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This handout image released by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on August 24, 2023, shows the booking photo of former US President Donald Trump. AFP

How might a Trump return impact global politics?

In areas of foreign policy, like China, the Middle East and, to an extent, Ukraine, there is likely to be continuity, but policies on climate change and domestic policy will be drastically different.

Christopher Phillips 26 August 2023
Illustrated by Jeannette Khouri

Brazil's First Working-Class President Returns Following Remarkable Comeback

Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva has been elected as Brazil's next president, following a close run-off election last Sunday. Lula’s victory marks a political reversal for Latin America's largest country…

Majalla 04 November 2022
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rivals face an uphill struggle in convincing voters that they could repair Turkey’s economy © AFP via Getty.

Choosing Joint Candidate: An Arduous Task Awaiting Six-party Alliance in Turkey

The Turkish political circles, and with them the voters who will vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections that the country will witness next year, are waiting to know the name of the…

Jiwan Soz 22 April 2022
Businessman Mohammed Ayachi Ajroudi

A Candidate of Tunisian Origin Aspires to Sit on Élysée Throne

After consultations and intense insistence by French elites representing several sectors of the French people of various cultures, religions and origins, Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi has decided to run in…

Mustafa El-Dessouki 18 December 2021
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5 unanswered questions about Trump’s Venezuela plan

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Maduro's exit doesn't mean the end of his government

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Clashes in Aleppo may be the creaking before the earthquake

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If fighting spreads beyond the predominantly Kurdish neighbourhoods of Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsoud and beyond Aleppo, there is a real risk that Syria could be dragged into a new civil war

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Putin foreshadowed the Ukraine war in 2008 meeting with Bush

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