Europe
As Trump squeezes, can de Villepin give new backbone to France?
For the former foreign minister, Emmanuel Macron’s equivocation on Iran is a retreat from the Gaullist tradition of French strategic autonomy
March 17, 2026
For the former foreign minister, Emmanuel Macron’s equivocation on Iran is a retreat from the Gaullist tradition of French strategic autonomy
Two weeks of escalation have all but eliminated the possibility of a detente in the Persian Gulf
From Venezuela to Iran, the president thinks he can avoid 'the forever war trap' but that is exactly what we're going to get
Washington burned through $5.6 billion in munitions in first two days of war, according to the Pentagon’s own estimates
Conflict risks strengthening the country's most confrontational actors while narrowing the space for reformists
A new survey shows that the country's diaspora in the US is deeply divided over the ongoing war
