The ideological duo is back, or at least back in front of the cameras, as the wounded — but very much alive — former French president and right-wing favorite gets special treatment from his pal.
Like old times for Merkozy in Berlin
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Monthly Archives: February 2014
Narendra Modi: unifying figure?
Long thought to be the most divisive political figure in the country, Narendra Modi now enjoys massive popularity with a wide swath of the population.
Chavez dynamic emerging for Turkey’s Erdogan
All legal and other challenges to his stature (and power) are dismissed as nefarious plots by treasonous elements who cannot be trusted.
Who are Ukraine’s new leaders?
Saber rattling aside, however, it’s unlikely that Putin will risk regional stability and his cherished Eurasian customs union for a military confrontation with Kiev.
Looking for Kremlin tea-leaves in the Ukraine
From reports of naval ship movements to talk of issuing passports to sympathetic Ukrainians, the latest on Russia’s response.
Algeria’s Bouteflika presses on, Arab Spring be damned
The aging president and his inner circle have avoided any real loss of power due to the Arab Spring, and may cruise to yet another election win.
Moscow mulls lessons of Ukraine
Although his regime is not imminently threatened by the pro-E.U. wave in Kiev, Putin is surely weighing how to respond to what is bound to be a less accommodating government next-door.
Putin looms after Ukraine’s latest truce
Russia did not sign off on the accord between protesters and the embattled Ukrainian president, raising doubts about how long it will last.
All eyes on Ukraine as Maduro’s Venezuela starts to crumble
The chaos and bloodshed in Venezuela would surely be attracting more attention were it not for even more calamitous events in Kiev.
Renzi gets his shot atop Italy’s government
The young center-left leader is formally tasked with forming a new coalition, meaning the Florence mayor will need to add some policy proposals to his unifying anti-incumbent rhetoric.
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