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Mali Crisis: Patchwork Insurgency Challenges Sahel Confederation

A former musician's alliance with rebels dismantles a fragile security pact, fulfilling the final, chaotic legacy of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Mali.

Diplomatic Immunity No Longer: What Mali’s Arrest Means for Europe

Mali’s arrest of a French embassy worker signals a new era in West Africa, where Sahel states push back against Western influence.

Sahel Split Gives Moscow a Way In

France and Algeria clash over diplomat arrest, sparking historic rift as Russia exploits Sahel tensions to challenge French influence.

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Phoney War: Gulf Deployment and Collapsed Talks

With Trump's envoys recalled and three carrier groups looming off the coast, the diplomatic pause masks a global rush to prepare for a potential summer war.

Mali Crisis: Patchwork Insurgency Challenges Sahel Confederation

A former musician's alliance with rebels dismantles a fragile security pact, fulfilling the final, chaotic legacy of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Mali.

Homer in a Mummy Rewrites Cultural Borders

This week's discovery of Homer's Iliad inside an Egyptian mummy has reopened an old truth: classical culture was never as neatly Greek as modern Europe likes to pretend.

Pacifists Buy Missiles: Bern and Tokyo After Hormuz

The world's oldest armed neutrality and its most famous pacifist constitution broke in the same month.

On the River Danube: Magyar’s Opening Move

Péter Magyar won Hungary's April election promising a break with the past. His first foreign policy pitch was to resurrect a part of it.