Analysis by Country
Belarus: "Railway partisans" threatened with execution
Lars Keller, Infomail 1195, Berlin, 9 August 2022 Thu, 11/08/2022 - 07:55In March and April, the Russian army stood at the gates of Kyiv, but Putin's invasion of Ukraine stalled. A few weeks later, Russia had to withdraw from the area around the capital. Read more...
Pakistan: Political crisis continues
Shehzad Arshad Sat, 06/08/2022 - 17:54Severe instability and crisis have become the norm in Pakistan. Read more...
Taiwan - a sign of the times
Peter Main Thu, 04/08/2022 - 15:25August 4, the anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War, might not seem an auspicious date for China to mobilise its forces to surround Taiwan. Read more...
Italy: Draghi falls, the far right rises
Dave Stockton Thu, 28/07/2022 - 10:50On July 21, Italy’s prime minister, Mario Draghi, resigned for the second time in one week, after key parts of his national unity coalition; the populist Five Star Movement, M5S, Matteo Salvini’s far- Read more...
After the party congress: the agony of the Left Party
Jaqueline Katharina Singh, Neue Internationale 266, July/August 2022 Fri, 22/07/2022 - 16:46On the weekend of 25/26 June, the G7 met at Schloss Elmau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen under the banner of the Ukraine war and the economic crisis. Read more...
Biden's visit to two pariah states
Dave Stockton Wed, 20/07/2022 - 11:06Joe Biden has ended his four day trip to the Middle East with little to show for it except a further soiled reputation as a champion of human rights. Read more...
France: Macron weakened, RN rising, increasing class struggle
Marc Lassalle Tue, 19/07/2022 - 11:43France has had a long season of elections. It started last autumn with the presidential campaign, including primaries in the major parties, that generated a xenophobic, anti-migrant climate. Read more...
Sri Lanka: Everything has changed, but nothing has changed!
Peter Main Sat, 16/07/2022 - 13:21Sri Lanka's huge protest movement has finally forced Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign. Read more...