Putin’s Desperate Play to Win Over Africa
Free grain promises to African nations aren’t enough to pull the continent to Moscow’s side.
Free grain promises to African nations aren’t enough to pull the continent to Moscow’s side.
The Wagner Group’s short-lived mutiny seems to have weakened Putin—but that isn’t necessarily a win for Washington.
The delegation of African leaders was met with a missile barrage on Kyiv and made little progress in talks with Zelensky.
The defenses that made the country unique are falling one by one—leaving political discontent and spiritual voids exposed to al Qaeda.
Western leaders and filmmakers have long denied the link between modern Egypt and its ancient heritage.
Greater ethnic diversity, debt burdens, and democratized politics have complicated Africa’s path to development.
Westerners should ask instead what kind of partnerships their own countries offer to the continent.
Amid war in Ukraine, some strategists are setting their eyes on the “decolonization” of Russia itself.
Feeling the heat at home, the French president heads to China to ink some lucrative deals and pay lip service to Xi’s pledges of peace.
As Finland joins NATO, a few European holdouts cling to nonalignment.