What to Know About Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre, Battling to Become Canada’s Next Leader

When Canadians vote in parliamentary elections on April 28, they will essentially be choosing between two starkly different candidates to lead their country through a crisis brought on by President Trump’s tariffs and festering economic and social issues. Mark Carney,…

Trump, Tariffs and Carney: Canada Polls Show Liberals With Early Election Lift

Though Canada’s election began in earnest only late last month, public opinion polls have captured a gripping political narrative that has been unfolding since the start of the year. Between President Trump’s trade war, his threats of annexation and the…

Trump Weighs In on Marine Le Pen Conviction

“FREE MARINE LE PEN!” With this blunt call, a strange one in that the French far-right leader is walking the streets of Paris, President Trump has waded into the politics of an ally, condemning her conviction this week on embezzlement…

Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?

Germany’s centrist politicians are losing votes to the far right and the far left. They are losing faith in America, their longtime friend and protector. And they are rapidly losing what could be their best chance to address both those…

In a Europe Adrift, Macron Seizes the Moment

In the weeks after President Emmanuel Macron called a snap election last summer that resulted in a deeply divided French Parliament, if his name came up it was often to call for his resignation. The unpopular president, long derided by…

In Face of Trump Tariffs, Mexico Embraces Nationalism

Claudia Sheinbaum, the president of Mexico, stood underneath a giant Mexican flag and before troops at a military installation in Mexico City. It was Flag Day last month and she used her speech as an opportunity to, figuratively and literally,…

German Federal Election: What to Watch For

Germans are voting on Sunday in a rare snap election that has taken on outsize importance as the new Trump administration threatens European countries with tariffs, cuts them out of negotiations over Ukraine and embraces an authoritarian Russia. The election…

Germans Are Voting. Here’s What to Watch For.

Germans vote on Sunday in a rare snap election that has taken on outsized importance as the new Trump administration threatens European countries with tariffs, cuts them out of negotiations over Ukraine, and embraces an authoritarian Russia. The election for…