Politics
Brazil 2026 forecast: Real progress in store as Lula gets set to run again
As 2025 draws to a close, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is riding high. Indeed, the Brazilian president is probably looking ahead to next year – an election year – with relish. In 2024,…
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Why the Epstein files could spell the beginning of the end for Maga and Trump
The release of the Epstein files might not be the end for Trump or even the beginning of the end but, just maybe, the end of the beginning.
Can Trump get Saudi Arabia to join the Abraham Accords? Not just yet
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) landed in Washington yesterday and president Trump needs the prince’s visit to be a success. The Epstein drama and the attendant battle with former Maga ally Marjorie…
UN special rapporteur on what the world is getting wrong about the Israel-Gaza war
Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, tells Monocle how the conflict in Gaza has exposed the institution’s weaknesses and what that means for global justice.
After his electoral win, could Zohran Mamdani’s policies provide a template for other American cities?
Fresh off his historic victory, the Democratic mayor-elect is putting forward a series of radical policies to improve quality of life in America’s most expensive city. Could New York become a welfare state model?
Argentina’s Milei got this far with a chainsaw – now he must proceed with a chisel
Argentina has given its president, Javier Milei, something that he has lacked since day one: the ability to turn his reformist agenda into law. After two years of governing with less than 15 per…
Democrats risk alienating voters by not giving Donald Trump credit where it’s due
It’s time that Democrats move past their anti-Trump reflex and applaud his successes. Refusal to do so risks alienating voters and could cost them their future in Washington.
