After years of neoliberalism, French politics that venture outside the conformist center’s unshakable loyalty to the Atlantic Alliance are now dangerously “extreme.”
DIANA JOHNSTONE: France Stuck in the Extreme Center
Tag: President Emmanuel Macron
THE ANGRY ARAB: Macron’s Treacherous Role in Lebanon
Here is an example of a Western power directly intervening to spread the tyrannical rule of Saudi Arabia over other Arab countries, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Shadow Wars
Talk of Washington going to war in behalf of either Taiwan or Ukraine is hard to match for cynicism.
What Does India Get Out of ‘Quad’ Membership?
Behind the rhetoric about the Indo-Pacific and open seas is the U.S. play in Southeast Asia, writes Prabir Purkayastha.
The ‘Atlantic Era’ & Europe After Angela Merkel
James W. Carden says greater EU autonomy would be a good for the United States and the world.
IS-K, the Taliban & Africa’s ‘Frozen Uprising’
Far to the southwest of the IS-K stronghold of Nangarhara in eastern Afghanistan, and across the Arabian Sea, are the northern provinces of Mozambique, writes Vijay Prashad.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Missing Link with Europe
While the Continent welcomed the Cold War’s end, America — which would be utterly lost without an enemy — never has.
THE ANGRY ARAB: France’s Islam Problem
For Macron to speak of a “crisis in Islam” is to pass judgment on a religion of 1.5 billion people and on individual Muslims, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Europe Going Its Own Way
Events of the past week show the Continent restoring some of its pre-1945 independence from U.S. hegemony.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Can a French Touch Pierce a Neo-Orwellian Farce?
By offering asylum to the persecuted publisher of WikiLeaks, France’s Macron would enhance his status in myriad European latitudes and all across the Global South, writes Pepe Escobar.