Briefing Archive

Africa’s continental diplomacy has a lot riding on upcoming leadership changes at the AU Commission and the African Development Bank.

BRICS wants to usher in an international order not so dominated by the West. To a lot of Global South countries, that’s an appealing vision.

China never intervened military in Syria, but it did support the Assad regime in other ways. After Assad’s fall, China faces a complicated dilemma.

More than two years after the EU’s flagship minimum wage directive was voted into law, most member states have yet to comply with its provisions.

The five countries that border the Caspian Sea are fighting over the body of water’s future. If it keeps losing water at the current pace, it might not have one.

After the fall of the Assad regime and in the run-up to elections, Germany is once again debating the status of nearly 1 million Syrians in the country.

The Pelicot trial shined a light on the pervasiveness of rape culture. It was also a reminder that men need to hold abusers accountable, too.

The three countries of the AES are set to leave ECOWAS. The existential shock could lead to a rejuvenation of the West African bloc.

With regime change in Syria and Hezbollah weakened, Iran’s alliance system has nearly collapsed. That doesn’t mean a peaceful Middle East is emerging.

Azerbaijan and Russia’s relations had been moving in a positive direction. The downing of Flight 8243 could jeopardize that.

Mexican authorities are stopping, delaying and detaining record numbers of migrants en route to the U.S. border.