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It is not just the splits in the West that could make this year’s G20 memorable.
Mexican wall, Muslim travel ban and rejection of the Paris climate deal rejection are key reasons
Beijing’s deficit of ‘soft power’ – foreign policy and political values – limits its rise to global power
A new integration agenda may be possible, given that the Eurosceptic wave seems to be retreating.
How racial prejudice, a controversy and the outcome of a Boko Haram kidnapping all coincided ‘positively’ with Nigeria’s presentation at the Biennale
A new integration agenda may be possible, given that the Eurosceptic wave seems to be retreating.
France’s youngest president in the six decade-long Fifth Republic has transformed the country’s political landscape in a matter of weeks
The Brics are driving income equality but this could reverse if emerging market growth slows and income inequality within countries accelerates
The prime minister is unlikely to get unequivocal backing for the ‘hard’ Brexit she’d envisioned.
The US president’s G7 blocking manoeuvres meant that low expectations for the summit in Sicily were realised
Closer ties between China and Russia has helped the two countries to work toward stronger, common positions on key regional and global issues.
The US president’s foray into geopolitics moves from the Middle East to a Europe uncertain of what his international policy is.
The next president will decide the country’s long-term future and its links with the world
Macron’s presidency rests next month’s two-round legislative election and whether on En Marche! emerges with a legislative majority
Should the French vote against the populist Le Pen as president it will show that the rise of the far right can be limited.
The US president’s period in office so far has been more noticeable for his reversing of previous campaign rhetoric and pledges, than fulfilling them.
The prime minister seeks a clear mandate from voters to pursue her ‘hard Brexit’ agenda
The spike in Washington-Moscow tensions over Syria dominated the two countries’ bilateral discussion on Wednesday.
Conversely, the Liberal Democrats are seeking to make political capital through steadfast opposition to Brexit.
Everything the brash US president has done since his election reveals chaos, incompetence and ill-advised decisions that are splitting the country.
