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The Lessons Qatar Should Learn from Its UN Fiasco
For two years, Qatar had been lobbying hard for its candidate, Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari, to become the next director general of the UN...
David and Goliath: How Qatar took on the world…and nearly won
To say that the Middle East is a region of instability would be an understatement. The ongoing violence in Syria & Iraq receives heavy...
Lessons Learnt From Right-Wing Populism
Populism leaves its supporters spellbound, but it’s not sustainable. It’s a powerful explosive charge that sends taboo and politically incorrect, yet critical, subjects flying...
The inconvenient truth about “Faceless Eurocrats”
Faceless Eurocrats denying EU member states their rightful sovereignty are the bête noir of Eurosceptics across the continent, a major factor in both the...
The Gulf crisis: Qatar’s 2022 World Cup moves into the firing line
A French investigation into possible corruption in business deals related to Qatar’s winning of World Cup hosting rights moved the 2022 tournament a step...
Macron’s global strategy in Africa and in the European Union
Both Chirac and Sarkozy had five minutes to leave power, while François Hollande could even have five months to do so. In fact, at...
The rationale of foreign policy
From the 1970s onwards, politics has undergone a very extensive and thorough conceptual transformation. I am not referring to the usual and trivial issue...
Trump’s Paris escape, domestic troubles and Clorox for the Democrats
Today, July 14, is Bastille Day. It is the day when the common people of France, despairing their grievances would never be addressed, stormed...
The Increasing Mistrust of Government is a Call for Grassroots Politics
International politics is facing a tumultuous time. Across the West, governments are polarizing, as centre-moderates lose their seats to more radical candidates on both...
Gaullism as a legacy of Charles de Gaulle
Gaullism conception as a French political stance is based on the pivotal thoughts and opinions of General Charles de Gaulle who was the leader...