Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner reportedly met US Ambassador Charles Kushner in Paris to discuss purchasing TikTok Europe, according to Financial Times reporting. The proposal reflects broader efforts by powerful figures to control social media algorithms and shape electoral outcomes globally.
At 80, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s runoff election with 51.8 percent of the vote, defeating far-right candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and halting the region’s rightward political shift while reasserting Brazil’s sovereignty against U.S. intervention.
By Daniel Tester* – Middle East Eye How Netanyahu, Eisenkot, Bennett, and Golan compare on Gaza, West Bank security, the ultra-Orthodox military draft, and future Knesset coalitions. The Israeli election on 27 October is one of the most important in the country’s history…
Today’s geopolitical tensions echo the interwar period, with Eastern Europe forming a contested shatterbelt region between rival powers. The article argues that current US-NATO-EU alliances facing Russia and China parallel historical great-power rivalries that preceded both world wars, with Ukraine occupying a pivotal position similar to interwar Poland.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Khatibzadeh visited Beirut to signal Tehran’s war preparations and deep distrust of US commitments, as both sides escalate military threats while stalled negotiations center on disputes over nuclear issues, sanctions relief, and Hormuz passage.
By Kester Kenn Klomegah* – Modern Diplomacy With the shifting geopolitical situation, Africa is still struggling to attain its economic sovereignty. With the shifting geopolitical situation, Africa is still struggling to attain its economic sovereignty while consistently…
Mass youth protests sweep across Europe demanding better education, housing, and economic conditions, rejecting neoliberalism and facing severe police crackdowns. The movements represent working-class resistance to systemic inequality and require broader labor solidarity to challenge the ruling order.
By Sahasranshu Dash*, Ana Tereza Duarte Lima de Barros** – Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) Bolsonarismo lives on despite the incarceration of its leader. If Flávio Bolsonaro wins the presidential run-off in Brazil on October 25, he would extend the region’s run of Trump-aligned…
A proposed settlement framework aims to end the Ukraine-Russia conflict through Ukraine’s permanent neutrality, EU membership as a neutral state, an armistice line along current contact positions, and NATO’s halt to eastward enlargement, with implementation under international verification and guarantees from Security Council permanent members.
France’s public debt has risen sharply to 119 percent of GDP, reviving fiscal discipline demands. However, the country’s difficulties stem partly from eurozone monetary arrangements that France cannot independently change, requiring broader European economic reform rather than Paris-only solutions.
