At this point, there is a lot to be said against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Yet Brazil’s president has surprisingly good chances of re-election. Bolsonaro’s governing record is poor. This is the conclusion one must come to if one uses internationally recognized criteria. Since 2019, when he took office, the concentration of income and wealth has worsened, poverty has increased, …

“الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام”, “The people want the downfall of the regime.” These words, with their multiple translations and even more numerous implications, quickly spread from the roads of Tunisia across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, becoming the slogan of the Arab Spring. 11 years later, in the country that ignited the spark of the regional upheaval, …

India’s respected Congress Party elects a new chairman. The new leader will not come from the Gandhi clan. But it is questionable whether this will bring about the new beginning that has been longed for. Rahul Gandhi is trying to attract attention with a long march through India. In five months, the 52-year-old opposition politician from the Congress Party wants …

Tens of thousands of Czechs demand the resignation of the government and an end to Russian sanctions. Vladimir Putin does not control them. But then who does ? “Nonviolent revolution” is what the organizers call their protest event. They are demanding the resignation of the conservative-liberal government under Petr Fiala, an end to EU sanctions against Russia, and the start …

In Burkina Faso, French facilities are under attack following yet another military coup. Paris expects the new rulers to swing towards Russia. Riots have broken out in the West African country, directed mainly against France. In the capital Ouagadougou, the French embassy was pelted with incendiary devices. Earlier, an angry mob had stormed the premises and vandalized the building. Several …

Obama’s digital strategy in the elections of 2008 changed the way political campaigning would be run in the future. Obama went from a relatively unknown senator to the President of the United States using social media as an integral part of his campaign strategy, focusing on 15 social networks. His aim was not only to reach a broader audience but …

Giorgia Meloni could become head of government in Rome this Sunday 25th of September. Are the worries about Italy turning away from Europe justified ? Almost 3 weeks ago, the election program of the right-wing conservative party “Fratelli d’Italia” (Brothers of Italy) was published. In recent polls, the party led by Giorgia Meloni has a 25 percent approval rating and …

India recently elected its first President, who is a member of the tribunal community, and the second women President. While her appointment as the 15th President of the Republic of India has contributed to breaking the glass ceiling for entry for women into the highest level of a political career, the election of a woman belonging to a Scheduled Tribe …

Ignoring calls for clemency from families and the international community, the Burmese junta executed four men for the first time in more than three decades. This marks a new threshold in the repression carried out by the Burmese army since the coup of February 1st, 2021, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, which threw the Southeast Asian country into a …

If the West provides aid in Afghanistan, it stabilizes the Taliban’s rule. If it does not, the state and society collapse, triggering new streams of refugees. Who could also reach Europe. The images of how thousands of Afghans rushed to the airport after August 15th 2021 hoping to get a seat on an evacuation flight, remain in agonizing memory. Desperate, …