Hezbollah may choose to focus on its all-important goal of securing Lebanese-Syrian relations, at the expense of the Houthis in Yemen.
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Pakistan, an important node in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is concerned about a neocolonial Chinese effort to extract the country’s resources.
Trump’s Playing Loose with the Law: A Global Perspective
Trump might seem pro-business, but he could do great harm to U.S. corporations and their worldwide interests.
Governing Germany: More of the Same?
Germany’s current political contortions will likely end with a fourth term for Merkel.
The Canadian Rohingya
Canada hosts several hundred stateless Rohingya people who have fled persecution in Burma.
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In its blind effort to reinvent Poland’s past, the current government turns former employees of the country’s security services into scapegoats.
After Mugabe: 1980s Africa on the Way Out?
As the fixtures of the 1980s make their exit in Africa, attention turns to the 90s dictators.
Museveni: The New Number 3 Post-Mugabe
Two 1980s coup leaders move up the African strongman rankings with the removal of Mugabe from power.
No Mugabe: Mswati III is a Real African King
The new fourth-longest-ruling African leader is an absolute monarch.























