Thursday, December 25, 2025

Politics

Benin coup attempt shakes West Africa’s most stable democracy

A Sudden Faultline in Benin’s Democratic Illusion For years, Benin had been marketed, mostly by Western analysts and international observers, as a rare African democracy immune to the military upheavals...

Chilean Presidential Election: Kast Poised to Challenge Jara in a Defining Runoff

A conservative resurgence is brewing in Chile, where national pride and the demand for law and order are rapidly reshaping the political narrative. Despite...

Senegal: Is a Breakup Looming Between Faye and Sonko?

A deep political fracture appears to be emerging at the heart of the Senegalese state. The Faye–Sonko duo, once hailed as the populist and...

Iraqi Legislative Elections: A Rigged Vote Under Crossfire Surveillance

The Iraqi Stage: Between Fake Pluralism and Real Power Struggles On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, polling stations opened across Iraq for legislative elections touted by...

US budget shutdown: Washington sinks into the longest deadlock in its history

A historic record of budgetary paralysis The United States has just crossed a symbolic and troubling threshold: 36 days of shutdown, a record-breaking budgetary paralysis...

Dutch Legislative Elections: Centrist Surge, Populist Setback?

In a Europe increasingly agitated by immigration tensions and political disillusionment, the Dutch legislative elections delivered a complex message: a centrist victory for D66,...

Sanae Takaichi, a Nationalist in Power: Japan Between Continuity and Disruption

A Prime Minister for Order October 21, 2025, marks a symbolic rupture in Japan's political history: Sanae Takaichi becomes the first woman to lead the...

Louvre Jewel Heist: A State-Level Failure?

A National Humiliation Wrapped in Security Collapse In what some observers no longer hesitate to call a "state-level heist," eight major pieces from the Crown...

US Media Refuses to Submit to Pentagon Rules

A Rare Media Uprising Against Washington’s Growing Authoritarianism In a rare show of transpartisan unity, major American media outlets, from CNN to the pro-Trump Newsmax,...

Madagascar: Political Crisis and Rajoelina’s Escape – A Predictable Downfall

Unstable Island, Connected Generation, Regime in Freefall: Gen Z Forces Rajoelina Out Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina fled the island on the night of October 12,...

Syria’s First Post-Assad Elections: Controlled Transition or Cosmetic Democracy?

Analysis – For the first time since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Syria is holding legislative elections. But with a third of seats directly...