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French voters should understand what it means to live in a country where autocratic populism is the rule.
France’s two presidential candidates diverge markedly on many issues, but nothing is as divisive as France’s relationship with the EU.
Migration and asylum issues have come to epitomise France’s political tensions and to reflect the critical decisions that will face its next president.
The show is mostly an effective use of pop culture as propaganda.
The numerous opposition groups battling to unseat President Salva Kiir lack a shared agenda and common approach. Sadly, too, no group is working towards a unified future for South Sudan.
Former president Ricardo Lagos, who is revered for standing up to the dictator Augusto Pinochet, says goodbye to public life.
Scientists from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe take on the White House with facts from the ground they stand on.
In India, a series of vicious attacks by ‘cow vigilantes’ signals that Hindu extremism is on the rise.
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.
Le Pen and Macron offer two totally different visions for France’s future and its relationship to Europe.
Political agreements between major political actors aren’t enough to ensure stability in the DRC. Structural changes are needed as is a new approach towards governance.
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.
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