizing democratic activists in the region and beyond. So what should Washington do? ...

Syria

EU Wants a Client, Not Member, State in Georgia December 06, 2024

If you would hear it from the liberal internationalists, the battle for the future of democracy is being fought in Tbilisi. There, protestors are facing off with – in Brussels’ telling – a pro-Kremlin gang eager to drag Georgia into Russia’s orbit. T...

European Union

Twilight of the Neocons December 05, 2024

The journalist Irving Kristol once remarked that a neoconservative is "a liberal who was mugged by reality." Like many early neocons, Kristol was a Marxist who became disillusioned with both the anti-democratic nature of Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union ...

neoconservatives

How the Democrats Became the War Party November 21, 2024

Today we witness the endgame of an eight-decade Democratic internal debate. ...

Democrats

The Democrats Must Radically Rethink Foreign Policy November 21, 2024

In domestic political terms, the foreign policy of the Biden administration has proved almost unimaginably successful – for Donald Trump, whom it enabled to run for president as the representative, however mendaciously so, of foreign policy restraint...

Biden Should Retaliate for Iranian Plot To Assassinate Trump November 20, 2024

The Iranian plot to assassinate Trump is an act of war. It is a direct attack on our democratic process. It cannot be ignored. And simply bringing an indictment against some low-level individuals involved is not enough. Not nearly enough. Our retalia...

Joe Biden

iran

Germany’s Merz Must Understand AFD Concerns November 20, 2024

The leader of Germany’s Christian Democrats, Friedrich Merz, looks likely to achieve his longstanding dream and become the nation’s next chancellor. Merz is much likelier to do that if he defies elite consensus and makes his campaign about ending imm...

Jailing of 45 Hong Kong Democrats in Landmark Trial Draws Criticism November 19, 2024

Serbian Democracy Depends on Media Freedom November 15, 2024

There is a push in the U.S. Congress to pass S.4741 Western Balkans Democracy Act, authored by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), as part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. The legislation comes at a critical time for democracy and govern...

Washington’s Answer to Belt and Road in Africa November 15, 2024

The ascent of China’s economic influence in Africa is undeniable, with China surpassing the United States as the continent’s largest trade partner in 2009 and more recently quadrupling the US-Africa trade volume. The trade gap has US policymakers con...

Africa

Georgian Diaspora, Opposition Unite Against Georgian Dream November 13, 2024

Last month, Georgia held its parliamentary election. Over 50 percent of eligible voters participated in the electoral process in Georgia, and thousands of members of the Georgian diaspora cast their ballots as well.According to independent exit polls...

Georgia (country)

Elections

European Union

Germany: Forget Greens, Become a Leader November 13, 2024

The collapse of the German traffic light coalition of the Social Democrats (red), Greens (green), and Free Democrats (amber), isn’t either surprising or altogether unwelcome....

Germany

The Biggest Transatlantic Loser from Trump’s Election: Britain’s Labour Government November 07, 2024

“Congratulations President-elect Donald Trump on your historic election,” British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer posted on X at 3:21am ET on Wednesday. The best that can be said about this tepid concession is that Starmer got his concession in befor...