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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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PoliticsMorocco–Israel: Behind the Embassies, the Sahara
The announced upgrading of Moroccan-Israeli relations to embassy level extends far beyond the bilateral relationship. Six years after diplomatic ties were restored, Rabat, Tel Aviv and Washington are reactivating the strategic triangle established in 2020 just as the Sahara issue itself enters a potentially decisive phase.
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PoliticsMorocco: What Elections Can Change and What They Cannot
With Morocco’s legislative elections only days away on September 23, the country is entering an unusual political moment.
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PoliticsFrance: The Presidential Election After Macron
For ten years, French politics has revolved around Emmanuel Macron. He has been both its centre of gravity and its principal target.
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PoliticsGermany: When the Firewall Becomes the System
For years, Germany’s political firewall had a relatively simple function: prevent Alternative für Deutschland from entering government without fundamentally changing how the rest of the political system operated.
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PoliticsMorocco 2026: Five Platforms, Five Economic Models
As Morocco approaches the September 23, 2026 legislative elections, the country’s main political parties are not short of proposals or targets.
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PoliticsOne Constitution, Many Americas: The Transformation of the American Republic
From the Federalists to Trumpism, how parties and their coalitions transformed the American Republic The United States has lived under the same Constitution since the late eighteenth century. Yet it has never lived under a single, unchanging political order. Behind the continuity
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PoliticsCorruption: The Other System
Corruption is often depicted in almost rudimentary terms: an envelope slipped under a table, a bribed official, a rigged public contract, a few million dollars diverted into an offshore account. This kind of corruption exists. In many countries, it remains an everyday reality. Bu
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PoliticsDonald J. Trump: America Redefined
Donald Trump represents more than a presidency: he embodies a lasting transformation of political language, institutions and America’s relationship with the world.
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PoliticsThe Vatican: Anatomy of a Power Without Territory
The world’s smallest state possesses no significant natural resources, no industrial base, and no conventional military capable of defending its territory. Yet from a few dozen hectares enclosed within the heart of Rome, the Holy See maintains diplomatic relations with 184 states
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PoliticsFrom Left to Right: The Choreography of Politics
Contemporary political debate often gives the impression of constant movement without genuine progress. Parties advance, retreat, reposition themselves, change their vocabulary, borrow themes from their opponents, and then denounce those same borrowings when the balance of power