Politics Apr 15, 2025Apr 15, 2025 Israel’s ‘Qatargate’: Did Netanyahu’s entourage aid a state supporter of Hamas? On March 31, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told investigators that he accepted responsibility for a leak of… Mary Williams
Politics Apr 14, 2025Apr 14, 2025 Le Pen is not mightier: What the French far-right leader’s ban from politics means for her movement — and for the Kremlin A Paris court has found Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally, guilty of misappropriating €4… Mary Williams
Politics Apr 08, 2025Apr 08, 2025 AIDS, malaria, and child hunger: The consequences of shutting down USAID The U.S. State Department has formally notified Congress of the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development… Mary Williams
Politics Apr 07, 2025Apr 07, 2025 Neomonarchism, catholicism, majoritarianism: The new right ideologies driving Trumpism The new ideological direction of America’s ruling party is often referred to, for lack of a better term,… Mary Williams
Politics Apr 03, 2025Apr 03, 2025 Ocalan’s razor: Kurdish fighters struggle to make sense of their leader’s call to disarm After the fall of the Assad regime, the Kurds of northern Syria were bracing for a major war… Mary Williams
Politics Apr 02, 2025Apr 02, 2025 Showdown in Istanbul: The arrest of a popular mayor is threatening the Turkish president’s grip on power Turkish authorities call the mass protests sweeping the country a “movement of violence,” yet they themselves are the… Mary Williams
Politics Apr 02, 2025Apr 02, 2025 Beyond SignalGate: Trump’s operation against Iran-backed militants may just be getting started “Everything is going successfully, even better than we expected,” Donald Trump said on March 27, commenting on the… Mary Williams
Politics Apr 01, 2025Apr 01, 2025 Opus DEI: Diversity policies in the U.S. served a purpose, and cancelling them comes with real risks One of the first actions taken by Donald Trump after his returning to the White House was to… Mary Williams
Politics Mar 28, 2025Mar 28, 2025 The dilemmas of post-jihadism: Syria’s interim president may lose support if Islamists deem his policies too soft Interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has been working to rebuild ties with the West since the mid-2010s, when… Mary Williams
Politics Mar 26, 2025Mar 26, 2025 Going to extremes: How centrist parties are chasing votes with anti-migrant rhetoric — and losing support Migration has become a central issue in coalition talks between Germany’s CDU/CSU and SPD, with both pushing for… Mary Williams