Mali weighs its options amid US and Russian overtures

With its mineral wealth and jihadist dilemma, Mali is entertaining both the Americans and the Russians, to see what each can offer, and what they want in return

Sergey Eledinov and Konstantin Terentev

This Impeachment Is Different

On Wednesday afternoon,Donald Trump, the third president in American history to be impeached, became the first to be impeached twice. TheHouse of Representativesvoted 232–197 to impeach Trump for…

David A. Graham

Unrest Rocks Washington

The typically staid transfer of power in Washington was subjected to a historic disruption by a series of bomb threats, violent protests outside the Capitol, and the storming of the legislative…

Joseph Braude

Gulf Reconciliation Strengthens Arab Alliance Against Iran

In a diplomatic breakthrough, Saudi Arabia and its three Arab allies agreed to restore full ties with Doha at a summit in the kingdom on Tuesday. Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani was met…

Al Majalla - London

Indonesia’s Nonalignment Problem

Indonesiais the world’s fourth most populous country and its seventh-largest economy. Yet the Southeast Asian country has historically played an undersized role in global affairs. Its traditional…

Nithin Coca

Abiy Ahmed’s Crisis of Legitimacy

In early November, Ethiopian Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmedbegan a military offensive against the Tigrayan People’sLiberation Front, an estranged regional government that once dominated Ethiopia’s ruling…

Nic Cheeseman