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South Africa’s ruling party wasn’t overtaken by a rival in the election. It simply ceded ground to the country's latent…

By Simone Scriven

The country’s political disintegration offers a glimpse into how Western democracies could fail.

By Benjamin Fogel

How Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin’s son have rebranded the mercenary group in the Sahel.

By Lisa Klaassen

This century’s deadliest conflicts aren’t taking place in Ukraine or Gaza.

By Lawrence Freedman

South Africa presents its case to the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide.

By Alona Ferber

Neocolonialism is giving birth to a wretched authoritarianism.

By Slavoj Žižek

Caught between climate change, migration and social upheaval, Niger and the Sahel are the crucible of Western failure.

By Robert D Kaplan