Gunboat diplomacy off the Channel Islands
The U.K. and France are engaged in a standoff over post-Brexit fishing rights around the British Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.
Geopolitics
Ecologists hold up Nord Stream 2
A legal action launched by a German environmental NGO Nabu has caused the suspension of the work on the much tormented pipeline. According to Nabu the pipeline could destroy marine habitat.
The galley of the shipwrecked Covid-19
Whether they are French expatriates in faraway lands, tourists or foreigners stranded in France, there are several thousand of them being held far from home. Here are some examples.
The decline of the American empire accelerated by the Covid…
The coronavirus health crisis revealed the weaknesses and dangers of Donald Trump’s America. To the point of calling into question his global leadership.
Coronavirus : cross-border workers in the Far East
Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg are taking protective measures that are worrying the 170,000 frontier workers in the Far East.
Covid-19 Coronavirus Coughs Up Global Economy
The Middle Kingdom has invested its capital in multinationals and consolidated its investments in Europe to take global economic leadership. But a nasty virus is now infecting the big machine.
Two Russians detained in Libya
Two Russian citizens, Maxim Shugalei and his interpreter have been detained in Libya for nine months now. A case with still blurred contours.
Ghassem Soleimani: Serious consequences
The death of the Iranian general in Baghdad on the orders of Donald Trump will have significant consequences throughout the Middle East and far beyond.
Death of 13 French soldiers in Mali
Thirteen French soldiers from the Barkhane force died on Monday in the accidental collision of two helicopters during a combat operation against jihadists.