Interviews‘US sanctions remain the biggest obstacle’ Jihad Yazigi on the partial lifting of EU sanctions, the remaining US sanctions, and the impact on Syria’s economy and reconstruction efforts
Interviews‘This is a political earthquake’ Le Pen’s guilty verdict has thrown French politics into chaos. Adrienne Woltersdorf on the impact on the far right and the 2027 presidential election
Interviews‘Arrests have taken place almost every day’ Turkey faced a second night of protests following opposition arrests. Tina Blohm and Stefan Hibbeler on the growing political unrest
Interviews'Prepared for any kind of war’ Sergio Grassi, from Beijing, on the Chinese National People’s Congress, the trade conflict with the US and rising defense spending
Interviews‘Nicaragua has become a terrorist state’ Journalists Wendy Quintero Chávez and Lucía Pineda Ubau on systematic torture, rigged elections and the fight for press freedom
Interviews‘Ultimately, it’s about keeping Moldova bound to Moscow’ Moldovan energy consultant Sergiu Tofilat on the end of Russian gas supplies to Transnistria and the future of the breakaway region
Interviews‘The deal still has to be approved by Israel’s ministers’ After 15 months of bitter conflict in Gaza, a ceasefire deal appears to have been reached. Scott Lucas on the final hurdles and the future of Hamas
Interviews‘Connecting East and West’ Kazakhstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Roman Vassilenko on the country’s role as a key transit hub for global trade and its relations with the EU
Interviews‘Gaza is the deadliest conflict for media workers in over 30 years’ UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan on limited freedom of expression worldwide, attacks on journalists and potential reasons for hope
Interviews‘Many countries in the Global South are bitterly disappointed’ Not a failure, but certainly a disappointment: Yvonne Blos from Baku on the results of COP29, the fight for climate finance and hopes for next year
