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October 05, 2023 Not just Ukraine: How does Europe prevent bloodshed at its doorstep?
Europe has issues at its doorstep and Ukraine is only one of them. Azerbaijan overran Nagorno-Karabakh after promising not to invade during the European Union's embryonic mediation effort. Not only was that promise broken, but the winner is refusing a meeting with the loser.
47 min
October 04, 2023 Burning down the House? Trump loyalists provoke ouster of Speaker McCarthy
How effective is chaos as a political strategy? As the United States awakened to its first-ever destitution of a speaker of the House of Representatives, attention is turning to the eight members of the lower house who triggered Kevin McCarthy's downfall. We ask why the leader of the Republican majority in Congress seemed on borrowed time ever he was elected on the 15th ballot back in January. Will those pro-Trump loyalists be rewarded or punished for their hardline stance?
45 min
October 03, 2023 Who can Armenia count on? Yerevan angers Moscow and looks West
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna is in Armenia to examine the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave in Azerbaijan which until two weeks ago had a sizeable ethnic Armenian population. But now the enclave is almost empty, as more than 100,000 of its former residents have crossed the border and fled to Armenia.
43 min
October 02, 2023 Should Ukraine worry? Pro-Russian candidate Fico wins Slovakia elections
As if nightly Russian missile strikes were not enough, Kyiv started the week with more in its Monday morning in-tray. First with neighbouring Slovakia, where the pro-Russian candidate Robert Fico finished tops in a weekend general election, leaving people to wonder: what kind of a coalition will the anti-West left-wing populist form?
46 min
September 28, 2023 Battle for blue-collar votes: Biden, Trump court striking auto workers in Michigan
As France, Italy and others wonder if the working-class voters who now vote far right will ever return to the left, the sight of a US president walking a picket line in support of striking auto workers certainly grabbed headlines here. We ask about Joe Biden's embrace of his blue-collar roots and his open support for trade unions, often seen as an endangered species on both sides of the Atlantic.
46 min
September 27, 2023 School bullying gone viral: Wave of teenage suicides forces reckoning in France
There's no need to look as far as Russian troll farms for disinformation and smear campaigns. Too often, it starts at our local schoolyard and ends with tragic consequences. The French are grappling with yet another teen suicide at the start of this school year. Bullying and hazing are as old as humanity. But to many, it feels like there is a post-pandemic epidemic. Is that perception or reality?
45 min
September 27, 2023 What next for Armenians? Regional rivalries on display after Nagorno-Karabakh takeover
Are we witnessing the final act in a decades-old conflict, or the start of a new chapter of hardship and strife? Ethnic Armenians are fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh by the thousands after last week's lightning-fast capture of that enclave. They are dismissing guarantees for their safety by Azerbaijan's president, in part because of a long history of bloodshed and ethnic cleansing by both sides.
45 min
September 25, 2023 Domino effect? France quits Niger after Mali and Burkina Faso
Remember France's "red line" following Niger’s coup in July? It has now faded. France is reneging on its August refusal to pull its ambassador from Niamey, and now French soldiers are packing their bags after having also left Mali and Burkina Faso.
47 min
September 21, 2023 Wavering support? Ukraine's Zelensky back in Washington as critics grow louder
Does Volodymyr Zelensky still have that magic touch? The plucky leader who emerged on the world stage as the face of Ukraine’s David-versus-Goliath struggle against Russia is back in Washington to lobby for support after a showdown with the invader at the UN in New York. But this time, the headwinds seem to be getting stronger. As the US approaches an election year, isolationists in the Republican party this week blocked a major defence spending bill.
44 min
September 20, 2023 All over in Nagorno-Karabakh? Azerbaijan claims sovereignty over Armenian enclave
Separatists in the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh have agreed to lay down their weapons on Day 2 of what may be remembered as a tale in three acts: Azerbaijan's drone-powered win on the battlefield in 2020, the months-long blockade of the only land corridor into the enclave and finally, Tuesday's sudden offensive by Baku.
41 min

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