Politics

What is Nigeria’s strategic cost of aligning with France?

Politics Adekeye Adebajo - June 8, 2026.

At first glance, Nigeria and France make for an unlikely pair. Nigeria, after all, is the “giant of Africa,” whose vast potential has too often...

US travel ban leaves South Sudan even more alone in facing myriad challenges

Politics Sharmila Devi - June 5, 2026.

A US travel ban on people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and South Sudan imposed after an Ebola outbreak in the...

Partners, not protectorates - What will future American alliances look like?

Politics Richard Haass - June 3, 2026.

US President Donald Trump’s second administration has been clear from the outset that it would recast American foreign policy in fundamental ways. Its National Security Strategy,...

Is the issue of Taiwan being rapidly resolved according to the Chinese scenario?

Politics Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - June 2, 2026.

The visit of then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in 2022 led to one of the biggest crises in Sino-American relations to date. Another visit,...

Venezuela’s ruling party unity cracks as Delcy Rodríguez shifts Chávez-era policies

Politics TA | AP Insight - June 1, 2026.

It’s a slogan that’s long encapsulated the unique ability of Hugo Chávez's fiercely nationalistic revolution to stay in power in Venezuela for 27 years: “United,...

Europe’s nuclear dilemma - How to prevent the quest for deterrence from giving way to proliferation

Politics Ana Palacio - June 1, 2026.

The nuclear question has returned to the center of global politics. While the specter of nuclear proliferation never disappeared, it was obscured for decades by...

America and China have a problem with red-line inflation

Politics Stephen S. Roach - May 28, 2026.

Chinese President Xi Jinping sent an unmistakably tough message on Taiwan to US President Donald Trump during their recent summit in Beijing. Xi warned that if...

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