The Debate

For Michel Barnier, negotiating with the Tories will have seemed a breeze compared with his short stint as French prime minister. The EU’s former Brexit negotiator is on the cusp…

It took years for Bashar al-Assad’s forces to take back Syria’s second city.It took days for jihadist-led rebels to overrun Aleppo. Why has a conflict that has been effectively frozen…

Is France broke? Is France broken?Marine Le Pen to join the left and bring down a minority government that was scrambling to stop a spiraling budget deficit. What is the…

Intermission or for the first time in more than a year, can the Middle East point to genuine de-escalation?We will ask about the timing of guns going silent in Lebanon…

Will this trial be remembered as France’s reckoning with sexual violence in the digital age? Closing arguments are underway in the mass rape trial of 51 men who were invited over…

It’s hard to believe she’s only been out of power for three years. While no one expects Angela Merkel’s supporters to rally behind calls to “make Germany great again”, the excitement…

Is it about the man or the nation? The International Criminal Court’s indictment of Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked global debate, highlighting just how much Israel and its longest-serving leader have lost…

Is it about the man or the nation? The International Criminal Court’s indictment of Benjamin Netanyahu has sparked global debate, highlighting just how much Israel and its longest-serving leader have lost…

With just two months until Donald Trump’s anticipated return to the White House, tensions are rising on multiple fronts. The Biden administration, in its final stretch, has eased restrictions on…

Part of a bigger plan, or has Donald Trump simply decided that cabinet picks no longer matter? What to make of a TV host for defense Secretary, a vaccine skeptic…