Algerians Are Ho-Hum About Upcoming Election
But now, as Algeria approaches its Sept. 7 presidential election, a widespread indifference permeates the nation’s politics. The outcome seems predetermined, with incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune heavily favored to win. This widespread apathy contrasts sharply with the turbulence surrounding the 2019 presidential election.
The Imagined Intelligence Seducing the Military
A genre of speculative fiction referred to as FICINT, a portmanteau of “fiction” and “intelligence,” is gaining traction in the world of military intelligence. Yet despite its claims to realism, its use of emotion is at the heart of its ability to influence the agenda.
Why Niger Left the West and Embraced Russia
Last year’s military coup in Niger changed the country’s trajectory and rocked African geopolitics. After 60 years as a strategic Western partner, political and economic alliances were shattered in a week, and now the newly installed junta has found a friend in Russia.
Hezbollah Fighters’ Stories as Told by Their Mothers
Since the onset of Hezbollah’s battles with Israel in southern Lebanon last October, launched in “support” of Gaza, about 400 Hezbollah fighters have been killed, according to a tally by the French news agency AFP. The party itself has not shared any official death toll figures. But the overcrowding of the Beirut cemetery, one of many around the country dedicated to its fighters, is evidence of the growing casualties of the war for Hezbollah and Lebanon.
The Development Economist Leading Bangladesh’s Transitional Government
The student protesters who toppled the Bangladeshi government chose Muhammad Yunus, “banker to the poor” and Nobel Peace Prize winner, to lead the country’s transitional government. Yet it remains to be seen how the vision and experience he brings from outside politics might shape the nation’s future.
America’s National Parks Remain a Beacon in an Era of Climate Change
Wildfire smoke in 2023 made me realize time might be running out for the oldest item on my bucket list: visiting all 63 national parks in the United States. So I enlisted my dog and my human best friend, and the three of us embarked on a road trip.