Why has he chosen now to do so?
If it is built, it will probably benefit Russia rather than ordinary Congolese
Alawites close to the former Assad regime are increasingly unhappy
The flaws of Ahmed al-Sharaa’s rule are beginning to show
The president has cribbed a signature policy from an unlikely source
As Donald Trump revives the Monroe Doctrine, he is bewildering America’s neighbours about what it stands for
Though the predictive power of these contests has shrunk of late
Diplomats at the trough in Brussels
Expiring subsidies are a big political headache
A legendary bureaucracy is making Olympian efforts at digitalisation
A loss of prestige for global criminal justice, and for its capital
Despite harsher penalties for femicide, Italian machismo is not over