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France’s two presidential candidates diverge markedly on many issues, but nothing is as divisive as France’s relationship with the EU.
Trump’s encouragement of Duterte suggests that US pressure on regimes around the world to uphold civil liberties may have become a thing of the past.
(UPDATED) If the military abandons Venezuela’s power-grabbing president, it’s game over for the Maduro regime.
Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron’s plan to reform the eurozone if elected is easier made than implemented.
Migration and asylum issues have come to epitomise France’s political tensions and to reflect the critical decisions that will face its next president.
Former president Ricardo Lagos, who is revered for standing up to the dictator Augusto Pinochet, says goodbye to public life.
In India, a series of vicious attacks by ‘cow vigilantes’ signals that Hindu extremism is on the rise.
The key question is whether North Korea does have nuclear weapons that it can readily use against the United States and its regional allies, South Korea and Japan.
A case study from the height of the Crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries illustrates that even the most brutal leaders can choose to compromise for stability.
Should France apologise for committing war-time atrocities?
A survey shows that candidates who exploited populism in one way or the other during the first round of the French presidential election captured about half of the vote.
South Korea must seek to strike a balance in its respective strategic and economic relationships.
France must now choose between two candidates with strongly opposing visions. The outcome of the May 7 run-off could radically alter France, as well as its position in Europe and in the world.
A controversial law to officially engage Mexico’s armed forces in fighting crime has human rights groups dismayed.
Le Pen and Macron offer two totally different visions for France’s future and its relationship to Europe.
This referendum is the first time in the democratic history of Turkey that an election has been seen as illegitimate by not only domestic contenders, but by international observers as well.
Europe has had a number of important elections over the past year, but for the EU none is as significant – or as potentially grave – as France’s upcoming presidential election.
The Kremlin wants to build strong alliances with “pro-Russian” forces in the West. In France’s upcoming election, Putin is placing his bets on two right-wing candidates for president.
Though police violence is widely tolerated in Brazil, not everyone believes in ‘eye for an eye’ as official state policy.
The election was a referendum on the future of Indonesia’s ethno-religious diversity and pluralism.
Relations between Russia and the United States have reached an all-time low since the US strike on Syria. But Moscow knows that Washington will need its support if tension rises with North Korea.
A candidate’s perceived Islamophobia may influence a French Muslim’s vote, but the impact of religious faith on political choice should not be overstated.
As France heads to the polls ton April 23, citizens seem more confused than ever about just what is “left” and what is “right”.
A brief chronicle of the Ecuadorian election fraud that wasn’t.