French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a press conference on the situation in Lebanon, in Paris, Sept. 27, 2020 (AP photo by Lewis Joly).

It’s been a busy few months for Emmanuel Macron. The French president has taken the lead in seeking to resolve a range of crises and conflicts within Europe and on its borders and periphery. That has put Macron where he clearly likes to be: center stage and in the spotlight. But in so doing, he has once again created opposition and resentment within Europe, while underlining the limits to his ability to achieve his desired outcomes. Macron’s diplomatic hot streak began at the European Union summit in late July, when he helped push through the EU’s groundbreaking collective debt mechanism […]

Women protest Sudanese Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan’s decision to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a move toward normalizing relations, in Khartoum, Sudan, Feb. 7, 2020 (AP photo by Marwan Ali).

If recent news reports are to be believed, Sudan may be on the verge of joining the list of Arab countries to normalize their relations with Israel, pushed by the Trump administration. Gen. Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, the Sudanese military chief who jointly leads the transitional government in Khartoum, met with both U.S. and Emirati officials in Abu Dhabi earlier this week to discuss an agreement that would remove Sudan from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, in exchange for Sudan normalizing its ties with Israel. The New York Times reported Thursday that the State Department is preparing to delist […]