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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, at the European Central Bank Governors' Meeting, Frankfurt, June 6, 2024. AFP

Christine Lagarde: the ‘Iron Lady’ of international finance

The former head of the International Monetary Fund and president of the European Central Bank has confronted the monetary, inflationary, and trade crises affecting Europe

Abdulfattah Khattab 07 July 2025
A Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter flies by a military drone in US military exercises with European states on 4 June 2025. Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters

Putin and Trump prompt Europe to scale up defence spending

The UK this week pledged to spend billions more on its military readiness as part of a trend sweeping across the continent. The post-Cold War peace dividend now seems like a distant memory.

Con Coughlin 05 June 2025
Nathalie Lees

Are Europe and the US getting divorced?

Trump is waging a three-front war on Europe over Ukraine, security dependence and trade, shocking longtime allies who are now scrambling to develop a counterstrategy

Al Majalla - London 04 April 2025
Pep Boatella

Are Europe and the US headed for divorce?

Trump is waging a three-front war on Europe over Ukraine, security dependence and trade, shocking longtime allies who are now scrambling to develop a counterstrategy

Christopher Phillips 04 April 2025
Sara Padovan

How might US-Europe divergence impact the Middle East?

The upheaval in relations is accelerating changes in Europe's military and economic policies that will begin to impact its relations with the Arab world

Robert Ford 04 April 2025
European leaders gather at the Palais de l'Élysée in Paris to discuss a coordinated European response to US President Donald Trump's policies toward the continent and the war in Ukraine. @EmmanuelMacron

The potential of a Trump-Putin deal leaves Europe in shock 

At an emergency meeting in Paris, there are splits on sending troops to Ukraine 

The Economist 18 February 2025
Sara Padovan

Is Trump’s election a boost for Europe’s populists?

Many expect Trump's election will boost the populist cause in Europe, whether hopeful right-wingers or fearful leftists and centrists. Yet, the reality will likely be more nuanced.

Christopher Phillips 24 December 2024
Olaf Scholz AFP

Olaf Scholz: The German chancellor on life support

The man who succeeded Angela Merkel has forced early voting, and few expect the social democrat to stay in power with the centre-right Christian Democrats ahead in the polls

Con Coughlin 23 December 2024
Migrants disembark from a lifeboat on the southeast coast of England after being picked up at sea while crossing the English Channel from France on August 16, 2023. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

Europe's leaders take notes on Meloni's tough migration stance

At a time when so many European leaders are facing intense political pressure to resolve the migrant crisis, the Italian PM's ability to reduce illegal migration by 60% has turned heads

Con Coughlin 29 September 2024
BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded onto a ship are seen stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on February 8, 2024 AFP

China seeking EV opportunities in Middle East and North Africa

The MENA region looks increasingly appealing to China as a tariff-free trade route into the European Union

Sharif Mohammad 05 August 2024
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Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (C) reviews a military honour guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on January 31, 2019. GREG BAKER / AFP
Politics

Pivot to China? Gulf states mull options after Doha strike

12 September 2025

Israel's attack in Qatar erodes Gulf states' trust in the US and serves as a stark reminder that they cannot depend on American security guarantees

Xiaotong Yang
A Hezbollah flag is placed in front of the shrine of Shamoun al-Safa, built within a castle in the village of Shamaa in southern Lebanon's Tyre governorate, on January 31, 2025, that was heavily damaged by Israeli bombing. Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP
Business & Economy

Trump Economic Zone plan raises eyebrows in Lebanon

11 September 2025

Many Lebanese see the project as a demographic one with economic dressings aimed at expelling the country's southern population from their lands

Souraya Chahine
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Politics

From Idlib to New York: Sharaa’s winding road the UN

12 September 2025

From the plains of Idlib to the presidential palace in Damascus and now the UN headquarters in Manhattan, Al Majalla traces the Syrian president's journey to get to this historic moment

Ibrahim Hamidi
Opinion

'The Voice of Hind Rajab' shows cries for justice are only getting louder

07 September 2025

A 24-minute standing ovation at the film premiere was more than a symbolic gesture of justice for Israel's murder of little Hind, but a heartfelt cry of real anguish over the ongoing genocide in Gaza

Samer Abou Hawwach
Egyptian writer May Telmissany poses during a portrait session held on April 15, 2014, in Paris, France. Ulf Andersen/Getty
Culture & Social Affairs

May Telmissany: writing is an act of resistance against the ugliness of the world

14 September 2025

The acclaimed Egyptian writer talks love, betrayal, autobiography, and the lack of Arab literary identity

El-Sayed Hussein

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