Russian President Vladimir Putin has found himself in an uncomfortable defensive position in the face of global outrage over his government’s support for separatists in Ukraine.
Putin in the hot seat following Malaysia plane tragedy
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Politics, political interference, and mismanagement hamper Middle Eastern soccer
World cup enthusiasm is likely to be tempered by the growing realization that politics, political interference, and whimsical micro-management by vain club owners has stymied performance by potential regional powerhouses.
Eurovision gets political amid Russia-Ukraine tensions
The continent-wide song competition has provided a platform for anti-Russian sentiment this year with Russian-European tensions bubbling into the proceedings.
“We don’t belong to ourselves”: The high-stakes politics of art in Belarus
In a country often referred to as “Europe’s last dictatorship,” even the act of producing art is a fundamentally political one.
Uganda’s new African rapid response force
If Uganda hadn’t already raised enough eyebrows with its robust military backing of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, its announcement that its armed forces are setting up a rapid response center to intervene in regional conflicts is sure to cause a stir.
European Union scales back climate change targets
Just a day after the European Space Agency celebrated the awakening of its comet-chasing Rosetta probe, the European Union is coming off the high of its headline-grabbing PR victory with the consternation around its scaled down climate and energy goals
Morocco set to consider medical marijuana legalization
Though a handful of countries have successfully legalized medical-use marijuana, Morocco would be the first and only Arab country to come anywhere close to officially sanctioning the drug.
E.U. ruling on asylum for gay Africans sets important precedent
However, the decision by the ECJ is not an open invitation to Europe for all gay Africans.
Europe stuck on migrant question
Despite the dangers of sea voyages, 7,500 migrants from Eritrea – a country supposedly at peace – made the journey to Italy this year, mirroring the number of refugees from war-torn Syria making the same trip.
U.S. back from the dead? Not quite.
The U.S. is no longer the only game in town. Just as Washington was unable to work its will on the U.N. Security Council and bring and gather behind it a global alliance of like-minded people to topple Assad from power in Syria, so now it is no longer the only, or even the totally dominant, player on the world financial stage.
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