The evacuation of French nationals from Niger indirectly illustrates the growing and already well-established influence of Russia and China on a continent destined to become a new space of economic competition and diplomatic opposition.
President Macron's desire to restore order in French society responds to a punctual popular injunction that offers the advantage of freeing himself from the settlement of underlying but nevertheless imperative questions. Explanations.
The murder of Nahel M. combined with the urban riots plunged France into a crisis of regime and, unprecedentedly, into a crisis of legitimacy where the Republic is shaken in its foundations, its symbols, and its institutions.
If Vladimir Putin's power trembled without collapsing under the blow of the Wagners, the abortive attempt at overthrow nevertheless opens the perspective of the post-Putin era that has become inevitable. But for which regime to come?
The announcement that the European Union will host the training of Ukrainian soldiers on its soil, the 27-block coalition is taking a further step in its assistance to Kiev, and with that strategy risks repeating history.
Confronted with an underestimated and despised Ukrainian resistance, Vladimir Putin is reduced to destroying civilian facilities to dash Kiev's hopes. More than psychological warfare, these acts demonstrate the failure of an unfounded military operation without vision.
French politics is facing a crisis of political decorum as the recent succession of verbal or physical attacks, by several elected officials, testifies to the increasing loss of the natural authority and political dignity inspired by the Republic.
The re-election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as President of the Turkish Republic extinguishes Western ambitions to witness a change of political orientation, particularly in view of the geopolitical issues crystallized around Crimea, the Black Sea and Ukraine.
The diplomatic action led by Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G7 highlights a vision of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and its aftermath that aims to give Ukraine a role other than the one it occupied before the invasion.
The break announced by Marine Le Pen with the GUD, in addition to highlighting an attempt to revive the National Rally’s credibility, confirms the transformation undertaken by the far-right party in the perspective of 2027 presidential election.
French President Macron stumbled through the Pension Reform crisis and has yet to regain his footing as he walks through the minefield of French Party politics leaving him only one option: placate the populous to reform society.
Few French presidents have been so unpopular after a year in office. But Emmanuel Macron, willingly presented as the slayer of the old world, has become the scapegoat of a nation frightened by the irreversible mutations surrounding it.
French President Emmanuel Macron, one year into his five-year second term, has marched through his social agenda effectively, and now is trying to appease a fractured country while trying to revive a struggling presidency.
French President Emmanuel Macron controversial pension reforms have continued to reverberate as Franco's maintain protests and conclude the Republic has been plunged into a deepening political crisis of epic proportion which will take years to recover.
France's Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, has accused the political party The New Ecological and Social People's Union, (Le Nupes) of wanting to instigate a political and societal revolution comparable to that of the 1970s.
The recent unrest in France over French President Emmanuel Macron’s determination to push through his Pension Reform, forced cancellation of King Charles, first official state visit, and spawned even more protests over water management in the southern region.
French President Emmanuel Macron's use of Article 49.3 to adopt the pension reform highlights the constitutional limits of a Republic that is now ill-adapted to citizens' expectations. From a political crisis, France has moved to a regime crisis.
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing another pushback to his social reform as workers throughout the Republic are mobilizing against his proposed pension reforms as the reforms could, ultimately, redefine the relationship with the value of work.
French President Emmanuel Macron's desire not to humiliate Russia in the aftermath of the Russian-Ukraine conflict depicts the executive's ambition to anticipate peaceful diplomatic relations with Moscow while walking a tightrope with Ukraine's new global position.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which is constantly being questioned over its outcome, is gradually settling into the global geopolitical landscape to the point of presenting all aspects of a conflict of global scope but with a strictly regional dimension.
The death toll in Turkey's devastating earthquake continues to rise and is expected to reach upwards of 10,000 in the aftermath of a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake that was followed by several significant aftershocks and felt across the region.
The renewed tensions between Beijing and Washington, linked to the spy balloon affair, also reveal Beijing's desire to re-enter the global diplomatic game after the fiasco of the management of the umpteenth wave of Covid and the resistance.
French citizens take to the street as a new day of demonstrations against the Government's pension reform project looms, an analysis of social and economic realities is needed in a logic of long-term anticipation. Explanations.
The social tensions linked to the pension reform and the risks of paralysis of the country are once again raising the idea that the possibility of a solution may be found through negotiation rather than demonstration.
French President Emmanuel Macron, empowered during his second term is moving forward with his social agenda and confronting another divisive issue, the concept of pension reform, which will surely cause Parisians to flood the streets in protest.
The procrastination, wrangling and deal making, that presided over the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States highlights the growing influence of radical movements in established but ultimately fragile democracies.
The corruption scandal shaking the European Parliament, the EU's law makers elected to five-year terms, not only tarnishes the reputation of an institution based on ethical and humanistic principles but also casts shame on a political sphere.
Deconstructed by the gradual or programmed disappearance of historic political parties, the French electorate now oscillates between extremist temptation and apology of individualism returning the general interest to the rank of obsolete concern.
The recent tensions between France and Italy exhibited the rise of extremism around the European continent and populism on a global scale combined with fear mongering illustrates the growth of individual and national independence in an increasingly fragmented world.
The Franco-German tensions linked to Berlin’s decision to protect itself from the energy crisis weaken a European Union that is still too exposed to German economic omnipotence, a domination that is also finding its own position.
TotalEnergies, the French energy giant, has become the focus of two reverberating scandals as it has been accused of war crimes for refueling Russian bombers and refusing wage increases for French workers leaving the nation's gas supply dwindling.
The recent protests in Iran have signaled to the world the possibility that a change in leadership is needed, as the Iranian youth tired of oppressive Islamic laws are seeking more freedom, western influence, and economic stability.
French President Emmanuel Macron is once again pushing his controversial pension reform agenda. By threatening dissolution, Emmanuel Macron understands that after the indignation of parliamentarians, a realism, tinted of cynicism, will impose itself further hurting the institutions.
The recent victory for Italy's right-wing leader, Giorgia Meloni, is sending a strong signal to the European Union by paving the way for a far-right government and questioning the limits of democracy in a world in turmoil.
With a Ukrainian conflict that seems to turn to Kiev's advantage, a new space of influence is being redrawn in parallel in which China imposes itself, anxious to establish itself as the first protester to the Western order.
The death of Queen Elizabeth of England propelled Prince Charles to the throne of a monarchy whose modernization was long overdue. King Charles III, who by his actions, will inherit the unofficial title of a great king . . .or not.
Trigger or accelerator, the Ukrainian conflict has revealed the emergence of several geopolitical poles working for their survival and relying on the fears and structural weaknesses of societies that are ultimately fragile and exposed.
French President Emmanuel Macron understands he will face a salvo of criticism on purchasing power, the climate emergency, crisis mismanagement all of which appear to have become an unbreachable wall as he begins his second term.
Under opposition since its renewal, the National Assembly is exposed to the growing risk of seeing its work slowed by numerous and violent clashes, even if it means tiring citizens in search of clear direction regarding the situation.
Faced with an unprecedented situation with regard to its composition, the National Assembly and the presidential majority will have to get used to defending each text and each law by playing by a new rule: compromise.
The Uber files scandal that has splashed the President of the Republic highlights all the ambiguities of public authorities and companies in the face of these companies with growing influence that question the resilience of States.
Ukraine's candidacy as a member of the European Union offers the latter a diplomatic solution that satisfies both Kiev and Moscow, with Russia still very allergic to NATO and indifferent to the European Union.
Faced with its first conflict in nearly 80 years, Europe must prepare for future micro-conflicts in the region that can mobilize past international alliances with the big three: the United States, China, and Russia.
The new National Assembly will be subject to the reign of compromise and coalitions of circumstance if each opposition party wishes to make its mark on this or that law and turn this potpourri of parties into a Macron victory.
As the most violent conflict that Europe has experienced since the end of World War II drags on world public opinion, preoccupied by other themes of a social or economic nature, is showing signs of weariness.
The impoverishment of the French political landscape could only lead to the emergence of an ideological opposition between the supporters of a liberalism tinged with social democracy and those of a demanding progressivism taken advantage of by everyone.
The United States increase in aid to Ukraine sentences the European Union and Europeans to a role of advocacy. Unable to compete with North American means, the latter are limited to imposing economic sanctions with uncertain effects.
With Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement of the expulsion of thirty-four French diplomats, the European Union responded with a proposal for an additional military aid package to Ukraine in the amount of nine billion euros.
French President Emmanuel Macron may have been elected to a second term, but June’s upcoming legislative elections are proving to be risky for the man who understands a successful presidency depends on a majority capable of serving him.
Between Russian stubbornness, Ukrainian heroism, European sanctions and North American interventionism, the conflict that has shaken Europe since February 24 following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia seems to be on the verge of getting bogged down.
Emmanuel Macron's overwhelming victory does not mask the fractures of a country divided into blocs too hermetic to ensure in the future the concord of a nation that seeks to extinguish the social fire lit by the extreme right.
In the presidential election aftermath, the homeland of human rights will be faced with a crucial choice, between demagoguery and rationalism. Now bathed in a destructive Manichaeism, France is rediscovering itself in the face of a new destiny.
By purposely increasing pressure on Ukraine's borders, Vladimir Putin intends not only to hinder Ukraine's integration into NATO but also to restore the Soviet Union's sphere of influence. Protective instinct or race to omnipotence?
If the conflict in Ukraine has revealed a form of dependence of the West on Russia, the question of the post-conflict is now raised, which will be conditioned by two options: Definitive rupture or normalization. But what about Vladimir Putin?
With the first round of the Presidential elections quickly approaching, only one hypothesis seems certain: the next President of France will have to manage the consequences of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and urgent internal matters.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is attempting to elicit the help and compassion of Western nations through his multiple interventions. But stung by their contradictions, these same nations see their democratic model attacked and adulterated by the realities of war.
While the Ukrainian conflict has redrawn European fault lines and diplomatic balances, Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s President Xi-Jinping have unofficially formed unified bond thus reassessing China's place in the globalization process and in global geopolitical spaces.
If the Ukrainian crisis upsets the European geopolitical balance and stifles a flabbergasted West, it also refers to its wanderings and approximations towards Russia. There are so many flaws that Vladimir Putin has exploited with cynicism.
The diplomatic and military escalation initiated by Vladimir Putin reflects all the contempt of man for the democratic principles defended by the West but also raises questions about the relations that should be maintained with him in the future.
The announcement of the withdrawal of French forces from Mali as part of Operation Barkhane paves the way for the progress of the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary entity, quick to assume the costume of bulwark against Sahelian terrorism.
If the Ukrainian crisis still seems far from a resolution capable of satisfying all the actors involved, it is offered as an almost welcome promontory to Emmanuel Macron who can see many advantages both internally and externally. Explanations.
Faced with a military and diplomatic escalation that he had not necessarily envisioned; Vladimir Putin now knows he is caught in a spiral with only limited options and from which he will not emerge victorious. Explanations.
By maintaining a military and diplomatic threat on Ukraine's border, Vladimir Putin seeks to assert the Western promise made in 1990 that Ukraine would never join NATO. But this was without anticipating the geopolitical evolutions of three decades.
With three months before the first round of the French Presidential elections one thing is clear: The parties involved all seem devoid of a political philosophy, orphans of their ideologies, which to unite activists and sympathizers en masse.
By purposely increasing pressure on Ukraine's borders, Vladimir Putin intends not only to hinder Ukraine's integration into NATO but also to restore the Soviet Union's sphere of influence. Protective instinct or race to omnipotence?
As the French Presidential elections are on the horizon, the French left is bogged down with infighting, and keenly aware of the challenges the French Socialist Party have launched the idea of a left primary.
As one of the most remote territories of overseas France, New Caledonia and its retention in the Republic represented a major economic, strategic and diplomatic challenge for France engaged in an increasingly aggressive globalization.
Invested candidate of the Republican party Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Île-de-France region, will have to deal with the most right-right tendencies of her party if she wishes to maintain her chances of victory in May 2022.
Confronted with the appearance of a new variant, a source of concern for the World Health Organization (WHO), humanity, divided between the need to fight against the pandemic and its vital economic obligations, remains hostage to a variant that dictates its agenda.
The outbreak of violence that plagues the stands of football stadiums during Ligue 1 championship matches paralyzes clubs and governing bodies. But after the observation of a deterioration of the atmosphere of the meetings, the reasons for such incidents arise.
Between Russian stubbornness, Ukrainian heroism, European sanctions and North American interventionism, the conflict that has shaken Europe since February 24 following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia seems to be on the verge of getting bogged down.
26.2 To Life, from A3 Artists Agency, presents the story of three "lifers" inside the maximum-security San Quentin prison and the running club, that offers an escape from the reality of life behind these prison walls.
As AFI FEST 2015 presented by Audi ended its 29th Season, a special Awards brunch was held paying tribute to the countless volunteers and announcing the feature and short films receiving this year’s Jury and Audience Awards.
Grand Velas Los Cabos, as an all-inclusive offers a variety of gastronomic opportunities from lite fare to the Italian eatery Lucca, the French Piaf, and Velas 10, a steak and seafood house, all highly authentic and with an elevated approach to cuisine.
Iain Glen, the versatile Scottish actor known to American audiences as Jorah Mormont, in the wildly successful HBO series Game of Thrones, is starring with Rachel Weisz in the psychological drama My Cousin Rachel directed by Roger Michell.
We're fast approaching the holiday season, which starts with Thanksgiving and — sometimes on the same day — evolves into the shopping spree that characterizes the gift-giving season.
