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After more than a decade, external security intervention has left the Sahel region more fragmented, militarised and violent.
The handshake is one of the most ancient and familiar gestures. It has carried many meanings – signalling trust and alliance, but also grief and deception.
Military regimes have shifted from presenting themselves as temporary ‘corrective’ interventions to becoming personalised systems of rule.
Bilateral meeting between both presidents sent a clear signal to Lula’s domestic audience: the relationship with Washington is not broken, and it does not require a Bolsonaro to fix it.
The strange alliance between demagogues and despots ought to puzzle and worry every thinking person, and it needs to be understood.
The solutions they offer - economic shock therapy, militarized crackdowns and a lack of agency in foreign policy - are just old responses retooled with new aesthetics and a new international support network.
The Liberal-National party is taking a hard-line stance on climate change. But are they just following Pauline Hanson’s lead?
Australia is one of the world’s leading democracies, but we’re not immune from the pressures causing backsliding overseas.
Bob Hawke ably managed his government, but he was also luckier than previous Labor prime ministers.
The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy and protect fellow citizens.
A new study looks at how we tend to expect female politicians to smile more than their male counterparts. Is this a “given” that has an effect on the ballot box?
What’s the upshot of France’s 2026 local elections? Did the vote put the two front-running parties RN and LFI in a stronger position for the Presidential race?
Trump promised to fix the economy, and that helped increase his Latino support in 2024. But the cost of living and ICE raids may be bringing Latinos back to the Democrats in 2026.
Spain’s anti-war stance dates back to the 2003 Iraq war. Recent local election results show it may be resonating with voters.
A new report assessing democratic values across more than 200 countries has found 6 billion people live in autocracies. Here’s where Australia sits.
Long before Pittsburgh’s modern Irish celebrations existed, Irish immigrants helped shape the city in the 19th century via the railroads, canals and steel industry.
The challenges of the election remain voter apathy, fractured opposition and a shrinking civic space.
What does Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s political discourse say about the controversial US secretary of Health whose task is to make “America healthy again”?
It’s common to hear someone claiming controversial comments were ‘taken out of context’ but this is a word with many meanings.
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