As Haiti runs into chaos after its president’s execution, it needs international help more than ever

There has never been an institutional vacuum of this scale in the country’s recent history.

Emmanuel Sael, The Conversation

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Jean-François Savard, The Conversation

· Jul 15, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Why Cuba is witnessing a rare public outpouring of anger

Crowds are demonstrating against food scarcity, medicine shortages and economic misery in their island nation.

Catesby Holmes, The Conversation

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Joseph J Gonzalez, The Conversation

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María Isabel Alfonso, The Conversation

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William M LeoGrande, The Conversation

· Jul 14, 2021 · 11:30 pm

What hardliner Ebrahim Raisi’s victory in Iran elections means for the rest of the world

Unlike the outgoing president, Raisi’s political fortunes do not hinge upon the nuclear deal.

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, The Conversation

· Jun 22, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Sarkozy, Zuma, Áñez: Former presidents around the world are being hauled to court

In democracies, judicial proceedings against former presidents and prime ministers are inevitably perceived as political and often become divisive.

Victor Menaldo, The Conversation

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James D Long, The Conversation

· Mar 20, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Russia: Few foreign journalists have understood the riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma

A new book revisits a century of Moscow’s chaotic politics, through the eyes of foreign correspondents.

James Rodgers, The Conversation

· Aug 08, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Explained: The national security bill fuelling Hong Kong’s discontent against China

China is seeking to curb separatism and dissent in the autonomous region.

Carol Anne Goodwin Jones, The Conversation

· Jun 02, 2020 · 11:30 pm

Don’t believe the movies. In modern warfare, victory is a myth

Pop culture depicts war as a sequence of battles culminating in a decisive set-piece clash. History is more complex.

Cian O'Driscoll, The Conversation

· Jan 03, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Boris Johnson is set to return as the British prime minister. What does this mean for Brexit?

On the cards: A hard form of Brexit and maybe a second referendum for Scottish independence.

Laura Hood, The Conversation

· Dec 13, 2019 · 08:30 pm

‘The future belongs to patriots, not globalists,’ Donald Trump tells UN General Assembly

The United States president told the world body’s general assembly that the ‘time for tolerating China’s trade abuses is over’, and also targeted Iran.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 24, 2019 · 08:57 pm

Putin’s diplomatic jugglery: How Kremlin has maintained close ties with arch-enemies Iran and Israel

The Russian president has built influence in the Middle East by balancing diverse interests.

Dilip Hiro

· May 04, 2019 · 11:30 pm

In Vietnam, citizen opposition to Chinese expansionism has put the government in a tough spot

The country has seen massive protests over a law on special economic zones, projects that are almost certain to land in China’s hands.

Tom Fawthorp

· Dec 05, 2018 · 11:30 pm

George HW Bush’s conflicting legacy: A foreign policy expert who also sowed seeds of the Iraq war

The first President Bush left office with an impressive list of achievements, but one of these was a harbinger of disappointments to come.

James Goldgeier, The Conversation

· Dec 03, 2018 · 08:30 pm