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French president Emmanuel Macron in La Defense, near Paris. Christophe Archambault/AFP photo

Bamako Summit Sets Shape of Regional Force Against Terrorism

by Sheikh Mohamed | Jul 3, 2017 | World

Nouakchott- African powers attending the Bamako Summit on Sunday set the final touches of a new multinational military force to fight terrorism in the Sahel. The summit held by the G5 Sahel bloc, including Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad, in the...

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Supporters of the European Union took part in a “March for Europe” though Prague, Czech Republic, in March. Credit Vit Simanek/CTK, via, Associated Press

Central Europe’s Tough Choice: Macron or Orban?

by Ivan Krastev | Jun 25, 2017 | Opinion

SOFIA, Bulgaria — At the end of 2016, devastated by Brexit and unsettled by Donald Trump’s victory in the American presidential election, many Europeans fell into deep despair. They had become resigned to the notion that the European Union’s moment in history was...

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French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Paris Backs Kuwaiti Mediation to Resolve Qatar Crisis

by Michel Abu Najm | Jun 16, 2017 | Middle East

Paris- French President Emmanuel Macron seems interested in playing an active political and diplomatic role in the international scene, including the Middle East and the Arab world, a month after reaching the Elysee palace. According to high-ranking diplomats, Macron...

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France Mediates In Qatari Crisis

by Mutlaq Moneer, Said Abdel-Razek, Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 15, 2017 | Middle East

London, Ankara, Paris- While diplomatic efforts to contain the Qatari crisis with Gulf countries and Egypt continued on Wednesday, Paris announced that French President Emmanuel Macron would meet separately in Paris this month with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad...

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There’s probably not much either one of them can do about it. Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Trump’s Right: Germany’s Trade Surplus is Too Big

by Justin Fox | Jun 3, 2017 | Opinion

Germany’s gigantic trade surpluses are a problem. Almost everybody — including lots of Germans — agrees on that. But when President Donald Trump decries the US trade deficit with Germany, as he did this morning on Twitter, and declares that...