V ocal Europe: What is the real story of Donald Trump and Russia? The answer is still unclear, and Democrats in Congress want to get to the bottom of it with an investigation.…
by Dmitriy Frolovskiy
Recent tensions between Russia and Belarus seemed to display the Kremlin’s shattering dreams for integration across the countries of the former Soviet Union. The Moscow-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), developed as a rival…
by Ottomansandzionists
On the week that we remember and reflect upon the German genocide against Jews, the Jewish state is in a spat with Germany.
On German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s agenda during his visit…
T he incumbent Hassan Rouhani has been selected, not elected, to a second-term as the mullahs’ president in Iran.
At 12:30 pm local time reports from inside Iran announced the near final results, claiming…
P resident Erdoğan's march on the road map, very clearly defined by him for long, proceeds with no hurdles.
On Sunday, he was re-elected as party chairman after nearly 1000 days of absence, and,…
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by Joseph Hammond*
One of the first tests Emmanuel Marcon will face as French president is also an…
by Žiga Turk
In the EU we have the luxury reflecting upon if we would rather have a one-speed or two-speed Europe, we complain that governments don’t do this and the EU does not do that.…
W hen German Chancellor Angela Merkel publicly stated that she hopes Emmanuel Macron will win the French presidential elections, few were surprised. Not only have both sides been in regular contact over the past…
by Aarti Shankar
Emmanuel Macron’s victory yesterday was remarkable. Standing for elected office for the first time, aged 39, he took the presidency with 66.1% of the final round vote. He achieved this with only the…
by Peter Kellner*
Opinion polls suggest that the ruling Conservatives will comfortably win the snap UK general election to be held on June 8—but political fortunes are increasingly unpredictable.
Theresa May’s reasons for suddenly…