The political leaders of the US, UK and Russia are 78, 62 and 72 years old respectively, but these men are bucking the global trend of younger politicians taking office. "Across continents," said ...

Peering ahead into the rest of the twenty-first century, Patomaki wonders whether it is possible for future generations to build a system of world government capable of grappling with planetary-scale ...

Donald Trump thinks he’s running the world. His ambition is boundless. But it also reeks of dangerous hubris and raises a grave question: Where will the planet end up under the leadership of this ...

The author examines how indigenous activists are cultivating international support for a programme of self-determination and legal protection, as well as how the indigenous voice in world politics is ...

Donald Trump is pushing the MAGA "personality cult" across the world with one key change, according to a political analysist.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks on his phone while British Foreign Minister David Cameron, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken converse ...

This year, countries accounting for nearly half the world’s population are holding national elections. Instead of representing a triumph of democracy, however, the results suggest something darker: in ...

It’s the new Hunger Games of world politics — the televised Oval Office take-down by President Donald Trump. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the latest leader to become a MAGA prop ...

Sign up for Trump’s Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency. One paradox of American politics is that voters are both extremely ...

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