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French President Emmanuel Macron is facing calls to visit Ukraine before France’s presidency of the Council of the European Union ends on June 30.

The nomination of Pap Ndiaye, a historian and expert on US minority rights, was the biggest surprise in France's new government line-up. Even before he gets down to business, the left-leaning academic…

PARIS  —  Within Europe, French President Emmanuel Macron’s victory over the far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been broadly welcomed. After all, although Le Pen abandoned her old idea of ditching the euro, she still views the European Union as a threat to French sovereignty  —  a force that prevents the government from protecting the French people from the perils of

It’s in the interest of the European countries that Washington not take for granted an automatic solidarity in the event of war. Their interest is to avoid a new and uncontrollable escalation of tensions. The best way for the Europeans to prevent hawks from taking the lead in Washington is to tell America that their appreciation and behaviour depends on that of the US, writes Valdai Club expert Pascal Boniface.

In 2021, the coronavirus pandemic continued to be one of the most important events. Naturally, its influence on world politics and society remained the main focus of the Valdai Discussion Club experts.

A military coup in Sudan has dealt another blow to democracy in the Arab world, months after a power grab by the president of Tunisia, where the 2011 Arab uprisings were born.

Cooperation between China and Germany and between China and Europe are likely to continue, which is determined by the interests of both sides. There is no fundamental conflict of interests between the two.

Aunque los temas internacionales no hacen ganar una elección presidencial, si pueden hacer que la pierdas, estima Pascal Boniface, director del Iris.

Desde que los talibanes comenzaron a ganar terreno en Afganistán se sabía que, en el caso de alcanzar el poder, la situación geopolítica de toda la región iba a cambiar por completo, y ha así ha sido. Oriente Medio suma un nuevo quebradero de cabeza a la meleé geopolítica que lleva años haciendo de la región una de las más inestables – si no la que más – de todo el mundo. La llegada de los talibanes al poder, como no podía ser de otra forma, abre un amplio abanico de posibilidad...

Hace siete años, un antiguo jefe de los servicios secretos pakistaníes, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Hamid Gul, lanzó una provocadora sentencia en unas