Dassault Rafale vs. F-35: More than Just Selecting a Combat Aircraft
reece ordered a total of 18 Rafale combat aircraft from France in 2021.
Éric Zemmour: An Anti-Semitic Candidate For a Better Islamophobia in French Presidential Elections?
rance was shocked when Jean Marie Le Pen, who was the leader of the far-right party and never invited to be on any television channel in France, went into the second round against Jacques Chirac with 16.
Can Europe Handle Challenges Created by Russia over Ukraine?
Germany and France, the EU’s strongest economies, remained hesitant when it came to providing military aid to Ukraine.
What Has Social Media Done to Us? The Human Craving for Appreciation Gone Awry
The Facebook Files/Papers, a collection of organizations’ confidential documents leaked by whistleblower Frances Haugen, have shown that Instagram (a Facebook - now, Meta - company) was aware of teenage users’ feedback on inappropriate advertisements, anxiety, depression, distress from perceived unattractiveness, loneliness, and even suicidal thoughts caused by social media activity.
Germany’s Unchecked Arms Exports: Does Morality Matter?
If put into practice, then France in particular would be affected badly by this mechanism, as the country has no strict criteria for the export of arms.
The Saudi-Iranian Rivalry in Yemen
No matter how the dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Iran grows in 2022, Saudi Arabia will continue to see Iran…
Are China and Russia Near a Full-Blown Alliance?
From Syria in the Middle East, to Venezuela in South America to Mali in West Africa and beyond, Russia’s military influence has increased to the extent that, in September 2021, Moscow signed military cooperation agreements with Africa’s two most populous nations, Nigeria and Ethiopia, challenging the traditional dominance of the US and France on the African continent.
Wagner Group Strengthens Its Hold in Africa
Vladimir Putin was asked in April 2012 in the Russian Duma about whether he supported creating a network of Russian…
Will the United States See Russia’s Bluff in Ukraine?
A strong NATO solidarity and support behind Ukraine could save it from Russian threats.
Can the Greek Strategy of Counterbalancing Turkey Work?
Read: France-Greece-Saudi Arabia Alliance in the Eastern Mediterranean
Initiatives for internal balancing
Following the Kardak (Imia) crisis with Turkey in 1996, Greece launched an armament program as part of an internal balancing against Turkey and came a long way towards this purpose.
Macron, the Gulf, and Islam
This is likely to be his last foreign trip outside of Europe, as France has entered election season.
How Islamophobia Is Leading to a Teacher Shortage in Belgium
Read: The Right to Blaspheme, the Mila Case, and Islamophobia in France
Although migrant communities are very large in Belgium, they are not anything close to being sufficiently represented in the curricula or teaching staff.
Europe’s Syrian Slumber
While in Europe, Rifaat embezzled money and was investigated in both Spain and France for related violations.
In the Name of Democracy, Libya Must Postpone the Elections
Political actors such as the UK, Germany, Turkey, and Italy emphasized the need for a consensus on election law while France and Egypt are obsessed with having an election as soon as possible.
Russian Brinkmanship in Ukraine
Invading a country with a 41 million population that is likely to help the Ukrainian troops wage a guerilla warfare on a terrain bigger than France can cost Russia immensely.
Arms Sell Like Hotcakes: Yemen Turns into a Hub for Arm Dealers
While the United Kingdom and France remained committed to providing arms to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, despite critical voices among the public, only Germany, as a major exporter, stopped signing arms sales contracts with the kingdom.
Omicron Reveals Racism against Africans, Once More
, France, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Australia and Japan and numerous states of the global South, including India, Turkey, the UAE, Qatar, and a few African states.
Fleeing the Nazis as a Child, Lord Alf Dubs Fights for the Safety of Child Refugees
Let’s say a Syrian boy in France could apply to join his parents if so in England, which was passed in 2017 against some government opposition.
Turkey is the New Strategic Player in Africa
VIDEO: How Political Borders Are Redrawn in the Balkans, Caucasus and the Middle EastThe potential capabilities in many African countries in the sector of defense is likely to challenge the Western influence in the continent, especially with their interference in these countries, and as Turkey’s relations with Africa constitutes one of Turkey's significant foreign policy objectives, this strategic partnership have recently made some Western and post-colonial states including France anxious and fear that Turkey’s presence might threaten their economic, military and geopolitical interests.
The Lebanese Catch-22: Squeezed between Iran and Saudi Arabia
After all, Najib Mikati’s government did not see the light despite the immense effort and pressure France’s Elysée exerted over 13 months up until French President Emmanuel Macron received a nod from the Iranians following the installment of their new hardline administration in Tehran.
