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Supporters of Niger’s coup leaders wave Niger’s flag (R) and a flag bearing Wagner’s logo during a protest on 16 September 2023. AFP via Getty Images

France’s decision to leave Niger was a bad move: three reasons why

France’s withdrawal from Niger could hurt the regional fight against terrorism, create an opportunity for Wagner’s influence and increase Europe’s migrant crisis.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a speech in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Sept. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Zelenskyy’s meetings with Trudeau and Biden are aimed at winning the long war

Ukraine must keep its cause in the hearts and minds of the public and its allies in the West. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visits to Ottawa, Washington and the United Nations were in pursuit of that goal.
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, right, meets with U.S. President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Diego in March 2023 as part of AUKUS, the trilateral security pact between three countries. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool via AP)

Why AUKUS is here to stay, despite looming roadblocks

AUKUS faces political challenges right now, and the next year may bring even deeper problems. Big-picture geopolitical realities suggest AUKUS will survive.
America’s overnight summer star, country singer Oliver Anthony, performs in Moyock, N.C., on Aug. 19. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

How this summer’s hit ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ was appropriated by both the right and left

Although its content is essentially libertarian, the No. 1 song of the summer in the U.S. resonates with both some Democratic supporters and those on the Trumpist right.
Former U.S. president Donald Trump returns to his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Aug. 3 after pleading not guilty to charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The U.S. at a crossroads: How Donald Trump is criminalizing American politics

The 2024 U.S. presidential election should be about more than Donald Trump’s legal travails. It should be a choice between democracy and the further criminalization of American politics.
Former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally on July 29 in Erie, Pa., a few days before he was indicted on charges he worked to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

America is on the brink of another civil war, this one fuelled by Donald Trump

American history can partly explain why some Americans have come to believe only Donald Trump has their interests at heart, and will vote for him — and fight for him — despite his indictments.
In this July 2013 photo, supporters of Egypt’s democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi at Nasr City, in Cairo, Egypt. El-Sissi removed Morsi two weeks earlier with support from the U.S. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The world’s most powerful democracies were built on the suffering of others

Western democracies can best help the world by doing more to live up to their highest ideals and approaching their relations with the rest of the world with humility borne from historical awareness.

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