Lula is left-wing, but that is not what made his victory important.

Morocco is doing in Western Sahara what Israel is doing in the Occupied Territories; displacing the original population and sending them into statelessness.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen just got Trump to ramp up the defence of Greenland without making a single meaningful concession. Other leaders should pay attention - this is how you turn Trump into your little biatch!

Russian aggression against Europe’s NATO member states is certain to continue, because it is underpinned by an unassailable logic.

The interests of tech billionaires and fascist leaders like Trump and Farage are extraordinarily closely aligned. This explains the surge in mega-donations in recent years, but it does not bode well for democracy.

Ecuador's most flamboyant president, Abdalá 'El Loco" Bucaram has just been given a lengthy jail sentence. I met him in 2004. This is his story.

Those who hope that Europe's recent defiance of Israel marks a decisive shift in policy will be disappointed. Europe's trade restrictions against West Bank settlers will prove self-serving and ineffective.

The President commits crimes daily, all morality has gone out the window, churches openly back paedophile rapists. How did it come to pass?

There is a huge contrast between Singapore and the United States when it comes to political accountability. How do Western democracies become less like the US and more like Singapore?

Trump's short-sightedness is epic, but his policy chickens are now coming home to roost. I give insightful examples and draw a radical conclusion.

France co-hosting the Africa Forward summit with English-speaking Kenya has led some to postulate that French-African relations are changing. Do not believe everything you read.

UK's First-Past-The-Post electoral system is known to favour Labour and the Tories. What is less recognised is that it also denies critical experience to alternative parties, who therefore tend to fail as soon as they get a sniff of power.

EU biggest challenge is its inability to act. Unanimity voting requirements paralyse EU at a time when the ability to act is at a premium.

Since 2016, much of politics in the West been based on a deliberate misreading of the so-called Elephant Curve.

Europe would be well-advised to pivot more quickly towards China from the US. China is far more reliable than the United States.

It irks me when someone says thank you for your service. Automatic deference to the military brushes over the reality of America's dishonourable wars.

Trump relies heavily on scapegoating, but he is hitting the wall both domestically and abroad. Expect both comedy and horror as mid-term elections approach.

There is a pattern in almost all Trump's policies: Big fanfare soon turns to whimper. Iran will be the same.

November's midterm election is not just about who controls Congress. It is also about Trump's future, possibly even the future of the American political system.

Epstein's social circle included elites from all institutions and the whole political spectrum. This points to a systematic problem at the heart of Western democracies.