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Marie Le Pen: The French populist sentenced for graft

A court found the National Rally leader guilty of embezzling EU funds and slapped her with a five-year ban on running for political office. But it's too early to write her political obituary just yet.

Con Coughlin 05, Apr 2025
Protesters hold up banners reading "Yes to Peace - No to NATO" (R) and "Wages up - armament down" as they attend an anti-war demonstration in Munich on February 15, 2025, on the sidelines of the 61st Munich Security Conference. Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP

Western liberalism is in retreat

With the most powerful Western country—and a historic advocate of liberalism—now governed by right-wing populists, liberals will spend the next few years fighting to stay relevant

Christopher Phillips 11, Mar 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, Dec 2024
Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla hold a press conference after state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Far-right gains in East Germany send shockwaves across Europe

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose approval ratings are at a historic low, is now facing calls to dissolve the national government and call a fresh general election

Con Coughlin 04, Sep 2024
Left wing supporters react as the results of the first round of French parliamentary elections are announced in Nantes, western France on June 30, 2024. SALOM-GOMIS / AFP

Far-right gains in French polls send shockwaves across Europe

Macron's gamble in dissolving parliament has backfired, and the legislature will be reshaped after a surge in support for populism. But an outright majority after run-off voting looks unlikely.

Khattar Abu Diab 02, Jul 2024
At his core, Netanyahu isn’t so much a “true believer” in far-right ideas as he is an opportunistic one. He has and will continue to use rhetoric that serves him best, no matter how bone-chilling. Eduardo Ramon_Getty Images

Israel's shift to the far right is part of a wider global trend

Jewish supremacy and democracy, two principles that portend Israel's identity, have been increasingly at odds and populists have made their choice as to which of the two they view as more important

Michael Horowitz 17, Jun 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) addresses delegates as he gives a speech at the German parliament in Berlin on June 11, 2024. The empty seats are from Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP

How will Europe's shift to the right affect its foreign and domestic policies?

Macron and Scholz have suffered humiliating defeats triggering concern of a bigger shift to the right in France and Germany. If this happens, Europe's power balance could fundamentally transform.

Al Majalla - London 15, Jun 2024
Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, plays by the same far-right populist playbook, criticising a shadowy “elite” and “useless, parasitic” politicians who he describes as “rats”. Eduardo Ramon

Latin America’s far-right surge: A chip off the not-so-old block

Riding a global wave of populist nationalism, radicals with a disdain for democracy, an urge to deregulate, and an aversion to globalisation are seizing power in Central and South America.

Paul Achkar 13, Jun 2024
Italy's Prime Minister and leader of the far-right party Brothers of Italy (Fratelli D'Italia - FDI) Giorgia Meloni getures during a press conference following the results of the European Elections in Rome on June 10, 2024. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP

EU parliament election results confirm rightward shift in Europe

If right-wing parties collaborate, this shift could impact policies on climate, migration, enlargement, budget, and the rule of law 

Pawel Zerka 10, Jun 2024
Moderates must come to terms with the fact that right-wing populism is a major force in European politics and adapt accordingly.   Eduardo Ramon_Getty Images

The rise of right-wing populism in Europe

For decades the far right sat on the periphery of Western politics, dismissed as angry skinheads or deluded neo-Nazis by the centrist mainstream. No longer.

Christopher Phillips 09, Jun 2024
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Iran’s waning influence

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Our July issue features in-depth articles and expert analyses exploring the future of Iran's influence and the long-term reverberations for the region

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Gaza’s ‘death trap’ aid centres: a real-life Hunger Games

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Israel's commandeering of aid distribution in Gaza forces starving Palestinians to run the gauntlet at centres with biometric monitoring systems, armed security, and life-or-death hazards

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Lebanon’s second chance at statehood

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The crippling of Hezbollah's dominance and the Assad regime's fall in Syria have created a narrow but historic opening for the Lebanese people

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Oman is quietly redefining its development model

29 June 2025

It is no longer the Gulf's quiet outlier but a country quietly setting a new standard for sustainable economic development in the region

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02 July 2025

The US security umbrella will focus on Iran's direct threats, but regional states should deal with Tehran's residual proxy groups in the region

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