Tag: diplomacy
How France became the target of Azerbaijan’s smear campaign
What do the absence of French observers at Azerbaijan’s February 7 presidential election, a group denouncing “French colonialism” and an online campaign targeting the 2024 Paris Olympics have in common?…
The top 12 news stories that defined 2023
From a devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey to a march on Moscow and the war against Hamas in Gaza, 2023 was full of dramatic moments, from the heartfelt to…
Henry Kissinger, from WWII refugee to the nexus of US political power
Henry Alfred Kissinger was a German-born Jewish refugee who fled the Nazi regime with his family as a teen in 1938, eventually settling in New York City. He went on…
Israel-Hamas war tests Western unity as Global South slams ‘double standards’
International responses to the October 7 Hamas attack were broadly split between the Global North and South over condemnations of the killings of just Israeli civilians in the terror attack…
Geopolitics and the Olympics: When the IOC struggles to stay on the sidelines
Back to homepage / Shows / Focus Issued on: 26/07/2023 – 12:11 06:06 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 When French aristocrat Pierre de Coubertin revived the Olympics in 1894, he imagined…
Ukraine war exposes splits between Global North and South
Over the past year, most Global South countries adopted a position of studied neutrality on the Ukraine. Their self-interest over the principles of international law and stability ended up serving…