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Politics
Institutions, political life, public policy, elections and governance.
23 published articles
Overview
The Politics section examines institutions, electoral processes, political parties, public policy and governance. It places national decisions, their actors and their effects on public action and democratic balances in context.
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France: The Impossible Trade-Off
France is entering a period in which the contradictions of its economic and political model are becoming increasingly difficult to contain. With public debt approaching 120% of GDP, growth virtually at a standstill, a fragmented Parliament and a presidential election only months
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PoliticsUnited States: Divided Power
The American midterm elections of November 3, 2026, have altered Washington's political balance in ways that cannot be fully explained by parliamentary seat counts alone. Two years after Donald Trump's return to the White House, Democrats have regained control of the House of Rep
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PoliticsIsrael: The Elusive Majority
Israelis have voted, but a government remains to be built. Following the parliamentary elections of October 27, 2026, Benjamin Netanyahu remains the leader of the country's largest party, while his opponents, together with Arab political parties, hold enough seats to contemplate an alternative parliamentary majority.
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PoliticsUS Midterms 2026: Obama’s Return Reveals the Battle for America’s Checks and Balances
As the November 3, 2026 midterm elections approach, Barack Obama is returning to the campaign trail to support Democratic candidates and challenge Donald Trump’s record. Beyond the confrontation between two presidents lies a much larger institutional struggle: control of Congress
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PoliticsFrance 2027: the forces in contention
In the spring of 2027, French voters will choose a new president. They will also decide what they wish to preserve from a decade of transformation, what they want to undo and what they remain willing to build together.
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PoliticsFrance: Social Anger Becomes a Political Crisis
In Paris, clouds of tear gas obscure Place de la République. A few streets away, thousands of demonstrators continue marching peacefully, while smaller groups confront police officers and fires break out. In Lyon, the tourist information office on Place Bellecour is engulfed in flames.
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PoliticsMorocco: A New Government Faces the Test of Transformation
In Rabat, the formation of a new government is never simply a redistribution of ministerial portfolios.
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PoliticsInternational Justice Confronts American Power
By imposing sanctions directly on the International Criminal Court, Washington has taken its confrontation with international justice to a new level.
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PoliticsUnited States: Power at the Midpoint
With twelve days remaining before the midterm elections, the United States is preparing to renew its Congress amid economic tensions, political realignment, and international uncertainty. Donald Trump will not appear on the November 3 ballot. Yet the election will determine a substantial part of the conditions under which he can exercise power during the final two years of his presidency.
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PoliticsWestern Sahara: Washington Plans for the Post-Conflict Era
For more than three decades, international diplomacy has managed the Western Sahara conflict without finding a political settlement. The United Nations has maintained a mission on the ground, renewed its mandates, conducted successive consultations, and searched for a formula capable of reconciling fundamentally opposing positions.
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PoliticsEurope: The Return of Contested Borders
It took only a map to revive a question Europe believed it had settled for good. In Germany, activists associated with Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) circulated a representation of the country's territory extending into Alsace, Moselle and several neighboring states.
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PoliticsSpain: Morocco After Sánchez
For four years, Spain and Morocco have built a relationship whose main achievement has been its ability to withstand its own contradictions.
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PoliticsMorocco: A New Political Cycle
On September 29, 2026, at the Royal Palace in Rabat, one photograph marked Morocco’s entry into a new political sequence. Six days after the parliamentary elections, Mohammed VI appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri Head of Government and tasked her with forming the new executive. For the first time in the Kingdom’s history, a woman has reached this position.