France’s President Emmanuel Macron admitted that his decision to hold parliamentary elections early caused instability in New ...

Jimmy Carter promised voters that he would always tell the truth. And he did — advocating for the public good, consequences ...

Carter's turbulent term in the White House was followed by more than three decades as an international envoy of peacemaking ...

The world is mourning the loss of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100 after a life marked ...

The 39th American president led consequential foreign policy initiatives that still endure today, including a Middle East ...

There are, alas, precious few signs that 2025 will be a great year for any of us, which is a pity given 2024 was hardly one ...

With politicians facing wars, or their own political battles at home, The Independent looks around the world at what leaders ...

Gord Mallett states that "fascism is defined in a Google search as an ultranationalistic political ideology that embraces several other key traits, including having a centralized autocracy with a ...

It looks like a tribute to the 45th and 47th president's persistence under pressure — a quality always desirable in a ...

Who’d have thunk it? The Assad regime collapses in Syria after 54 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hold on power seems undermined by imperial overstretch, and the mullahs of Iran have been ...

Who'd have thunk it? The Assad regime collapses in Syria after 54 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin's hold on power ...

All over the world, established political orders are wobbling or falling. At home, Donald Trump has made an improbable comeback. Surprises abound.